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H) Women 2000: Gender Equality, Development and Peace for the 21st Century A United Nations Special Session was held in New York, U.S.A. between the 5th and 9th of June, 2000 to review the implementation of the Beijing Platform for Action.This Platform for Action (PFA) emanated from the U.N. Fourth World Conference on Women held in Beijing, China in September, 1995, with the ideal of promoting and protecting human rights and the fundamental freedoms of all women.While the PFA is primarily an agenda for women's empowerment, it also seeks to establish the principle of shared power and responsibility between men and women in the home, at work and at national and international level. It deals with twelve particular areas of interest relating to Poverty, Education and Training, Health,Violence,Armed Conflict. Economy, Decision-making. Institutional Mechanisms, Human Rights, Media, Environment and the Girl Child. Key Objective 3 During the course of the U.N. Special Session, a plenary session was held in which representatives including government representatives, vicepresidents, ministers, secretaries of state, outlined their governments’ commitment to implementation the PFA.Arising from the PFA, Ireland is committed to drawing up a National Plan for Women. I) Strasbourg Conference on Racism The Equality Authority attended a conference on the European Contribution to the World Conference against Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia and Related Intolerance in Strasbourg from the 11th-13th October 2000.This conference developed an agreed agenda to bring forward to the U.N.World Conference which will be held in South Africa in 2001. Key Objective 3 - Annual Report 2000 - The Equality Authority page 61
Key Objective 3 3 Contributing to building a wider culture of equality in society A) National Economic & Social Forum (N.E.S.F.) The NESF hosted a plenary event to debate the "Strategic Framework for Action on Equality" which is currently emerging.The Equality Authority made one of the keynote presentations to this plenary. A NESF report on the issues discussed is to be developed. B) Education Sector The Equality Authority has participated in the committee supporting the Education Equality Initiative.The aim of the Education Equality Initiative is to combat educational disadvantage among adults and to promote equal opportunities within the education system. It was established to examine models of good practice that will lead to improving the provision of services to educationally disadvantaged adults.A key objective of the EEI is to mainstream learning and good practice.The Equality Authority's role on this committee is to support an equality focus to the projects and the mainstreaming strategy adopted by this programme. The We Can Integra initiative was funded as part of the mainstreaming commitment of the E.U. Community Initiative Integra. One part of this initiative was to develop a website to assist schools in teaching on equality and poverty matters. The Equality Authority is part of a consortium - including the Combat Poverty Agency, the Children's Rights Alliance and Society of St.Vincent de Paul - developing this initiative. C) Media Forum The We Can Integra initiative included a focus on media coverage of equality and poverty issue. This consisted of media monitoring and a media forum. The forum brought journalists and community organisations together to discuss issues around this coverage. The Equality Authority gave an overview presentation on the issues to the forum. The Equality Authority is now working with the Combat Poverty Agency to see how this valuable initiative might be further progressed. D) Library Service The aim of the Equality Authority library service is to enhance the page 62 The Equality Authority - Annual Report 2000 - Key Objective 3
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