http://www.opendemocracy.net/blog/jane_gabriel/csw_the_special_event Comments for "CSW: the 'special event', " en http://www.opendemocracy.net/blog/jane_gabriel/csw_the_special_event <p> On Monday the 52^nd session of the CSW opens in New York. Last year the theme was the ‘Elimination of all forms of discrimination and violence against the girl child&#39; and the UN launched a 10 agency programme to <a href="http://www.unicef.org/protection/index_38552.html">Stop Rape Now</a>. I can still hear the impassioned pleas from women in Nepal and Liberia and the silence in the packed conference hall as <a href="http://v10.vday.org/">Eve Ensler</a> read from the <a href="http://www.randomhouse.com/features/ensler/vm/">Vagina Monologues</a>. </p>&nbsp;<a href="http://www.opendemocracy.net/blog/jane_gabriel/csw_the_special_event" class="read-more" title="Read the rest of this posting.">Read the rest of this post...</a><p><a href="http://www.opendemocracy.net/blog/jane_gabriel/csw_the_special_event">read more</a></p> http://www.opendemocracy.net/blog/jane_gabriel/csw_the_special_event#comment CSW 2008 Jane Gabriel 5050 Sat, 23 Feb 2008 12:27:55 +0000 Jane Gabriel 35858 at http://www.opendemocracy.net