Return-Path: <nifl-womenlit@literacy.nifl.gov> Received: from literacy (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by literacy.nifl.gov (8.10.2/8.10.2) with SMTP id h5NFgtC10084; Mon, 23 Jun 2003 11:42:55 -0400 (EDT) Date: Mon, 23 Jun 2003 11:42:55 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <sef6e786.020@langate.gsu.edu> Errors-To: alcrsb@langate.gsu.edu Reply-To: nifl-womenlit@literacy.nifl.gov Originator: nifl-womenlit@literacy.nifl.gov Sender: nifl-womenlit@literacy.nifl.gov Precedence: bulk From: "Daphne Greenberg" <ALCDGG@langate.gsu.edu> To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-womenlit@literacy.nifl.gov> Subject: [NIFL-WOMENLIT:2622] The U.N. commission on women X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII X-Mailer: Novell GroupWise Internet Agent 6.0.4 Beta Status: O Content-Length: 1993 Lines: 27 For those of you who deal with issues such as international news, civics, geography, as part of your class sessions with upper level literacy learners, you may find the following article of interest: http://www.womensenews.org/article.cfm?aid=1304 In this article, learners can read about how in early March, the UN Commission on Women met to discuss two themes: 1. women's participation in and access to the media 2. the elimination of all forms of violence against women. Consensus was reached "on the theme of women and media, which asked governments to increasingly involve women in the information and communication technology world and allocate resources to ensure that women and girls, especially in developing countries, have access to new information technologies." However consensus on elimination of violence against women was not reached. Iran raised objections about "a specific paragraph that said governments must not use religion or custom as an excuse for violence against women." In spite of this objection, the "chair of the meeting and first secretary of the Brazilian Mission, moved to accept the conclusions on violence regardless. The delegations of Pakistan, Sudan, Egypt and the U.S. raised their placards in objection. Ignoring them, Coimbra declared the conclusions adopted. This caused another round of placard waving and gavel banging." The meeting left without consensus being reached. In the classroom, this article can encourage learners to learn how to do research on the Internet, read more information, write essays, and partake in critical discussions on the following issues: 1. How does the UN work? 2. Why would Iran object to the domestic violence clause? 3. Why would Pakistan, Sudan, Egypt, and the US side with Iran? Daphne Daphne Greenberg Associate Director Center for the Study of Adult Literacy MSC 6A0360 Georgia State University 33 Gilmer Street SE Unit 6 Atlanta, GA 30303-3086 phone: 404-651-0127 fax:404-651-4901 dgreenberg@gsu.edu
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