Statement / submitted by Agricultural Missions, All India Women’s Education Fund Association, Alliance for Africa, Amman Center for Human Rights Studies, Association of War-Affected Women, Bangladesh Nari Progati Sangha, BAOBAB for Women’s Human Rights, CARE, Centre for Social Research, Coalition against Trafficking in Women, Congregation of Our Lady of Charity of the Good Shepherd, Equality Now, Equidad de Genero: Ciudadania, Trabajo y Familia, European Women’s Lobby, Federation of Women Lawyers in Kenya, Flora Tristan Peruvian Women’s Center, Foodfirst Information and Action Network, Forum for Women and Development, Global Justice Center, Inter-African Committee on Traditional Practices Affecting the Health of Women and Children, International Council for Adult Education, International Women’s Anthropology Conference, International Women’s Rights Action Watch Asia Pacific, Movimiento Manuela Ramos, National Alliance of Women’s Organizations, Network of Non-Governmental Organizations of Trinidad and Tobago for the Advancement of Women, Programme on Women’s Economic Social and Cultural Rights, Servitas Cameroon, Soroptimist International, Tandem Project and Temple of Understanding