The target groups are African project women leaders who are implementing RIO Conventions, e.g., desertification, biodiversity, climate change and forum on the forests. We intend to examine the UN main conferences that took place after RIO, e.g., Vienna, Copenhagen, Cairo, Beijing, Istanbul and Rome for the Food Summit. In all these meetings, women's involvement at different levels in decision-making was highlighted. The main objective of this meeting is to take stock from RIO 1992 todate and see how much women have benefited from these UN Conferences and if they haven't, we want to know why they have not benefited. This will help us to come up with a way forward for the 21st Century's women's movement.
International delegates are welcome as observers.
This theme provides an opportunity for a broad reflection on the state of women and gender issues from a gendered perspective within the context of change. It enables discussions focused on both differences and similarities and offers positive pointers for future action for gender equity and equality. The Women's Worlds 2002 special focus areas will be the African perspective, young voices, gendering women and men, celebrating multiculturality and diversity and North - South perspectives. These focus areas will be reflected in the congress program themes. This will be the 5 th conference of specialists in the collection and dissemination of information relevant to women.