Statement / submitted by ActionAid, African Centre for Democracy and Human Rights Studies, Alliance for Africa, Alliance for Arab Women, Apne Aap Women Worldwide (India) Trust, Asia Pacific Forum on Women, Law and Development, Center for Women’s Global Leadership, Coalition against Trafficking in Women, Equality Now, Federation of Women Lawyers in Kenya, Forum of Women’s NGOs of Kyrgyzstan, International Alliance of Women, International Center for Research on Women, Open Society Institute, Parliamentarians for Global Action, Red de Salud de las Mujeres Latinoamericanas y del Caribe, Social Aid of Hellas, Womankind Worldwide and Women’s Environment and Development Organization