Development for the Arab Region

Region Bonn Rhein Sieg Ahrweiler

Ferguson I.and Chandrasekharan C.Paths and Pitfalls of Decentralization for Sustainable Forest Management Experiences of the Asia Pacific Region

Paper presented at the Conference on Combating Corruption in the Asia Pacific Region (Seoul, 11 13, December 2000).

29 See OCHA Financial Tracking Service, summary of requirements and contributions by affected country region as of 19 December 2004, available at www.reliefweb.int fts.

Vol. 10, pp. 487 88 (1994) (reporting Spain's suspension of three visa waiver treaties with countries of the former Yugoslavia at the time of armed conflict in that region).

HIHR also met with PEACESAT to examine the potential to communicate in the region via the university telecommunication system to schedule a virtual conference to connect the peoples of the Pacific.

国际农业发展基金(IFAD, 2003b) 国家草原恢复和发展计划 第一阶段 (www.ifad.org lrkm region pn jo_468.htm)

HIHR also met with Center of Excellence in Disaster Management and Humanitarian Assistance to follow up on Fall meeting. Center expert expressed the areas of expertise that are capable of being coordinated. Consensus was arrived to prepare a proposal for collaboration in the region together.

HIHR coordinated first ever Human Rights Day at Hawaii State Capitol bringing together environment, women and children, peace and justice and core human rights NGOs. HIHR held initial consultations for cooperation in possible local legislation and awareness raising events in Hawaii and the region.

13 Paxton, S. and the International Community of Women Living with HIV AIDS (ICW), 2004. Oh! This one is infected! Women, HIV and Human Rights in the Asia Pacific Region. See also UNDP.HIV and Development Programme. Young Women Silence, Susceptibility and the HIV Epidemic.

HIHR also met with the director of the University of Hawaii Center for Pacific Island Studies. The meeting focused on a future conference to be cosponsored together on the UH campus or another potential campus in the region. Discussion also focused on next steps including submission of proposal for co sponsorship of the conference.

The impact and implications of the construction of male sexuality on women, violence against women and women's sexual and bodily autonomy was discussed, noting that the construction of male sexuality makes women particularly vulnerable to violence. Sexuality and violence against women was examined in light of growing fundamentalisms, militarization and situations of armed conflict and the rise of neo liberal globalization in the region.