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

[conchita poncini]

The preamble is the encompassing principle that guides implementation. I
have been an activist and doing advocacy work with governments for 10 years
among NGOs and an official in the UN family (ILO) for many years so I have
experienced that every word has its own weight, meaning and implication.
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From: "Vittorio Bertola" <vb at bertola.eu.org>
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Subject: Re: AW: [WSIS CS-Plenary] [governance] Post mortem and next steps
on IG


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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.".
>
> 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.
>
> 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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