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These factors combined are creating a stop there: after spending a lot of time
sustainable movement for women reaching out to numerous individuals

empowerment in Latin America, from and organizations to receive funding, it's
which we still have a lot to learn in the evident that your presence doesn't

Southern Mediterranean region. necessarily mean your opinions matter.
Moreover, the majority of the
representatives from governmental and

non-governmental organizatioens were
over 30, which means they don’t truly

represent the youth. The researcher
refers to the lack of actual representation

of young men and women as <ticking the
boxes= . We also learn that one

organization may send up to eighteen
delegates to the meeting, in addition to
However, the CSW '68 was not without the delegations from government

shortcomings or else the outcomes would officials, amassing to a huge number of
have been more impactful attendees that the UN headquarters

Moreover, miss. Yasmin noticed how cannot handle, forcing some to take seats
Latin American countries and NGOs on the floor. So how do we make time to
were impressively armed with a large base hear what each person has to say?

of knowledge in the field of women In addition, the youth hosted the Youth
empowerment, allowing them to identify Forum, a parallel event to the

what truly qualifies as a step forward in Conference which is a challenging task to
empowering women. execute. However, the Youth Forum's

First off, despite the fact that it is a recommendations were not included in
women's conference, the researcher notes the Conference's official

that the majority of the talks were recommendations, and it did not receive
delivered by men. The white man was the enough media coverage—many attendees
most visible and appeared in the majority were even unaware of the event.

of talks and media appearances Up till now, more than five months have
throughout the conference, even though passed since the war on Gaza began,

Africa and Latin America were well- henceforth, it is important to bring up
represented. Additionally, there was little the issue of Palestinian women's rights.

to no genuine representation of the The researcher states that any comment
underrepresented groups at the coming from the audience regarding the
conference, including youths, minorities, state of women in Gaza or other unstable

indigenous people, and those with regions of the world was labeled as an
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disabilities. The disappointment doesn't "uncomfortable question" and ignored,