This journal reports on the progress in the 10 years since the Beijing Conference in 1995. It reflects on the deliberations at the Beijing+10 Review held in March 2005 in the US, picking up on many of the issues outlined as critical areas of concern in the Beijing Platform for Action.

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EDITORIAL:
Beyond Beijing: a decade of women's rights "where to now".
Gil Harper



REPORTBACK:
Still more promises than progress: Beijing +10 Review.
Janine Moolman



REVIEW:
these hands
Clare Wyllie reviews Makhosazana Xaba's debut poetry anthology, these hands

PERSPECTIVE:
Losing the Beijing agenda in the sea of "new solutions" to HIV and AIDS.
Dawn Cavanagh

ARTICLE:
Women and the economy: how far have we come?
Daniela Casale and Dorrit Posel

FOCUS:
Women and poverty
Debbie Budlender

POETRY:
these days
Makhosazana Xaba

INTERVIEW:
Reflections on Beijing +10.
Nkululeko Malinga interviews Mavivi Myakayaka-Manzini and Gladys Mutukwa

PERSPECTIVE:
Digital solidarity and the 10 year review of the Beijing Platform for Action: new forms of sisterhood required?
Natasha Primo

PERSPECTIVE:
Probing the texture of silence in communications and media at B +10.
Jac sm Kee

ARTICLE:
Beijing +10: women and the environment "how close are we to Earth Democracy".
Lliane Loots and Harald Witt

POETRY:
Whirlwind
Makhosazana Xaba

PERSPECTIVE:
Young African women mobilising.
Shamillah Wilson

FOCUS:
A matter of opinion: the National Gender Opinion Survey conducted by the Commission on Gender Equality.
Lisa-Anne Julien and Chana Majake

ARTICLE:
Looking back, looking forward: analysing gender equality in South African education 10 years after Beijing.
Relebohile Moletsane

POETRY:
Heart Surgery
Makhosazana Xaba

FOCUS:
Beyond Beijing - women's rights in the workplace.
Brenda Grant



POETRY:
Suggestions Please
Makhosazana Xaba



REPORTBACK:
Women's advancement in Africa: undermined by tradition and bureaucracy?
Christi van der Westhuizen

ARTICLE:
Feminism and globalisation: the promise of Beijing and neoliberal capitalism in Africa.
Vishanthie Sewpaul

PERSPECTIVE:
Trafficking legislation in South Africa after Beijing +10.
Britta Rotmann

ARTICLE:
Globalising the women's movement agenda in South Africa.
Maretha de Waal

IN BRIEFS:
Nkululeko Malinga

WRITING PROGRAMME:
Dealing with writer's block.
Christine Davis

Building bridges: reflections on a capacity building project to strengthen the gender-based violence sector.
Sadiyya Haffejee

The raising of a Zulu man.
Musa Zakwe

Nurturing the sisterly garden - the foundation for sisterhood.
Seitisho Rammutla

Another woman
Aso Balan