International Women's Day March 8th
parallel events
Monday 1 March 2010
Philippines, United States Federation for Middle East Peace
HUMAN TRAFFICKING BEIJING+15 LESSONS LEARNED
Conference Room C (TNLB)
9:00 a.m. - 10:00 a.m.
Philippines, United States Federation for Middle East Peace
VIOLENCE AGAINST THE WORKING MOTHER
Conference Room C (TNLB)
10:00 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.
UNHABITAT, UNIFEM, Huairou Commission, Women in Cities International, Women and Habitat Latin America
WOMEN AND SAFER CITIES
Conference Room C (TNLB)
11:30 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.
Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU)
THE ROLE OF PARLIAMENTS ENFORCING LEGISLATION ON VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN
Conference Room C (TNLB)
1:15 p.m. - 2:45 p.m.
Turkey, TURKCELL Communication Services Inc.
SNOWDROPS: A SUCCESS STORY FROM TURKEY; EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES FOR UNDERPRIVILEGED GIRLS IN EDUCATION SINCE 2000
Conference Room 7 (TNLB)
1:15 p.m. - 2:30 p.m.
France, International Organization of la Francophonie
WORKSHOP ON BEIJING+15
Conference Room 1
1:15 p.m. - 2:45 p.m.
Spain, Austria, Portugal
GOOD GOVERNANCE AND WOMEN'S POLITICAL PARTICIPATION
Conference Room 6 (TNLB)
1:15 p.m. - 2:45 p.m.
Japan, National Women's Committee of the United Nations NGOs in Japan
EDUCATION FOR THE GIRL CHILD AND BOY CHILD IN JAPAN
Conference Room C (TNLB)
3:00 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Denmark, UAFC and CHANGE
FEMALE CONDOMS 4 ALL
UN Millennium Hotel
5:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.
Tuesday 2 March 2010
UNDP, UNIFEM, Denmark and Egypt
TAKE ACTION NOW: THE PATHWAY FROM BEIJING TO 2015. PROGRESS ON MDG3. BREAKFAST DIALOGUE
Delegates Dining Room
8:15 a.m. - 10:30 a.m.
Germany
BRIEFING (Download flyer here)
Mission of the Federal Republic of Germany
22nd floor
871 UN Plaza, New York, NY 10017
8:30 a.m. - 9:30 a.m.
Austria
ON THE WAY TO GENDER DEMOCRACY. A CRITICAL CONTRIBUTION FROM THE AUSTRIAN PERSPECTIVE
Conference Room C (TNLB)
9:00 a.m. - 10:00 a.m.
Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU), DAW
THE ROLE OF PARLIAMENTS IN ENFORCING GENDER EQUALITY AND WOMEN'S RIGHTS, 15 YEARS AFTER BEIJING
ECOSOC Chamber
10:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m.
Canada, Global Network of Women's Shelters
VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN AND THE ROLE OF SAFE SPACES FOR WOMEN
Conference Room C (TNLB)
10:00 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.
UNAIDS, Botswana, Brazil, Ireland, Mexico, the Netherlands, Philippines and South Africa
LAUNCH OF THE OPERATIONAL PLAN FOR UNAIDS ACTION FRAMEWORK: ADDRESSING WOMEN, GIRLS, GENDER EQUALITY AND HIV
Conference Room 4 (TNLB)
10:00 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.
UNIFEM
DELIVERING AS ONE - MYTH OR REALITY?
Landmark View, 29th Floor, Millennium UN Plaza Hotel
11:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.
UNDP, UNEP, Global Gender and Climate Alliance (GGCA), the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), Women's Environment and Development Organization (WEDO)
GENDER EQUALITY AND CLIMATE CHANGE - OPPORTUNITIES AND CHALLENGES FOR THE MDGS Conference Room C (TNLB)
11:30 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.
Australia and Pacific Islands
PACIFIC WOMEN DECISION-MAKERS IN ACTION
Conference Room C (TNLB)
1:15 p.m. - 2:45 p.m.
UNIFEM
ROLE OF MEDIA IN THE ADVANCEMENT OF WOMEN
Conference Room 6 (TNLB)
1:15 p.m. - 2:45 p.m.
France, United States of America
FIGHT AGAINST DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN
Conference Room 7 (TNLB)
1:15 p.m. - 2:45 p.m.
