CONFERENCE DECLARATION

We, 110 women and men from 16 countries and regions from Australia, Bangladesh, China and Hongkong SAR, India, Indonesia, Iraq, Malaysia, Mongolia, Nepal, Pakistan, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Timor Leste, Vietnam, and The Netherlands, and representing peasant, agricultural workers, church groups, Dalit women, fisherfolk, indigenous women, migrants, minorities, workers, urban poor, girls, youth, academe and support NGOs and networks met for the Women Resisting Crisis and War: A conference on the impacts and women's responses to the economic and climate crisis and war from July 19-21, 2010 in Baguio City, Philippines.

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Civil Society Organizations are in World Wide Process to Set Principles on their Own Development Effectiveness

Dhaka, 6th June 2010. Today in a press conference held at National Press Club, Dhaka, leaders from BAPA, CDP, EquityBD and SUPRO announced the date and process on Bangladesh National Consultation on open forum on civil society organization (CSO)’s development effectiveness. This is a part of global dialogue process which was initiated after the Accra Conference on aid effectiveness that held during 2008, being lead by 25 international civil society organizations which includes, AFRODAD, ANND  CONCORD,  CIVICUS, ACT, CIDSE,  Plan and Care International etc. In Asia Pacific the dialogues being facilitated by Asia Pacific Research Network (APRN). The process will be culminated in 2011 at Korea during fourth high level forum on aid effectiveness. The press conference was moderated by Dr. Abdul Matin of BAPA. Mostafa Kamal Akanda and Rezaul Karim Chowdury of EquityBD/COAST, Jahangir Hossain Masum of CDP and Iqbal Uddin of SUPRO have spoken on the occasion.

National consultation about Civil Society Organizations Development Effectiveness in Morocco will take place on 29th, 30th and 31st of May 2010 in Rabat(Capital of Morocco).

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A conference on the impacts and women’s responses to the economic and climate crises and war.

Background

The recent years have unfolded multi- faceted, yet interconnected global crises encompassing the economic and ecological spheres. Women have long been facing multiple forms of discrimination, and the current crises further increased their vulnerabilities.