Date: Mon, 1 Aug 1994 14:11:14 -0700
From: International Gay Lesbian Human Rights Commission <iglhrc@igc.apc.org>

In response to the various questions that have been raised about
lesbian participation in the Fourth UN World Conference on Women .
. . .

HOW TO GET INVOLVED IN LESBIAN ORGANIZING FOR BEIJING

Lesbian activists from many different countries are already
working on increasing lesbian visibility at the Fourth World
Conference on Women (Beijing, September 1995).  Several meetings
took place in New York last month among lesbian activists in town
for SW25 and the ILGA conference, and committees have been set up
to deal with events, publications, and fundraising.  To get
involved or get yourself on the mailing list, please contact
iglhrc@igc.apc.org.  If possible, give us an address and fax
number as well as your e-mail address -- most of the people
involved are not on the internet.

There are actually TWO conferences taking place in Beijing.  To
attend the World Conference on Women (4-15 September 1995) you
must be a member of an official delegation or a representative of
a non-governmental organization that has either permanent
consultative status with the UN or accreditation for the
conference.  Most lesbian activists will be attending the NGO
Forum on Women (30 August-8 September), which will be held in a
separate facility several miles away from the official conference.
There will be a space set up at the Forum for lesbian meetings and
events.  Admission to the NGO forum is open to everyone who
registers by April, 1995; the registration fee is $50.  The
registration forms were supposed to be available by Aug. 1 but
they're running late.  The International Gay and Lesbian Human
Rights Commission has started collecting a mailing list of
lesbians interested in Beijing, and we will be mailing out the
forms (electronically or otherwise) when they are available.

A lot of the important decisions will take place before anyone
actually gets to Beijing. There are local, national and regional
meetings taking place within the next several months (including 10
in the US sponsored by the Women's Bureau of the Dept. of Labor)
and it is important that lesbian issues are raised at all of them.
The schedule is too extensive to include here.  Contact me for
more specific info or contact the NGO Forum office at
ngoforum95@igc.apc.org.

Rachel Rosenbloom