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Below is the full text of statement made by  the Development Alternatives with Women for A New Era (DAWN) at the Special High-Level Meeting of the United Nations Economic and Social Council with the World Bank, the International Monetary Fund, the World Trade Organisation and United Nations Commission on Trade and Development last14 April 2008. 

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In a process that seemed opaque and unexpected by many women's groups around the world, Ms. Inés  Alberdi was appointed the new director of the United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM). The appointment was the focus of much lobbying among women's organisations as there was general expectation of an appointee who comes from the global South and has roots in the women's movement. 

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The Chilean Constitutional Tribunal voted 5-4 to successfully ban the distribution of the morning-after pill, thereby reversing a presidential decree that made contraception available to all women 14 and above. 

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WIEGO proposes new framework

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Academicians Martha Chen and Sandie Lund of the network Women in Informal Employment: Globalising and Organising (WIEGO)  said about the dominant perspectives on informal labour. Influenced by the market-led development framework, these perspectives have largely ignored the contributions of the informal economy and the risks placed on informal workers who are mostly women.

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This report looks at the various experiences and realities shared by women at two different panel discussions held in New York by the Asia Pacific Women Watch. These panel discussions were held as parallel events at the recent meeting of the Commission on the Status of Women from 25 February to 5 March 2008.

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These are excerpts from the panel was sponsored by Development Alternatives with Women for a New Era (DAWN) and Isis International, titled “What has happened to financing for gender equality?: A South Critical View of FFD, Debt Relief, Aid Effectiveness and Aid for Trade" at the ongoing UNCSW meetings.