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Tibetan Women's Delegation Report
On the United Nations Fourth World Conference
on Women, Beijing 1995
Tibetan Women from exile gag themselves with silk scarves
given by China to guests at the FWCW opening ceremonies and stage
a silent vigil in pouring rain on the second
day of the NGO Forum, to symbolize China's silencing of Tibetan
women's voices. Photo courtesy of Carole Samdup, CTC
PREFACE
This report is directed to the Tibetan community,
non-governmental organisations, government representatives and
other interested individuals. Its purpose is to inform the reader
about the development and activities of the Tibetan Women's
Delegation (TWD) to the United Nations Fourth World Conference on
Women and provide suggestions for future efforts. The body of the
report includes nine sections followed by six appendices.
The Introduction briefly discusses the
decision to send a delegation of Tibetan women from
exile and outlines the objectives of the TWD.
Sections II through VII describe the TWD's preparatory
efforts, access problems, activities at the FWCW NGO
Forum and official UN Conference in Beijing, contact with
delegates sent by China from the Tibetan Autonomous Region and
media strategies.
Section VIII describes the TWD's use of the Platform for
Action and includes recommendations on how to use the
Platform for Action in future lobbying efforts.
The final section provides recommendations
based on the experiences of the TWD.
The appendices provide additional information about
the TWD, including its members, publications,
participation in preparatory conferences and a financial
statement. Also included in the appendices are a petition
submitted on behalf of Tibetan women and a list of acronyms used
in this report.
A sampling of news articles from the global
press are provided as an attachment to hard copy versions of this
report. For more information please contact the Regional
Coordinator nearest you. Their addresses are listed in Appendix
II, subsection B.
WHO PREPARED REPORT
This report was prepared collectively by members of the
Tibetan Women's Delegation from the following organisations:
Australia Tibet Council
PO Box 1236
Potts Point NSW 2011 AUSTRALIA
Tel: 61 (2) 360-9669
Fax: 61 (2) 360-9057
E-mail: tibetcouncil@atc.org.au
Canada Tibet Committee
4675 Coolbrook Ave
Montreal, Quebec, H3X 2K7 CANADA
Tel: (514) 487-0665
Fax: (514) 487-7825
E-mail: cantibet@tibet.ca
International Committee of Lawyers for Tibet
2288 Fulton Street, Suite 312
Berkeley, CA 94704 UNITED STATES
Tel: (510) 486-0588
Fax: (510) 548-3785
E-mails: tibetjustice@tibetjustice.org
Tibetan Rights Campaign
4649 Sunnyside Avenue N., #323
Seattle, WA 98103 UNITED STATES
Tel: (206) 547-1015
Fax: (206) 547-3758
E-mail: trcseattle@igc.apc.org
Tibet Support Group, UK
9 Islington Green
London, N1 2XH UNITED KINGDOM
Tel: 44 (0) 171 359 7573
Fax: 44 (0) 354 1026
E-mail: mail@freetibet.org
Tibetan Women's Association
Bhagsunag Rd.
PO McLeod Ganj 176219
Dharamsala, District Kangra, HP INDIA
Tel: 91-1892-22527
Fax: 91-1892-23374 / 22589
E-mail: twa@del2.vsnl.net.in
Tibetan Women's Association, East Coast
c/o Office of Tibet
241 East 32nd Street
New York, NY 10016 UNITED STATES
Tel: (212) 213-5010/Fax: (212) 779-9245
Tibetan Women's Organisation
Farmerstrasse 14
8404 Winterthur SWITZERLAND
Tel: 41-22-242-32-13
Fax: 41-22-738-79-41
E-mail: lobsang@kl.unibe.ch
Any and all parts of this report may be reproduced in
any form, by print, photocopy, microfilm or any other means, as
long as explicit reference is made to this publication and the
publisher, the Tibetan Women's Delegation.
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