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Just two weeks since the exclusive press conference in Spain, another opportunity to openly discuss Ines Alberdi’s appointment as United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM) Executive Director was thwarted.

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Feminists from the South continue to strongly express their views on UNIFEM appointment  

It is almost a month after the appointment of Dr. Ines Alberdi as Director of UNIFEM, yet feminists, particularly from the developing South, continue to strongly voice out their heart-felt disappointment in UNIFEM’s appointment process and choice. Such expressions appear to be primarily stirred by the lack of transparency and accountability displayed by the appointment process, especially since UNIFEM is considered an offshoot of the women’s movements by many feminists.

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The Cambodian authorities have halted processing foreigners’ applications for marriage licenses to wed Cambodians. The policy was implemented after a report showed that cases of human trafficking have increased and that the women are entering potentially abusive situations. The directive to halt processing of licenses was met by a corresponding move from the Korean embassy to stop approving marriage visas.

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In 2001, Saudi Arabia signed the UN Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW), but much more is yet to be done if women’s civil rights are to make it beyond paper. 

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Below is the full text of statement made by  the Development Alternatives with Women for A New Era (DAWN) at the Special High-Level Meeting of the United Nations Economic and Social Council with the World Bank, the International Monetary Fund, the World Trade Organisation and United Nations Commission on Trade and Development last14 April 2008. 

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In a process that seemed opaque and unexpected by many women's groups around the world, Ms. Inés  Alberdi was appointed the new director of the United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM). The appointment was the focus of much lobbying among women's organisations as there was general expectation of an appointee who comes from the global South and has roots in the women's movement.