exposed cerebral cortex of a proletariat bike slut

again, last night I had a paralyzing nightmare…

I wake up in a panic, brought out of my sleep by some small noise which I attribute to a man breaking into my room to rape me.  This is followed by 30 seconds - 1 minute of paralytic terror accompanied by silent screams, before I am able to move and say anything.

I hate it.

It always happens unless I’m either drunk or sleeping next to Dylan.

fuck.fuck fuck.

Draft Resolution from NWMUN:

COMMITTEE: Commission on the Status of Women

SPONSORS: Tanzania, South Korea, Namibia, United Arab Emirates

SIGNATORIES: Spain, Turkey, Eritrea, United States of America, Haiti

Research as a Mechanism of Empowerment, Participation, and Accountability in Post-Conflict Zones

The Commission on the Status of Women,

Bearing in mind that primary and immediate needs must be met before subsequent efforts are taken toward institutional formations,

Aware that organizations initiated by the United Nations often lead to the further development of localized efforts toward social reconstruction,

Supporting the policies and actions of the United Nations High Commissioner on Refugees (UNHCR) and United Nations Peace-keeping troops, in securing, physically re-constructing, and socially stabilizing post-conflict zones,

Recognizing the lack of post-conflict reconstruction efforts in addressing women-specific issues in reference to the Post-Conflict Needs Assessment’s used by the United Nations Development Group in post-conflict reconstruction,

Emphasizing the need for capacity-building through organizational instruments, such as those employed by the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) and evidenced in the successful creation of the Great Lakes Region Women’s Rights Research Center in Rwanda,

Recalling the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action in its call for concrete solutions,

Reiterating this body’s commitment to the continuance and full implementation of Security Council resolutions 1325 (2000), 1888 (2009), and 1889 (2009) on women, peace and security,

Affirming the words of the Executive Director of United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM) at the October 2009 Security Council Debate on Women, Peace and Security, calling for “stronger system-wide architecture for leadership, expertise, funding, monitoring and accountability”,

Recalling CSW/2003/44 in the emphasis on “monitoring and accountability mechanisms to ensure implementation of gender-sensitive policies”,

Recalling also the importance of “women’s equal participation and full involvement in all efforts for the maintenance of peace and promotion of peace and security” in Security Council Resolution 1888, 

1. Calls upon the United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM) and United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) to facilitate the creation of localized research organizations, specializing in gender-specific issues, in order to establish an oversight and accountability mechanism for the incorporation of women in post-conflict society by the monitoring of gender representation, bias, and equality in the areas of media, education, healthcare, economic access, and political leadership;

2. Affirms that the training and employment of women in these fact-finding institutions should lead to:

• 1. increased access to internet capabilities and understanding of Information Computer Technology
  2. a highly responsive and gender-sensitive female polity to which future institutions must be accountable to the international community;

3. Designates that UNIFEM personnel employ local women in these organizations, equipping them with the necessary skills to implement the goals of gender-equal participation and representation by offering:

• 1. gender-sensitization” training, which enhances awareness of the role of gender in society,
  2. statistical analysis training,
  3. instruction and access to the use of advanced technologies and research databases;

4.  Recommends the local publication of gender-specific findings through government Gazette’s or other appropriate mediums, as well as the transference of this data to the United Nations Institute Research for Social Development (UNIRSD), which will act as a tool for gender-mainstreaming with the application of data toward:

• 1. the formulation of Post-Conflict Needs Assessments in conjunction with the United Nations Development Group and the World Bank with an emphasis on discrepancies in:

• • 1. access to healthcare, particularly in relation to reproductive and feminine needs,
    2. gender parity in education,
    3. availability of credit, employment opportunities, and ownership rights;

• 2. as an accountability mechanism for the representation of women in developing infrastructural formations, such as:
  1. 1. proportionate gender representation in all areas of state government
     2. proportionate gender representation and participation in the formal peace process, as stated in Security Council Resolution 1888 and the Beijing Platform for Action such as, increased representation of women as mediators with an emphasis on women in positions as Chief or Lead mediator, increased presence of women in peace-keeping forces, increased presence of women in judiciary and legal positions within tribunal processes;

5. Endorses the further utilization of appropriate forums between members of the NGO community and representatives of this organization;

6. Appeals to the member states and the global civil society for material, epistemic, and advisory support for the development and application of data found and utilized in the aforementioned gender-sensitive research bodies.

t - a couple weeks until I have the topics for the Vancouver conference and can start researching..