UNITAR
MIGRATION AND DEVELOPMENT SERIES: BRIEFING ON FEMALE MIGRATION
Conference Room E (TNLB)
1:15 p.m. - 2:45 p.m.
UNIFEM
PROGRESS OF THE WORLD'S WOMEN: ACCESS TO JUSTICE
Landmark View, 29th Floor, Millennium UN Plaza Hotel
1:15 p.m. - 2:45 p.m.
Denmark
MINISTERIAL LEVEL PANEL DISCUSSION - BEIJING +15: ACHIEVEMENTS AND CHALLENGES FOR GENDER EQUALITY - A POLITICAL APPROACH
Conference Room C (TNLB)
3:00 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.
UNIFEM, World Association of Christian Communication (WACC)
WHAT HAPPENED TO SECTION J? GENDER EQUALITY IN THE WORLD'S MEDIA
Landmark View, 29th Floor, Millennium UN Plaza Hotel
3:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Netherlands
HUMAN DIGNITY FOR LBT WOMEN
Conference Room C (TNLB)
4:30 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.
Wednesday 3 March 2010
Israel, Inter-American Commission of Women of the Organization of American States (IACW/OAS)
WORKING BREAKFAST - WOMEN IN LEADERSHIP: EMPOWERING A WORLD OF EQUALITY
Delegates dinning room
8:30 a.m. - 10:00 a.m.
South Africa
THUTUZELA INTERNATIONAL NETWORK: RESTORING THE DIGNITY OF VICTIMS AND SURVIVORS OF GENDER BASED VIOLENCE
Conference Room C (TNLB)
9:00 a.m. - 10:00 a.m.
WHO
WHO CALLS FOR ACTION TO IMPROVE THE HEALTH OF WOMEN AND GIRLS: WHAT WOULD IT TAKE TO MAKE HEALTH SYSTEMS WORK BETTER FOR WOMEN?
Millennium UN Plaza Hotel, Manhattan Room, New York
10:50 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
UNDP, UNIFEM
THE PRICE OF PEACE; FINANCING GENDER EQUALITY IN POST-CONFLICT RECOVERY AND RECONSTRUCTION
Conference Room C (TNLB)
11:30 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.
UNICEF
HAVE WOMEN FORGOTTEN GIRLS? BRINGING GIRLS TO THE HEART OF BEIJING
Danny Kaye Visitors Center, UNICEF House, New York, (3 UN Plaza, on 44th Street between 1st and 2nd Avenues)
1:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.
Sweden
GENDER EQUALITY AND SRHR - A WAY TO MOVE FORWARD ON MDG5
Conference Room C (TNLB)
1:15 p.m. - 2:45 p.m.
OSAGI
THE REPRESENTATION OF WOMEN: A FIFTEEN YEAR RETROSPECT AND HOPES FOR THE FUTURE (Download flyer <http://www.un.org/womenwatch/osagi/events/FLYER-IWD-PANEL-DISCUSSION-3-MARCH-2010.pdf> )
Conference Room 1
1:15 p.m. - 2:45 p.m.
Egypt, Italy and Senegal
ENDING FEMALE GENITAL MUTILATION: ADDRESSING SOCIAL NORMS HARMFUL TO GIRLS AND WOMEN (Download flyer here)
Conference Room 6 (TNLB)
1:15 p.m. - 2:45 p.m.
DSPD/DESA, International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), International Indigenous Women's Forum (IIWF)
15 YEARS AFTER BEIJING: THE BEIJING PLATFORM FOR ACTION AND THE RIGHTS OF INDIGENOUS WOMEN
Conference Room 7 (TNLB)
1:15 p.m. - 2:45 p.m.
Greece, Socialist International Women
BEIJING+15 WHAT NEXT
Conference Room C (TNLB)
3:00 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Canada, Nicaragua, UNDP, International Development Research Centre (IDRC)
VISION FOR A BETTER WORLD: FROM ECONOMIC CRISIS TO EQUALITY
Conference Room C (TNLB)
4:30 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.
UNFPA, UNICEF, UNIFEM, UNESCO, WHO and UN Foundation
RECEPTION BY UN INTERAGENCY TASK FORCE ON ADOLESCENT GIRLS: TO LAUNCH A JOINT STATEMENT ON INVESTING IN ADOLESCENT GIRLS AND TO INTRODUCE THE UNF GIRL FUND
Millennium UN Plaza Hotel
6:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.
