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<div><font face="times new roman, serif" size="4"><span style="font-weight:600;color:rgb(28,30,33);white-space:pre-wrap">Women's Rights Caucus Issues Feminist Declaration Marking 25th Anniversary of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action</span><span style="font-style:italic;font-weight:600;color:rgb(28,30,33);white-space:pre-wrap">Today,
DIVA for Equality in Fiji joins more than 200 organisations in adopting the Feminist Declaration, an alternative to the political declaration that outlines the steps necessary to achieve gender equality.</span></font></div>
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<div><font face="times new roman, serif" size="4"><span class="gmail-_4yxo" style="color:rgb(28,30,33);white-space:pre-wrap;font-weight:600">Read the Feminist Declaration
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<div><font face="times new roman, serif" size="4"><span class="gmail-_4yxp" style="color:rgb(28,30,33);white-space:pre-wrap;font-style:italic">FIJI, March 10, 2020 —</span><span style="color:rgb(28,30,33);white-space:pre-wrap">Twenty five years after the adoption
of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action, the foundational global document on gender equality, governments at an abbreviated session of the UN’s Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) have reaffirmed a commitment to gender equality but, according
to leading feminist groups and activists, fell short of committing to the transformative steps necessary to achieve this vision.</span></font></div>
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<div><font face="times new roman, serif" size="4"><span style="color:rgb(28,30,33);white-space:pre-wrap">To address the gaps in the political declaration adopted at the CSW by governments, the Women’s Rights Caucus—a global coalition of more than 200 feminist
organizations, networks and collectives that advocates for gender equality at the United Nations, including Pacific feminist groups—has published an
</span><a href="https://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fiwhc.org%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2020%2F03%2FBeijing-25-Feminist-declaration.pdf%3Ffbclid%3DIwAR2G2ysPSDgMCAiESswqpY7rfh247KsSmdkHUxXHgCRR1n9jxfxKadXQ5dQ&h=AT0oFL7ygjVg8k4uNcweu6oX7mYDd2fgS_b5tmuFHOu3MegUSTQuxo3SWBpvamzOE-kMmQS-G7fLDfN-XtF4fNbNVgUVCe_rbh9XrEdAqcn7Q7AduiCTQw5fzBQHJ9KaFLx-amOW" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow" style="white-space:pre-wrap;color:rgb(56,88,152);text-decoration:none"><span class="gmail-_4yxr" style="text-decoration:underline">alternative,
feminist declaration</span></a><span style="color:rgb(28,30,33);white-space:pre-wrap">. The Feminist Declaration outlines a bold and urgent agenda for gender equality and the human rights of all women and girls, and centres the critical role of civil society
organizations advocating for accountability in policy and programs meant to promote, protect, and fulfill human rights for all.</span></font></div>
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<div><font face="times new roman, serif" size="4"><span class="gmail-_4yxp" style="color:rgb(28,30,33);white-space:pre-wrap;font-style:italic">“The stalled progress on gender equality is profoundly disappointing and threatens the lives and well-being of girls,
women, and non-binary people worldwide,”</span><span style="color:rgb(28,30,33);white-space:pre-wrap"> said the Women’s Rights Caucus.
</span><span class="gmail-_4yxp" style="color:rgb(28,30,33);white-space:pre-wrap;font-style:italic">“It is not enough for governments to simply reaffirm past commitments. To achieve gender equality, we need to commit to supporting feminist movements and to
adopt a bold and forward-looking agenda that addresses the multiple and intersecting challenges faced by all women and girls. The Feminist Declaration launched today reflects the priorities of the feminist movement and provides governments and other stakeholders
with a path toward true equality.”</span></font></div>
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<div><span style="color:rgb(28,30,33);white-space:pre-wrap"><font face="times new roman, serif" size="4">The feminist declaration includes critical issues that governments must tackle to achieve gender equality, including: sexual and reproductive rights and
bodily autonomy; women, peace, and security; the intersections between the climate crisis and gender equality; and the role of women’s human rights defenders and feminist movements, who are the key to driving long-term change.</font></span></div>
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<div><span style="color:rgb(28,30,33);white-space:pre-wrap"><font face="times new roman, serif" size="4">Due to ongoing concerns about the spread of COVID-19, CSW was suspended after the adoption of the political declaration. The Women’s Rights Caucus welcomes
the decision to prioritize the health and safety of participants, but will hold the Commission’s leadership accountable for reconvening the full CSW later this year and ensuring robust discussion between feminist organizations and governments.</font></span></div>
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<div><span style="color:rgb(28,30,33);white-space:pre-wrap"><font face="times new roman, serif" size="4">The political declaration marks the anniversary of the revolutionary agreement made at the Fourth World Conference on Women in Beijing in 1995. With this
declaration, governments had the opportunity to identify and address new challenges, and set the stage for a new international agenda for gender equality. However, 25 years later, the limited scope of the political declaration demonstrates that this opportunity
was not seized.</font></span></div>
