Artemis Westenberg, voorzitter van onze lidorganisatie Vrouwenbelangen en lid van het interim bestuur van de Nederlandse Vrouwen Raad is in New York om CSW69 / Beijing+30 bij te wonen. Via haar blogs volgen we de ontwikkelingen in het hoofdkwartier van de Verenigde Naties.
Ook VN Vrouwenvertegenwoordiger Marica Wismeijer is bij de CSW.
Op de foto: Artemis en Marica ‘sharing a moment of preparatory mirth’
Blog 9 – 19 maart: Small was, Big wash
‘Kleine wasjes, grote wasjes’ is the song that plays in my mind while I am writing this blog. Small washes and big washes are what my advocacy work comes down to in the CSW69. The small wash being my personal laundry, done by hand, as most travelers do.
I would also say that the many talks, in corridors, in meeting rooms, in the elevator, I have with women representatives of larger and smaller civil society organizations are another form of ‘small washes’.
Blog 8 – 15 maart: It is critical that women are truly at the table, not just on the menu
Women at the helm for the CSW69 for the Netherlands is represented here in New York by a female ambassador, Lise Gregoire-van Haaren as the Permanent Representative of the Netherlands to the UN in New York.
Blog 7 – 14 maart: Culture Clashes with Real Women’s Lives
On Thursday I prepared for a speech at the Single SuperMom event that evening. Besides that, I attended a Side Event in the packed conference room 2 about ‘attaining gender equality in our lifetime’.
Blog 6 – 13 maart: Meeting Friends and Compatriots
Lee Towers sings ‘You never walk alone’ and every year at the Commission on the Status of Women I experience the truth of it.
Blog 5 – 12 maart: The Ministers, Friend or Foe
Every year, every cabinet-cycle, civil society has to find out whether cabinet members are on their side, or not, by interacting with them. Pleasant, competent ministers can be friend or foe.
Blog 4 – 11 maart: Finding Powerful Friends on Menopause Care
I am famous here. Well, that is perhaps too big a statement, but people definitely recognise and acknowledge me in the corridors and side events. Bear with me and it will become clear.
Blog 3 – 10 maart: Grabbing the news for women’s rights
Some weeks ago I wrote a Mediaplan (capital letter intentional) to connect the CSW69 in March with its subjects and results to the General Assembly of the UN in September.
Blog 2 – 9 maart: C’est le ton qui fait la musique
Me being me, I started the 8th of March with sending a “Happy International Women’s Day” e-card to anyone I have in my Whatsapp account. In short, to a lot, a lot of women, and some men.
Blog 1 – 8 maart: Rearranging your room and getting settled
I have no idea how other people settle into the room they have rented for the duration of their stay away from home, but it always takes me a few hours at least to be comfortable in the room.