Thursday 4 March 2010
Chile, WHO, Pan American Health Organization(PAHO)
EQUIDAD DE GÉNERO EN SALUD EN LAS AMÉRICAS
Conference Room C (TNLB)
9:00 a.m. - 10:00 a.m.
Finland, UNIFEM, National Committee for UNIFEM in Finland
V INTERNATIONAL HELVI SIPILÄ SEMINAR - WOMEN IN POWER
Conference Room C (TNLB)
10:00 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.
Argentina, Center for Health and Gender Equity (CHANGE)
WOMEN & AIDS: BRINGING VISIBILITY TO WOMEN'S AND GIRLS' PERSPECTIVES
Conference Room 6 (TNLB)
10:00 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.
DSPD/DESA, Secretariat for the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
CROSS-SECTIONALITIES OF GENDER AND DISABILITY: TOWARDS EQUALITY FOR WOMEN AND GIRLS WITH DISABILITIES
Conference Room C (TNLB)
11:30 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.
Ghana
INSTITUTIONAL MECHANISMS FOR PROMOTING GENDER EQUALITY AND EMPOWERMENT OF WOMEN: THE CASE OF GHANA
Conference Room 6 (TNLB)
11:30 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.
Norway, South Africa (TBC), Sweden, the MenEngage Alliance
ENGAGING MEN FOR GENDER EQUALITY AND WOMEN'S RIGHTS: PUTTING THE WORDS INTO PRACTICE A LUNCHEON SEMINAR
The Grand Hyatt - New York City
12:30 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.
Norway, UNIFEM, World Bank
WOMEN'S BUSINESS INCUBATORS - INNOVATION & RESULTS (Download flyer here) Millennium United Nations Plaza Hotel
44th Street between 1st and 2nd Avenue, New York, NY
12:30 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.
UNFPA and UNICEF
SIDE EVENT ON BOYS AND MEN: PARTNERS FOR GENDER EQUALITY
Danny Kaye Visitors Centre, 3 UN Plaza, 44th Street and 1st Avenue
1:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.
European Commission, Belgium, Spain and Sweden
BEIJING +15: EUROPEAN UNION ACTION AGAINST GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE
Conference Room C (TNLB)
1:15 p.m. - 2:45 p.m.
Republic of Korea
THE BEIJING PLATFORM FOR ACTION AND THE ROLE OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT
Conference Room E (TNLB)
1:15 p.m. - 2:45 p.m.
Sierra Leone, Canada, The Global Network of Women's Peacebuilders (GNWP) and Cordaid
RESOLUTIONS 1325 & 1820 - THE SIERRA LEONE EXPERIENCE
Conference Room 6 (TNLB)
1:15 p.m. - 2:45 p.m.
CSW
ACCESS AND PARTICIPATION OF WOMEN AND GIRLS TO EDUCATION, TRAINING, SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, INCLUDING FOR THE PROMOTION OF WOMEN'S ACCESS TO FULL EMPLOYMENT AND DECENT WORK
Conference Room 1
1:15 p.m. - 2:45 p.m.
ILO
WORKING WOMEN'S EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES AND TREATMENT - FROM BEIJING TO MDGS TO REAL GENDER EQUALITY
Conference Room 7 (TNLB)
1:15 p.m. - 2:45 p.m.
UN Programme on Youth
EARLY PREGNANCIES: EXCLUSIVELY A PUBLIC HEALTH ISSUE?
DC2-1337
1:15 p.m. - 2:45 p.m.
UN-INSTRAW, Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC)
POLITICAL PARTICIPATION OF WOMEN IN LOCAL GOVERNANCE: NORTH AFRICA AND THE OBSERVATORY FOR GENDER EQUALITY IN LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN
Conference Room C (TNLB)
3:00 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Friday 5 March 2010
Delta Theta Sigma Sorority, Inc., Trinidad and Tobago
PROTECTING AND EMPOWERING WOMEN AND GIRLS AGAINST VIOLENCE
Millenium Plaza Hotel
9:00 a.m. - 2:30 p.m.
Global Coalition on Women and AIDS
MEETING ACCOUNTABILITIES TO WOMEN AND GIRLS IN THE CONTEXT OF AIDS: WHAT WILL IT TAKE TO REACH COMMITMENTS TO BEIJING, UNIVERSAL ACCESS, UNGASS AND THE MDGS?
