AW: [WSIS CS-Plenary] [governance] Post mortem and next steps on IG

[Jacqueline Morris]

Vittorio
Exactly the principle that we have been applying, as you know from
WGIG. We need to get away from the laundry list of issues in the
language - it rapidly becomes meaningless. To get the concept across
and deeply embedded is vital.
I agree with the other danger that you raise - that if gender language
is in many paras but not all, then we open the door for those paras
where it is not specified to be treated as if gender does not apply
there.
Jacqueline

On 10/4/05, Vittorio Bertola <vb at bertola.eu.org> wrote:
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> conchita poncini ha scritto:
> > Thanks Rik for clarifying.  OF course I never meant to shout but am
> > determined to ascertain that gender sensitivity is there.  I agree that
> > it should appear most appropriate and I have certainly read this very
> > carefully and was at the session when the Chair read his Food for
> > Thought.  I am all for substance and if we do not make WSIS principles
> > gender sensitive, then it remains a paradigm of the haves and not
> > inclusive of the have-nots who are at present women..  This is precisely
> > why I included it in the paragraph where it recognizes the scope and the
> >  necessity for IG to be people-centered, inclusive, development oriented
> > and non discriminatory, and certainly should be "gender sensitive.".
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> Sorry, but I support Rik on this issue. The sentence you mention is a
> very short and high-level one, and I think that "non discriminatory"
> already includes all types of diversity. If you want to add gender
> equality (which of course is a highly commendable principle in itself)
> then I expect that activists against other types of discrimination would
> stand up and ask for the same, and thus you might have to mention, just
> to name a few, North-South equality, inclusion of youth, indigenous
> peoples, people with disabilities etc. I think it would be preferrable
> to keep "non discriminatory" as a general principle that encompasses all
> types of disequalities and social injustices, rather than discuss among
> ourselves which kind of disequality deserves more to be mentioned.
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> Moreover, as this general principle really applies to everything, I
> think you should carefully refrain from trying to get it inserted here
> and there as much as possible; either you push to get it mentioned in
> each and every paragraph, which is clearly impossible and will only get
> everyone upset at you, or partial additions will be used against you to
> say that in every issue where it is not explicitly mentioned it should
> not be applied.
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