Last week, Michele Bachelet, the new director of UN Women held a meetingwith representatives of the GEAR Campaign (Gender Equality Architecture Reform). The purpose was to discussideas on how civil society could be effectively involved in thework of UN Women and the development of its decision makingstructure. Jan Peterson, Chair of the Huairou Commission, joined 6 other global leaders of GEAR to participate in the meeting. http://myemail.constantcontact.com/Update-on-UN-Women–Meeting-with-Michelle-Bachelet.html?soid=1101426922527&aid=OFXrlF_n-nA

The Hairou Commission- Forging strategic partnerships toadvance the capacities of grassroots women worldwide to strengthenand create sustainable communities