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Editor's Note: The Earth Negotiations Bulletin and Feminist Intenational Radio Endeavor (FIRE) sat down with a small group of women NGOs to evaluate the Fourth World Conference on Women. The following clips are excerpts from their conversation.

Maria Suarez of Feminist International Radio Endeavor (FIRE) spoke Thursday, 14 September with Anita Nayar, Jean Laguerder and Litha Musyimi Ogana. As negotiations drew to a close Thursday, they discussed the results and implications of the Conference including...

consolidating previous conferences into one platform and adding the gender perspective (4:01)

resistance, government positions and grappling with new monsters of financial institutions (5:46)

achievements, followup and the women's movement coming of age (7:15)

women defining their own agenda (11:33)

looking outside the brackets for meaningful gains in the Platform for Action. (4:41)

Jean Laguerder is assistant vice president of the Philippine Rural Reconstruction Movement. Anita Nayar is Programme Coordinator of the Women's Environment and Development Organization (WEDO). Litha Musyimi Ogana is Executive Director of Family Life Promotion & Services.

Maria Suarez produces shortwave radio programming for Feminist International Radio Endeavor (FIRE). The entire recording of this discussion will be broadcast on shortwave and a transcript will be available electronically.

The interviews are formatted as RealAudio files.