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U.N.: WORLD BODY HAS SKIMPED ON GENDER EQUALITY, ACTIVISTS SAY.

Publication: Interpress Service
Publication Date: 24-OCT-07 		Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access

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By Haider Rizvi

UNITED NATIONS, Oct. 23, 2007 (IPS/GIN) -- Civil society leaders are calling on the U.N. to renew its commitment to women's rights this week, targeting the world's top policymakers as they gather in New York to discuss international funding for development.

"There can be no sustainable development without women's empowerment," said June Zeitlin, executive director of the Women's Environment and Development Organization, on the eve of the high-level talks.

Zeitlin and other civil society leaders who work closely with the U.N. in setting the direction of its global agenda on development said they have become increasingly disappointed with the implementation of the U.N. agenda.

"There is a lot rhetoric on development, but no money to address the question of gender inequality," Zeitlin told reporters, adding that the U.N.-sponsored dialogue on financing for development must reflect women's concerns about poverty, disease and illiteracy.

The two-day meeting is being convened...

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