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Agenda

• PROVISIONAL AGENDA
• ANNOTATED PROVISIONAL AGENDA

PROVISIONAL AGENDA

1. Opening of the meeting
2. Election of officers
3. Adoption of the agenda
4. Overall review of the regional implementation of the Beijing Platform for Action
5. Issues for consideration:
   1. Economic empowerment of women
   2. Rights-based approach to empowerment of women
   3. Political empowerment of women
   4. Strategies for empowerment of women
      1. Capacity building for gender mainstreaming
      2. Building partnerships
      3. Accountability, monitoring and evaluation
6. Adoption of the report
7. Closing of the meeting
   

ANNOTATED PROVISIONAL AGENDA

Agenda item 1 : OPENING OF THE MEETING

A programme for the opening will be announced in due course.

Agenda item 2 : ELECTION OF OFFICERS

The meeting will elect its bureau, which will include a chairperson, vice-chairpersons and a rapporteur.

Agenda item 3 : ADOPTION OF THE AGENDA

The agenda will be adopted on the basis of the provisional and annotated provisional agenda.

Agenda item 4 : OVERALL REVIEW OF REGIONAL IMPLEMENTATION OF THE BEIJING PLATFORM FOR ACTION

Progress made in the regional implementation of the 12 critical areas as identified in the Beijing Platform for Action will be discussed. This would highlight the progress achieved, best practices, gaps and obstacles faced, and future course of action. Discussion would also focus on the common factors which are presently hampering women's advancement. The representative of each member and associate member will make a statement on the implementation in her/his country. Seven minutes will be allocated to each statement. United Nations bodies and agencies and other inter-governmental organizations will also deliver statements.

Agenda item 5(a) : ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT OF WOMEN

In-depth, substantive discussion with resource persons will be held on issues/concerns relating to women's economic empowerment. Issues such as the impact of globalization on women, the Asian economic crisis, women in poverty, women's economic participation, unpaid work of women, and the situation of rural women would also be discussed under this agenda.

Agenda item 5(b) : RIGHTS-BASED APPROACH TO EMPOWERMENT OF WOMEN

Issues/concerns related to women's rights as human rights would be discussed. Violence against women, trafficking in women and children, and the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) would also be addressed.

Agenda item 5(c) : POLITICAL EMPOWERMENT OF WOMEN

Issues/concerns relating to women's participation in politics, government and decision-making process will be discussed. Issues related to sociocultural and institutional barriers which hamper women's political empowerment would be also discussed.

Agenda item 5(d) : STRATEGIES FOR EMPOWERMENT OF WOMEN

Emphasis would be given on creating and enabling environment for empowerment of women covering monitoring and evaluation of the implementation of the Beijing Platfrom for Action and the linkages with accountability and governance, building partnerships, and capacity building for gender- mainstreaming.

Agenda item 6 : ADOPTION OF THE REPORT

The Meeting will consider and adopt its report on Friday, 29 October 1999 for submission to the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) in the year 2000 as the regional input to a special session of the General Assembly entitled "Women 2000: gender equality, development and peace for the twenty-first century", which is to be held in New York from 5 to 9 June 2000 to review implementation of the Beijing Platform for Action.

Agenda item 7 : CLOSING OF THE MEETING