Statement of Concern by the
FFD NGO Women’s Caucus to Delegates
Regarding
the FFD Process and Outcomes
18
October 2001
Women’s organizations representing every region
of the world participating in the FFD PrepCom this week express
our strong concern. In previous meetings we have been pleased
with the spirit of collaboration, openness and innovation that has
marked the Financing for Development process. We would regret
seeing this dialogue derailed by increasing polarization.
We call on all delegates to commit to the following seven points:
FFD Decision-making
Process:
- The process should continue with
all current stakeholders at the table: all member
states, international financial institutions, private sector and
civil society.
- Governments must
reaffirm all six thematic areas under discussion without prioritizing
or minimizing any of these topics.
- The FFD process
should be linked in program and commitments with the Rio+10 process.
- The round-table discussions at the
International Conference on Financing for Development should guarantee
a 50% representation of women as well as the voices of the impoverished,
on government, international financial institution, private sector
and civil society delegations.
Outcome of the FFD Process:
- The outcome document must integrate
a human rights framework as a necessary part of the development
process, not as a mere add-on, as Mary Robinson, UN High Commissioner
for Human Rights, eloquently stated this week.
- Recommendations regarding gender
implications of financing for development should be integrated
into each of the six specific areas. Angela King, Assistant
Secretary General and Special Adviser on Gender Issues and the
Advancement of Women, has already made concrete proposals and
others are contained in the UNIFEM Gender Audit of the Facilitator’s
Outcome Paper, as well as NGO Women’s Caucus documents.
- A strong commitment
to an implementing mechanism to guide policy-making in global
socio-economic governance beyond the Monterrey International Conference
must emerge from this process
Groups participating in the
Women’s Caucus are listed on the reverse side.
NGO Women’s Caucus Organizations
Third Prep-Com for the Financing
for Development International Conference
October 18, 2001
ALCADECO
Anglican Observer at the United
Nation/Ecumenical Team
Centro
De Derechos Economicos Y Sociales, Ecuador
Citizen Control/Social Watch
Mexico
Congregation
of Sisters of the Good Shepard International
Country
Women Association of Nigeria (COWAN)
Development Alternatives With
Women for a New Era (DAWN)
Elizabeth Seton Federation
Franciscans International
Freedom from Debt Coalition,
Philippines
Gender and Environment Network,
Mexico
Global
Policy Forum
IBASE,
Brazil
Institute
for Cooperation Between Peoples, El Salvador
KULU-Women and Development,
Denmark
Latin American Network “Women
Transforming the Economy” (REMTE)
Liberal Society Institute,
Ukraine
Lutheran World Federation/Ecumenical Team, Tanzania
Maryknoll, USA
Media
Liaison-Communication and Information for Women (CIMAC)
Medical Mission Sisters
Mercy Global Concern/Ecumenical
Team, USA
Mexico NGO Forum Organizing
Committee
National Coordination of Women
& Civil Orgs. for a Feminist Millennium, Mexico
National Mexican Network for
Action on Free Trade (RMALC)
National
Network of Rural Organizers and Assessors, Mexico
Red
Thread, Guyana
REPEM, Uruguay
Rural
Reconstruction, Nepal
School
Sisters of Notre Dame
Sisters of Mercy International
The Exercise “Citizen Evaluation
of Structural Adjustment” (SAPRIN)
United
Church of Christ Justice & Witness
United
Methodist Women
Urban Justice Center, US
Wemos, The Netherlands
World Council of Churches
Ecumenical Team, International
Women’s Environment and Development Organization, International
Women’s Eyes on the Multilaterals
Latin American Campaign
Women’s International Coalition
for Economic Justice, International
