Soon-Young Yoon

Chair of NGO CSW/NY. VP at the Conference of NGOs. Third generation feminist. I try to keep a wide-open lens on social, economic, and cultural trends.

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Cheers for Moroccan king who calls for end to violence against women at World Human Rights Forum.

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Gertrude Mongella, Secretary General of the UN FWCW said "You look younger than you did 20 years ago!"

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UN ESCAP meeting in Bangkok for Beijing + 20 is biggest ever. I'm smiling.

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she expects the largest government meeting ever hosted by this UN body with 700 govt delegates arriving tomorrow for the Beijing+20 meeting

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Hold onto your hats. Eastern winds are blowing. Nanda Krairiksh, Director of Social Development at the Asia and Pacific UN commission, says

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Rick and I were married at the Marble temple by nine chanting Buddhist monks. I will try to visit there tomorrow.

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Bangkok has a special place in my heart-- and it has nothing to do with the Beijing + 20 review next week at ESCAP.

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I thought she had a tear in her eye. #NGOs4B20

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"I was inspired to join the movement to protect our waters because WEDO reached out to women in our region", she said, speaking in Russian.

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Was the NGO Forum in Geneva for the ECE region worthwhile? It was for one woman from Eastern Europe.

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What do we want from Beijing+20? Hope! #NGOs4B20