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 Oslo Donors' Conference: Sudanese Women's Priorities
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Sudanese Women’s Priorities and Recommendations to the Oslo Donors’ Conference on Sudan
11-12 April 2005
1 These recommendations are an outcome of a consultative process culminating in a Symposium on Women’s Rights and Leadership in Post-Conflict Sudan, held in Oslo 10 April 2005, under the auspices of Government of Norway, the Norwegian Institute of International Affairs (NUPI) and the United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM
We, the Sudanese women delegates from all regions, comprising representatives from the Government of Sudan, the Sudanese People’s Liberation Movement/Army (SPLM/A), civil society and academic institutions, met in Oslo on 10 April 2005 with the objectives of defining our priorities in advocating for donor support for gender equality and women’s rights in post-conflict Sudan.
We met under the auspices of the Government of Norway, the Norwegian Institute of International Affairs (NUPI) and the United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM). This effort was also supported by the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD), the African Union, South African Women in Dialogue, the UNIFEM Goodwill Ambassador for Africa and other United Nations agencies.
Guided by UN Security Council resolution 1325 (2000), the Beijing Platform for Action, the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW), the Millennium Declaration and the Millennium Development Goals, the African Union Protocol on Women’s Human Rights, the Solemn Declaration on Gender Equality in Africa, the IGAD Gender Policy, as well as other existing commitments, principles, goals and actions set out in the various national, regional, continental and international instruments on women’s human rights Cognizant of the huge impact of war on women and women’s human rights, the erosion of capacities of women and the fundamental divisions that war creates; Deeply concerned by the continued existence of conflict in some parts of Sudan, especially the Darfurs, and its impact on women and children;
Recognizing women’s role in peace-building, peacemaking, reconstruction and sustaining families and communities amidst the ravages of war, poverty and HIV/AIDS and women’s fundamental human right to be full and equal partners in all sectors and at all levels, from local through national, but bearing in mind the different status of women in the different areas of Sudan; And lauding the effort made to mainstream gender throughout the JAM, while underlining the importance of women-specific programmes and projects; We the women delegates do recommend the following minimum urgent priorities and actions for reconstruction during the interim period
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