In this article, Riley analyzes the effectiveness of the United Nations system in defending women’s economic concerns. Her main focus is on the Outcomes Document resulting from the Beijing +5 meeting in 2000 which, she argues, does not adequately the concerns of women’s organizations who participate in these meetings. Thus, she advocates that women formulate a new economic agenda, one which accurately represents their concerns and which defines these concerns in terms of economic rights for...read more
In this article, Riley analyzes the effectiveness of the United Nations system in defending women’s economic concerns. Her main focus is on the Outcomes Document resulting from the Beijing +5 meeting in 2000 which, she argues, does not adequately the concerns of women’s organizations who participate in these meetings. Thus, she advocates that women formulate a new economic agenda, one which accurately represents their concerns and which defines these concerns in terms of economic rights for all.
