Date: Fri, 14 Nov 2003 01:15:32 +0800 From: Susanna George <susanna@isiswomen.org> Subject: [communication 1015] Fwd: Re: [WSIS-CT] non-negotiables -draft text To: communication@wsisasia.org Message-Id: <5.1.0.14.0.20031114011331.03bb7e70@202.57.74.189> X-Mail-Count: 01015friends, I submitted the following to the CT-list on behalf of Isis International Manila, in response to the non-negotiables draft that was posted in the various lists, and forgot to cc: copy this list. thank you Patcha for your hard work and holding up the interests of our diverse whole continent on your shoulders. :-) susanna >Date: Fri, 14 Nov 2003 01:12:30 +0800 >To: steve@commedia.org.uk, ct@wsis-cs.org >From: Susanna George <susanna@isiswomen.org> >Subject: Re: [WSIS-CT] non-negotiables -draft text >Cc: gswg-coord@genderit.org > >Dear Steve, Karen and all those who have worked on this document, > >Thank you for what I think is an excellent document for the most >part. Following are some of my comments: > >1. Under No. 2 on Human Rights, on the second sentence, where labour >rights and the right to development are listed, I feel that we should also >list women's human rights. so it would read, "labour rights, women's >human rights, and the right to development, as well as the principle of >non-discrimination..." > >2. Under No. 3 on Sustainable Development, I would like to suggest >the inclusion in the second paragraph, second sentence of the following, >"Market based development solutions often fail to adress more deep rooted >and persistent inequalities, particularly historical and geo-political >inequalities between nations of the North and South. > >2. I agree with the rewording of the title of No. 5 as suggested by >Patcha and George Crewe, to "Public Domain of Global Knowledge" rather >than the "Global Knowledge Commons", and also agree additionally to their >suggestion together with Muguet, to have the "Open Access to Scientific >Information" listed under No. 5 > >3. We have discussed the Gender paragraph in the NGO GSWG list, and >Karen will be giving to you all the recommended rewording of the Gender >paragraph. My feeling though is that this section, from points 7-10 feel >disconnected and laundry-list like. Gender, Disability, Labour issues all >constitute important facets of the broader social justice agenda, and >should be putting under a broader title such as Social Justice, and moved >up in the document to where Human Rights and Sustainable Development is >listed. I realise that it is not a hierarchy of issues, but a list of >equally essential demands of Civil Society...even so, it would appear that >these were the floating issues that have somehow been pasted at the end, >the way they look right now. > >4. Lastly, i do not think Ethics should be a separate paragraph. If >I understand the second sentence of the Ethics para, then it would be that >this statement opposing "simple formulae based merely on finance or the >propogation of technology" is in line with the statement in Point 3 on >Sustainable Development, and might be integrated there. I do not >understand the distinction being made here when asking for the "the >ethical dimension" to be "truly regarded as indispensible" since this CS >document is already a statement of principles starting with the >introduction, and all of the sections starting with human rights, >sustainable development and so on. I am also frankly very wary of the >institutionalised religious base of support that the notion of "ethics" >currently has in this debate and in the UN generally, and would strongly >object to being included in our statement of CS Non-Negotiables. > >I hope that this is not coming in too late to be considered. > >regards, and salaams, > >susanna1015_2.html (attatchment)(tag is disabled)