The World March of Women and the Red Latinoamericana Mujeres Transformando la Economía join all feminist organizations and social movements from Honduras to condemn and strongly reject the military coup against president Manuel Zelaya Rosales, organised by the Army and the President of the National Congress, Roberto Micheletti, with the support of the mass media controlled by the oligarchy of that country.

Isis International conducted a communications strategy workshop for members of the Asia Pacific Women's Watch network from 12 to 14 June 2009 in Saitama, Japan. The workshop aimed to help women's groups to project their advocacies on violence against women (VAW) both to mainstream and alternative media in ways that they find strategic and appropriate based on their local and national contexts. It also sought to reconcile the characteristics and expectations of both civil society and the media in the creating and disseminating ideas and information.

[This statement was issued at the end of the UN Conference on the World Financial and Economic Crisis and its Impact on Development that was held from 24 to 26 June 2009 in New York, United States. For more information on the conference, please visit, http://www.un.org/ga/econcrisissummit/ ]

Asia Pacific NGO Forum on Beijing+15
22-24 October 2009
Miriam College, Quezon City, Philippines

Sisters in Asia and the Pacific,

I am pleased to accept my nomination as Convener of the Asia Pacific NGO Forum on Beijing + 15, which will be held on 22-24 October 2009 at Miriam College, Quezon City, Philippines. I thank the Asia Pacific Women’s Watch (APWW), the Forum organizers, for entrusting to me the challenging and exciting task of bringing together women from Asia and the Pacific and beyond to once again take stock of the situation of women and craft responses to overcome persistent and emerging threats to the realization of commitments made in Beijing.