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05SANTODOMINGO1060
2005-02-28 14:26:00
UNCLASSIFIED
Embassy Santo Domingo
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CSW AND WOMEN'S ECONOMIC ADVANCEMENT: DOMINICAN

Tags:  KWMN EAID DR 
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UNCLAS SANTO DOMINGO 001060 

SIPDIS

STATE FOR WHA/CAR, WHA/PPC, IO/UNP, DRL/MLA

E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: KWMN EAID DR
SUBJECT: CSW AND WOMEN'S ECONOMIC ADVANCEMENT: DOMINICAN
COMMENT, DOMINICAN DELEGATION

REF: STATE 030251

UNCLAS SANTO DOMINGO 001060

SIPDIS

STATE FOR WHA/CAR, WHA/PPC, IO/UNP, DRL/MLA

E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: KWMN EAID DR
SUBJECT: CSW AND WOMEN'S ECONOMIC ADVANCEMENT: DOMINICAN
COMMENT, DOMINICAN DELEGATION

REF: STATE 030251


1. Embassy delivered reftel demarche and draft resolution to
the Dominican Republic's MFA February 24. MFA director for
women's and children's issues Luisa "Chiqui" Vicioso offered
the following written comments on the U.S. draft CSW
resolution on women's economic advancement (informal
translation of Spanish text):

(Begin text)

The emphasis of the draft (resolution) seems excellent to me,
since it underscores an aspect of the life of women, their
participation in the market, which is fundamental and has not
been emphasized enough.

Only two observations: I note that nothing is mentioned
about women's health, where there have been big advances
worldwide; and that nothing is mentioned about political
participation of women and the need to strengthen systems of
(political) party quotas worldwide, as was done in the United
States in the sixties to ensure that minorities could have
access to education in the universities.

For the rest, I do not believe there will be any problem in
our endorsing the document, which we will propose at
appropriate levels.

(End text.)


2. We understand that Dominican First Lady Dra. Margarita
Cedeno de Fernandez will head the Dominican delegation of 45
persons to the "Beijing Plus Ten" meeting of CSW. The
delegation will include officials of the Secretariat of State
for Women, Secretariat of State for Foreign Relations, and
other government entities, municipal officials, diplomats of
the UN mission in New York, eight members of the Dominican
Congress, and NGO, academic, and political party
representatives.

HERTELL