[WSIS CS-Plenary] reality check - let's get back to summit discussions..

[mclauglm at po.muohio.edu]

Robert and Djilali, of course you are correct. The CS-Plenary 
shouldn't be used to discuss gender issues. After all, we have 
violated protocol around following the official agenda by discussing 
this at all. How dare we do so when there actually exists a list and 
a past conference that deals with such "marginal" and less-pressing 
issues? We really should be discussing issues like internet 
governance and speakers at UN conferences like we've been told to 
do--you know, things that are important to less than half of the 
population of the world. So, after this, I won't contribute to this 
gendered thread of the conversation. My apologies for contributing to 
taking up so much of your time. It's quite unforgivable for me and 
for others not to have recognized by now that WSIS CS-Plenary is not 
the place to discuss gender issues, especially now that they are off 
of the official intergovernmental agenda.

With irony,
Lisa

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>There is a WSIS gender caucus - should discussions on and about 
>women not be moved there.
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>That caucus has organized numerous activities and conferences where 
>the very issues now on the plenary list have already been discussed.
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>I would point to those interested, that they take a look at the  
>Femme Global conference website. It was held days before the prepcom..
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>URL is -  <http://www.glow-boell.de/en/rubrik_2/813_993.htm>
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>Now can we move to other issues - pressing ones in the WSIS civil 
>society context, such as planning, organizing and positions to be 
>developed for the Summit that is LESS THAN one month away!
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>Robert
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>On 13-Oct-05, at 2:54 AM, djilali benamrane wrote:
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>>Sorry my message has been truncked....
>>I only want to propose that those, the big majority of
>>us, who want to gather arround women promotion all
>>arond the world and in all status and responsabilities
>>will create a special discussion group about the
>>issue.
>>The problem is more difficult than it seems...
>>Are we going to support Lepen daughter or Segolene
>>Royal as possible candidate in a French presidential ?
>>If in the US Democrate Hillary Clinton would be
>>opposite to another Republican woman candidate who are
>>we going to support ?
>>And choising beetween a progressit man candidate and a
>>  non progressit woman competition are we allowed to
>>support the woman position.
>>In the german case the situation is clear but it
>>depends on the german people decision.
>>In conclusion if we have to create a discussion group,
>>i would like to propose 2 groups one for those who
>>beleive on the woman decided to promote human progress
>>and another favourable to women supporting regress....
>>In 3 weeks, the Tunis Summit with its huge challenges
>>and we lose our time with such a discussion.....
>>Please stop it !
>>Best regards
>>Djilali
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Lisa McLaughlin, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Mass Communication & Women's Studies
Editor, Feminist Media Studies
Director of Graduate Studies, M.A. Program in Mass Communication
Union for Democratic Communications Representative,
World Summit on the Information Society

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