greetings from beijing!
i am starting this letter in my hotel room & hope to finish at the un site (beijing international convention center).
first of all, i would like to wish a early happy birthday to my mom,
elinor hedwig haberle gagliardi
secondly i mentioned the tons of literature stacked around the bicc--here
is a sample list:
** fornightly review: chinese women in new era (chinese & english magazine)
** women's training in china (prc ministry of labor)
** the nairobi forward-looking strategies for the advancement of women
(united nations)
** gender; poverty & employment: turning capabilities into entitlements
(int'l labour office geneva)
** human rights: discrimination against women: the convention & the
committe fact sheet 22 (united nations)
** putting gender on the agenda: a guide to participating in un world
conferences (unifem & un/ngls)
** a women's development agenda for the 21st century: unifem's
commitment to the world's women (unifem)
** world bank discussion papers #255: violence against women: the hidden
health burden
** world bank discussion papers #202: making motherhood safe
** living & working: an illustration of the feminisation of poverty in
europe (wide network women in development europe)
** the platform for action critical areas of concern (united nations)
** women on the move 1995/no. 9 (secretariat of unwcw)
** women: the pioneer front of democracy (antoinette fouque, des femmes
press, 1995)
** the earthtimes newsaper (published daily)
** world women (published by china daily)
** sisters of the earth 1996 calendar (an absolutely gorgeous pocket
calendar featuring famous women & grassroots women organiations published
by FOKUS, Norway, fax +47 22209569--the publisher who was selling these
calendars brought a whole box to the computer room to be distibuted to
our women users. the publisher is absolutely dedicated to women
networking & was very impressed by the info getting out)
somewhere in my stuff is a catalogue from the un on its unwcw
publications. as i read through the material at home, i hope to post
reports (greetings from san jose! ;-) . many publication were also
available in spanish & french and also in german, italian, russian,
arabic, scandanavian languages.
this morning i was able to confirm my airline tickets, pickup some great
vegetarin food from ahisma (i am taking it home & hoping to convince my
local health food store to carry it), and am doing a shift in the
computer room. in several hours we will break down the computer room
& hopefully get a bit more shopping done. this is probably my last post from
china. i would like to thank all the BEIJING95 subscribers, the people
of china, the fabulkous women of the apc tech staf, particularly edie,
susan mooney, & spider for this once in a life time experience!
goodbye from beijing!
jennifer
gagliajn@netcom.com
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