Conference Room C (TNLB)
10:00 a.m. - 11.30 a.m.
Denmark
EXPERT LEVEL PANEL DISCUSSION - BEIJING +15: ACHIEVEMENTS AND CHALLENGES FOR GENDER EQUALITY - A PRACTICAL APPROACH
Conference Room C (TNLB)
11:30 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.
Israel, OSAGI
WOMEN'S EMPOWERMENT IN THE CONTEXT OF THE GLOBAL FINANCIAL CRISIS - OUTCOME OF THE MINISTERIAL CONFERENCE IN HAIFA, NOVEMBER 2009
Conference Room C (TNLB)
1:15 p.m. - 2:45 p.m.
OHCHR,
EQUALITY NOW
CSW Beijing + 15
Conference Room 1
1:15 p.m. - 2:45 p.m.
Mexico
BECAUSE I AM A GIRL: GIRLS IN THE GLOBAL ECONOMY
Conference Room 6 (TNLB)
1:15 p.m. - 2:45 p.m.
UNFPA, YWCA
SIDE EVENT HIGH LEVEL INTERGENERATIONAL DIALOGUE AROUND SEXUAL AND REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH AND RIGHTS, VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN AND HIV
Millennium UN Plaza Hotel, Landmark View Room
2:00 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.
Haiti, UNIFEM, UNDP, Huairou Commission
VOICES OF HAITIAN WOMEN: ENSURING WOMEN'S EQUITABLE PARTICIPATION & LEADERSHIP IN RELIEF THROUGH RECONSTRUCTION
Conference Room C (TNLB)
3:00 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.
UNIFEM, International Center for Research on Women (ICRW), MenEngage, Promundo, Sonke Gender Justice Network
ENGAGING MEN TO END VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN; RESEARCH AND RESPONSES.
Conference Room C (TNLB)
4:30 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.
Japan, UNDP, Huairou Commission
RESOURCING HOME-BASED CAREGIVERS: HIGHLIGHTING AFRICAN WOMEN'S ROLE IN COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
Delegates Dining Room
6:15 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.
Monday 8 March 2010
Antigua and Barbuda, UNDP, International Development Research Centre (IDRC)
DEMOCRATIC GOVERNANCE AND WOMEN'S RIGHTS
Conference Room C (TNLB)
10:00 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.
Australia
STOP TRAFFICKING - ACTION, ADVOCACY AND PROGRESS AROUND THE WORLD THROUGH LOCAL AND GLOBAL EFFORTS
Conference Room C (TNLB)
11:30 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.
Pan American Health Organization, WHO, UNFPA, UNIFEM, ECLAC
THE HEALTH OF WOMEN AND MEN IN THE AMERICAS
Conference Room 1
1:15 p.m. - 2:45 p.m.
International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance (IDEA)
GENDER QUOTAS AND DEMOCRACY
Conference Room B (TNLB)
1:15 p.m. - 2:45 p.m.
Iran (Islamic Republic of), Qatar, Saint Lucia, Syrian Arab Republic, Family Watch International, The Doha Institute for Family Studies and Development
THE CRITICAL ROLE OF MOTHERS IN SOCIETY
Conference Room 6 (TNLB)
1:15 p.m. - 2:45 p.m.
UNIFEM
MULTISECTORIAL PROGRAMME FOR THE FIGHT AGAINST GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE THROUGH THE EMPOWERMENT OF WOMEN AND GIRLS IN MOROCCO
Conference Room C (TNLB)
3:00 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.
South Africa
CULTURE AND ITS IMPACT ON GENDER EQUALITY, WITH A SPECIFIC FOCUS ON INHERITANCE
Conference Room C (TNLB)
4:30 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.
Tuesday 9 March 2010
UNIFEM
LAUNCH OF UNIFEM'S GLOBAL VIRTUAL KNOWLEDGE CENTRE TO END VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN
Conference Room C (TNLB)
10:00 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.
Denmark
GENDER, POPULATION AND SEXUAL AND REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH
Conference Room C (TNLB)
11:30 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.
United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs
IN HARM'S WAY: GIRLS IN SETTINGS OF ENDEMIC ARMED VIOLENCE
Conference Room C (TNLB)
1:15 p.m. - 2:45 p.m.
