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Renate Bloem
CONGO President
2000 - 2006
Elected for a second three year term by the CONGO General Assembly (December 2003)

Brief Bio Data

Ms. Bloem was born in Germany. She completed studies in Medicine, Languages and Literature at the Universities of Bonn, Munich and New York (Columbia University). She has taught at international schools and cultural Institutions.

Since 1985: NGO work, UN Representative for the World Federation of Methodist and Uniting Church Women. Advocate for human rights, in particular for the human rights of women and children. Involved in the Drafting of the Convention on the Rights of the Child, (Art. 37d) and, after adoption, in the promotion of children's rights.

Lead her organization to the World Conferences on Human Rights (Vienna 1993), the Fourth World Conference on Women (Beijing 1995) and the World Congress against Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children (Stockholm 1996) In 1997, elected President of the NGO Committee on the Status of Women (Geneva) and Co-ordinating Committee Member of the NGO Forum for Health. Also serving as Member of the Management Team of the Focal Point on Sexual Exploitation of Children. Many national and international speaking engagements, including at church community level on NGO/UN work, as well as at Global Policy Dialogue level, and widely traveled.

Organized numerous seminars and consultations, including in 1998 one on "Gender and Health", together with WHO, coordinated the Health program for the 1999 Seoul Conference, and, during UN meetings, set up caucus activities on lobby and advocacy.

In January 2000 responsible, together with her Committee on the Status of Women, for organizing the NGO Working Session, preceding the ECE Regional Preparatory Meeting for Beijing +5, largely hailed as a model for NGO/UN partnership. Actively involved in the whole review process of Beijing and Copenhagen + 5.

She was elected President of CONGO at the General Assembly in November 2000. In this capacity she has been involved in numerous UN meetings, lead a CONGO delegation to the World Conference Against Racism, the World Summit on Sustainable Development and organized through the CONGO WG on Asia the Asian Civil Society Forum 2002 in Bangkok.

She follows a Strategic Plan for CONGO which is based on her priorities: Outreach, Dialogue, Training, Communication and Membership Drive and Service.

Renate Bloem is married with two children.



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