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<div><span style="color:rgb(28,30,33);white-space:pre-wrap"><font face="times new roman, serif" size="4">Despite the limitations of CSW’s political declaration, there remains hope that 2020 will deliver significant gains for gender equality. The feminist movement
will continue to work alongside those who share our vision as we commemorate the 25th anniversary of Beijing—and other key landmarks including the 5th year of the Sustainable Development Goals and the 20th anniversary of UN Security Council Resolution 1325
on women, peace, and security—and seize the opportunity of the Generation Equality Forums. These events provide the opportunity to focus resources and political will into a progressive and just agenda for gender equality that truly leaves no one behind. But
to achieve our goal, we in the feminist movement must have our priorities and organizations supported.</font></span></div>
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<div><span style="color:rgb(28,30,33);white-space:pre-wrap"><font face="times new roman, serif" size="4">The Feminist Declaration launched in New York USA today, 9 March 2020, provides governments with a roadmap to achieve not only the vision outlined in Beijing,
but the transformative change necessary to deliver Generation Equality.</font></span></div>
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<div><span style="color:rgb(28,30,33);white-space:pre-wrap"><font face="times new roman, serif" size="4">Noelene Nabulivou from DIVA for Equality in Fiji says,</font></span></div>
<div><span style="font-style:italic;color:rgb(28,30,33);white-space:pre-wrap"><font face="times new roman, serif" size="4">“The goal of feminists is clear - Justice and liberation of women, girls and everyone. We must work with others to save ourselves, other
species and repair the damage to the planet. This requires ending elitist, racist, hetero-patriarchal, neoliberal-capitalist systems. This calls for co-creation of just and ecologically sound feminist realities. We cannot settle for less.”</font></span></div>
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<div><span style="font-style:italic;color:rgb(28,30,33);white-space:pre-wrap"><font face="times new roman, serif" size="4">The Women’s Rights Caucus is a self-organized feminist advocacy group, comprised of more than 200 organizations, dedicated to advancing
gender equality and the United Nations.</font></span></div>
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<div><span style="font-weight:600;text-decoration:underline;color:rgb(28,30,33);white-space:pre-wrap"><font face="times new roman, serif" size="4">DIVA for Equality Contacts:</font></span></div>
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<div><font face="times new roman, serif" size="4"><span class="gmail-_4yxo" style="color:rgb(28,30,33);white-space:pre-wrap;font-weight:600">Noelene Nabulivou</span><span style="color:rgb(28,30,33);white-space:pre-wrap">, Political Adviser/Special Projects
and </span><span class="gmail-_4yxo" style="color:rgb(28,30,33);white-space:pre-wrap;font-weight:600">Viva Tatawaqa</span><span style="color:rgb(28,30,33);white-space:pre-wrap">, Political Coordinator, DIVA for Equality :
</span><span class="gmail-_4yxr" style="color:rgb(28,30,33);white-space:pre-wrap;text-decoration:underline"><a href="mailto:noelenen@gmail.com">noelenen@gmail.com</a></span><span style="color:rgb(28,30,33);white-space:pre-wrap"> and
</span><span class="gmail-_4yxr" style="color:rgb(28,30,33);white-space:pre-wrap;text-decoration:underline"><a href="mailto:tatawaqav31@gmail.com">tatawaqav31@gmail.com</a></span></font></div>
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<div><font face="times new roman, serif" size="4"><span style="text-decoration:underline;color:rgb(28,30,33);white-space:pre-wrap">Online copy of the media release,
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<div dir="ltr"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><b>Noelene Nabulivou, Fiji</b><b> </b></font></div>
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<div style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><b><font face="arial, sans-serif"><span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:rgb(0,0,0)">A</span>ffiliations/Movement roles:</font></b></div>
<div style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><b><font face="arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">*Outgoing Political Adviser, DIVA for Equality ( 2011- <span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:rgb(0,0,0)">2020)</span></span><br>
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<div style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><font face="arial, sans-serif">*Convenor, Women Defending the Commons coalition</font></div>
<div style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><font face="arial, sans-serif">*Convenor, Fiji Grassroots Feminists coalition</font></div>
<div style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><font face="arial, sans-serif">*<a href="http://www.fwrm.org.fj/index.php/news/media-releases/2013/292-re-framing-re-articulating-and-re-energizing-srhr-in-the-pacific" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">Pacific Feminist
SRHR Coalition, Co-convenor /Secretariat</a>
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<div style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><font face="arial, sans-serif">*<a href="https://www.facebook.com/PPGCCSD" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">Pacific Partnerships to Strengthen Gender, Climate Change Response and Sustainable Development, (PPGCCSD) -
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<div style="display:inline"><font face="arial, sans-serif">*<a href="https://www.astraeafoundation.org/about-us/our-team/#filter=.advisors" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">Astraea Lesbian Foundation for Justice, International Adviser</a></font></div>
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