FAR2016 feminists alliance for rights

Post2015 Womens Coalition Meeting

Birth of "FAR"

02-03Oct16*Paris France

In cases of immediate danger in Paris, emergency contact: Dial “112”

FAR STEERING CMTE

We met as the Post2015 Women's Coalition and departed as the "FAR" Steering Committee

MEETING#1

This was held in Paris; NB: some countries are a visa-entry problem for particular nationals

ACCOMM: IBIS Paris

Grand Central Station; diverse nations pass on through; knowing French is helpful

MILDRED CRAWFORD

President of the Jamaica Network of Rural Women Producer, Caribbean

KEY RESULTS DISCUSSED

Forward planning; annual itinerary; social collegiality; project director/Human Resources process; tentative agreements re key outcomes

FAR Feminists Alliance for Rights

Priority theme: “Women’s economic empowerment in the changing world of work.” Review theme: “Challenges and achievements in the implementation of the Millennium Development Goals for women and girls (agreed conclusions of the fifty-eighth session)”

MERCI, PARIS

Next meeting: New York, 10-11March2017, prior to CSW61 13-17Mar17. For more information, please see http://www.unwomen.org/en/csw/csw59-2015