The issues on the agenda include racism, xenophobia, women's rights and mistreatment of minorities. While racial inequality largely addresses the experiences of black men, sex discrimination addresses the experiences of white women. I think the problem with the CSW is their concern to keep the focus on gender. These should include issues concerning women of colour, ethnic minorities, migrant women, refugees, asylum seekers and others who experience multiple discrimination on gender, ethnic and religious grounds. According to EWL, there are 50 million female international migrants, including about 12 million in Europe alone, who face poverty, social exclusion, precarious legal status, violence and intimidation, difficult access to labour markets and lack of visibility.
Nothing is all men's affair anymore.
We are putting our foot into everything. Leslie Wright, Chair of the NGO Committee on the Status of Women in New York, says that there should be strong language at the WCAR condemning early marriage, rape, incest, trafficking, and other sexual abuses of the girl child.