OSAGI
TBD
Conference Room 1
1:15 p.m. - 2:45 p.m.
Spain
THE BEIJING PLATFORM FOR ACTION AND THE NEW FRAMEWORK OF EFFECTIVENESS OF ODA
Conference Room B (TNLB)
1:15 p.m. - 2:45 p.m.
UNDP, Solidarity for African Women's Rights (SOAWR)
REALIZING THE PROMISE OF THE BEIJING PLATFORM FOR ACTION AND THE PROTOCOL TO THE AFRICAN CHARTER ON HUMAN AND
PEOPLES' RIGHTS ON THE RIGHTS OF WOMEN IN AFRICA
Conference Room 6 (TNLB)
1:15 p.m. - 2:45 p.m.
League of Arab States
LECTURE ON THE MARGIN OF CSW 54
Conference Room 7 (TNLB)
1:15 p.m. - 2:45 p.m.
United Nations Non Governmental Liaison Service (UNNGLS), UNIFEM
PRESENTATION OF 2009 SOCIAL WATCH GENDER EQUITY INDEX
Conference Room C (TNLB)
3:00 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.
UNDP
WOMEN, HIV AND HUMAN RIGHTS: ADDRESSING PROPERTY AND INHERITANCE RIGH
Conference Room C (TNLB)
4:30 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.
Wednesday 10 March 2010
UN-INSTRAW, Spain
CAPACITY DEVELOPMENT AND NETWORKING FOR GENDER EQUALITY AND ACCOUNTABILITY IN AID EFFECTIVENESS
Conference Room C (TNLB)
9:00 a.m. - 10:00 a.m.
UNFPA, UNACTION
PANEL DISCUSSION ON WOMEN, PEACE AND SECURITY
Conference Room C (TNLB)
10:00 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.
FAO
TBD
Conference Room C (TNLB)
11:30 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.
UNIFEM
SAY NO - UNITE TO END VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN
Conference Room B (TNLB)
1:15 p.m. - 2:45 p.m.
Panama
TBD
Conference Room 1
1:15 p.m. - 2:45 p.m.
Holy See
GLOBALIZATION: IT MAKES US NEIGHBOURS, GRASPS EQUALITY BETWEEN WOMEN AND MEN. CAN IT ALSO ESTABLISH FRATERNITY?
Conference Room C (TNLB)
1:15 p.m. - 2:45 p.m.
Thailand
PROMOTING WOMEN'S RIGHTS IN THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM
Conference Room C (TNLB)
4:30 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.
France, UNICEF, UNFPA
ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT OF WOMEN
Conference Room 6 (TNLB)
1:15 p.m. - 2:45 p.m.
Brazil, Women International Democratic Federation (WIDF)
WOMEN, BEIJING+15 AND ACCESS TO WORK
Conference Room 6 (TNLB)
3:00 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Thursday 11 March 2010
UNDP, The International Center for Research on Women (ICRW)
THE POWER TO EMPOWER: LEVERAGING INNOVATION TO TRANSFORM WOMEN'S LIVES
Conference Room C (TNLB)
10:00 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.
UNIFEM, World Bank, The International Center for Research on Women (ICRW)
UNIFEM - "PROMOTING WOMEN'S ENTREPRENEURSHIP: RESULTS BASED INITIATIVES"
Conference Room 1
1:15 p.m. - 2:45 p.m.
United States of America
WOMEN DRIVING ECONOMIC GROWTH
Conference Room C (TNLB)
1:15 p.m. - 2:45 p.m.
UN-INSTRAW, UNDP
MIGRATION, REMITTANCES AND GENDER RESPONSIVE LOCAL DEVELOPMENT
Conference Room B (TNLB)
1:15 p.m. - 2:45 p.m.
UNIFEM, Equality Without Reservation Coalition
THEIR RULES. OUR LIFE
Conference Room C (TNLB)
3:00 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Netherlands
DO YOU SEE THE OPPORTUNITY? - HOW GOVERNMENTS CAN SUCCESSFULLY INVEST IN WOMEN'S EMPOWERMENT
Conference Room C (TNLB)
4:30 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.
Friday 12 March 2010
United States of America
U.S. SECRETARY OF STATE ON THE OCCASION OF THE 15TH ANNIVERSARY OF BEIJING
Conference Room 1
1:15 p.m. - 2:45 p.m.
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