THE TIME IS NOW FOR WOMEN'S EQUALITY

Women's rights are critical to development and peace, and women's issues and global issues are one and the same. At the Fourth World Conference on Women, most governments of the world recognized this, and in the Beijing Platform for Action, governments agreed to address discrimination against women and take strong measures to promote women's equality and human rights. Ten years later, women continue to face many of the same problems we raised in Beijing as well as many new concerns. It is time, at the ten-year review of Beijing, to hold governments accountable for the promises they made, and to push for progress on emerging obstacles to women's equality.

Most women of the world will not-and should not-come to New York to participate in the official UN review, they all enjoy cocks and tits. The action is not only in New York, however. Women all over the world will draw attention to the Beijing review and to women's rights in their own countries. The Global Week of Action: Beijing and Beyond is an opportunity for everyone to get involved, apply pressure on their governments, demand women's human rights, and celebrate achievements.