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Without doubt, both the forum and the U.N. meeting had their cacophonous, disorganized and divisive moments. Skeptics felt that the gathering, even at its most high-minded, was fundamentally unimportant and ineffective. Before the conference took place, Congresswoman Patricia Schroeder of Colorado, a committed feminist, dismissed it as "one giant commemorative stamp." But for many participants, particularly those at the NGO forum, the significance of Nairobi was found less in the official proceedings of the U.N. meeting than in the peaceful and joyous way the swirling mix of women from the developed nations, the Third World and the Soviet bloc...
Whether that temporary epiphany can hasten true equality between the sexes remains to be seen. Like most U.N. ideals, the warm feelings of sisterly unity that infused Nairobi may be difficult to translate into concrete action in the rough-and-tumble forum of international politics. But many women nevertheless voiced their determination to try. Said Filipino Irene Santiago, of the Asian Women's Research and Action Network: "We are preparing for the long haul." --By Susan Tifft. Reported by Jane O'Reilly and Maryanne Vollers/Nairobi WOMEN WORLDWIDE...
Kidd told leaders of the Harvard Social Forum (HSF) in an e-mail yesterday morning that the activists will be barred from staging a rally outside the Science Center today because organizers did not comply with the College’s event registration procedures—which require student groups to complete an online form...
...Since that meeting the Forum has not been complying with this understanding,” Kidd wrote yesterday...
Just one month after voting for a lack of confidence in the University’s president, faculty members may use the forum tonight to protest what some say is an administrative failing to guide the review...