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 Femme Globale
Gender Perspectives in the 21st Century
A Retrospective on the International Congress
from 8 - 10 September, 2005 at the Humboldt University in Berlin
The congress was the German contribution to the international 'Beijing Plus 10 Check' and a feminist event of superlatives, with:
- More than 1,000 visitors
- 125 speakers from 27 countries
- 30 collaborating Non-Governmental-Organizations
- 10 panels and 40 workshops
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Transnational Perspectives
“The huge interest in this event on gender justice, the largest in the last few years in Germany, demonstrates the political necessity of finally placing women’s issues on the agenda worldwide,” stated Barbara Unmuessig, initiator of the congress and member of the Executive Board of the Heinrich Böll Foundation in Berlin.
It is urgent to debate over the differing consequences that political and economic actions have for women and men – especially with a perspective that reaches beyond one’s own national borders.
“The goal of gender justice needs to be the entrenchment of political, economic, social and cultural rights in all countries of the world,” underlined Unmuessig. This makes cultural relativism as a justification for the violation of women’s rights just as unacceptable as wars fought in the name of women’s rights. Read more at [Presse] - German only. |
Global Gender Justice
Through Femme Globale, the women’s and gender right’s movement has re-emphasized its desire to shape the most important issues of the present and future, such as:
- Foreign and security policy
- Global trade and finance policy
- Labor market and social policy
- International migration policy
- Information society and biopolitics
Ingrid Spiller, head of the International Politics Department at the Heinrich Böll Foundation and coordinator of Femme Globale, emphasized, “We need to become louder and act offensively. We need combatants committed to the struggle for gender justice more than ever.” See also [Focal Points] |
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Background: 'Beijing Plus 10 Check'
A decade after the ground-breaking UN World Conference on Women in Beijing, women and men all over the world have critically assessed the implementation of the adopted Platform for Action.
Main issues such as gender democracy, development cooperation, the environment, globalization, work, peace, education, health and migration were evaluated as to whether the decisions of the UN conference were being taken seriously.
The main tasks of the of the Femme Globale congress were to make gender justice a top issue at the national and international level, develop new mobilization and politicization strategies, as well as to form new networks and nurture existing ones. Further information about [Beijing +10] |
Organized by the Heinrich-Böll-Foundation in collaboration with the Centre for Transdisciplinary Gender Studies, Humboldt University in Berlin. Moreover, many workshops are organized independently by NGO's and university institutes.
Aktualisiert: 30.11.2005, hbr
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