The NGO
Committee on the Status of Women
cordially invites you to the following
events during the
50th
Session of the
United
Nations
Commission on the Status of Women
Pre-Registration
Instructions
PLEASE
TYPE OR PRINT CLEARLY
!
Registration
deadline: 31st January
2006. Advance registration is necessary for
ALL. Please return
Pre-Registration Form by fax, e-mail or post, even if your payment
will follow.
1. You may send a check with your
registration form for full payment in $ U.S. drawn on a U.S. bank, made payable
to ‘NGO/C.S.W./N.Y.’, P.O. Box 3571,
Grand
Central Station, New York, NY 10163, U.S.A.
2.
If you are coming from overseas, YOU
STILL NEED TO REGISTER NOW!
If you
cannot send your payment in advance, you may pay at NGO CSW Administrative
Offices, 708 3rd Ave., 5th Floor, Room 101, in Manhattan, on
Saturday, 25 February from 10 AM – 3 PM.
If necessary, you may pay at the door but this will lead to a delay in
your registration.
If
your organization is paying
with one check for several participants:
Enclosed is a check for U.S. $______drawn on a U.S. bank made payable to
‘NGO/C.S.W./N.Y.’ for ____ person(s).
We are enclosing registration forms for the persons covered by this
payment.
Send
completed form(s) and check(s) to: ‘NGO/C.S.W., N.Y.,’ NGO Consultation,
P.O. Box 3571, Grand Central Station, New York, N.Y., 10163, U.S.A.
Forms
without checks can be faxed: 212-209-7161
or
E-mailed: NGO_CSW_NY@hotmail.com
Events
are co-sponsored by the NGO Committees on the Status of Women (Geneva, New York
and Vienna) and with U.N. partners as listed. These Committees of the Conference of NGOs
(CONGO) represent hundreds of NGOs in consultative relationship with the
U.N.
Facilitated
in cooperation with the
U.N. Division for the Advancement of Women, and individual
contributions.
NOTE: Please see your registration
confirmation letter from the United Nations Division for the Advancement of
Women or the Womenwatch website at
<www.un.org/womenwatch/daw/csw/50sess.htm> for specific hours of
operation and for NGOs wishing to register to attend the United Nations
50th Session of the Commission on the Status of Women meetings. Be sure to bring your letter of
confirmation and government-issued photo identification with you for
registration at the United Nations. You do not need this information when
registering at the NGO events.
Pre-Registration
Form for NGO events at the 50th Session of the C.S.W. ~ March
2006
Full
Name of Organization (Registration
will be sorted by organization)
_______________________________________________________________________________________
Name of
Individual_____________________________________________________________________
Address
(Address
is for ¨
individual or ¨organization)
______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
City_______________________________State________________________Zip_____________________
Country________________________E-Mail__________________________________________________
Telephone_______________________________Fax___________________________________________
Preferred
Language (please
choose one):
¨
English ¨
French ¨
Spanish ¨
Sign Language
NGO
consultation February 26th
Breakout
Sessions
during
consultation
(please select one)
q
Equal
participation of women and men in decision-making
q
Enabling
environment in health
q
Enabling
environment in education
q
Enabling
environment at work
q
Violence
Against Women
q
Working
methods and multi year programme of work for the Commission on the Status of
Women
Combined
registration:
Cost:
¨
Registration
package for 2 events (NGO Consultation and Reception regular price
$80)
for
a combined discounted price of $75.
$75
¨
Registration
package for 3 events (NGO Consultation, Reception and Violence Against Women
Workshop regular price $130) for a combined discounted price of $125
$125
Single
registrations - Please register me for:
Cost:
¨
The
NGO Consultation, Sunday, 26 February, 8:30 A.M. – 6:00 P.M.
$50
¨
The
NGO Orientation, Monday, 27 February, 3:00 – 5:00 P.M.
No charge
¨
Violence
Against Women workshop, 4 March 9:00 A.M. – 5:00 P.M.
$50
¨
The
NGO Reception, Wednesday, 1 March, 6:00 – 8:00 P.M.
$30
¨
One
table to sell crafts at the NGO Artisan Craft Fair, Thursday, 3 March, 11:00 –
6:00 P.M.
**(Please
complete NGO Artisan Craft Fair Registration form, see attached)**
No charge
¨
Donation
to help the work of the NGO/C.S.W./N.Y. (your
registration fees cover A SMALL PORTION of services provided including
translation, translation equipment, meeting rooms, etc.)
$_____________
TOTAL
DUE:$_________________
NGO
CONSULTATION:
CSW at
50: Glancing Back, Moving Forward
New
York University (NYU)
Farkas
Auditorium
550
1st Ave, New York, NY 10016, Between
31st and 32nd
Sponsored
by the NGO Committee
on the Status of Women
Registration fee of $50
This
event will be conducted in English, with interpretation in French and
Spanish
Facility
is wheelchair accessible
8:30
– 9:15 A.M.
Registration
9:30
– 11:00 A.M.
Fifty years of the Commission on the Status of Women
Moderator:
Ms.
Jackie
Shapiro, Chair, NGO Committee on the Status of
Women
Representative to the United Nations, Zonta
International
H.E.
Ms. Carmen Gallardo,
Ambassador Extraordinary
and Plenipotentiary, Permanent Representative of the Permanent Mission of El
Salvador - Plans of the 50th
Session
Ms.
Rachel Mayanja,
United
Nations Assistant
Secretary-General and Special Adviser to the
Secretary-General on Gender Issues and Advancement of
Women -
United
Nations Reform
Ms.
Carolyn Hannan,
Director, Division for
the Advancement of Women - Achievements
NGO
Respondent—present a civil society
perspective on issues of UN reform, CSW at 50 and future of women’s advocacy at
the UN
11:00
– 11:15 A.M.
Break
11:15 –
12:45 P.M.
Themes of the Commission on the Status of
Women
Reports from the Expert group Meetings
Where the outcome document can be influenced to advance the status of
women
12:45
– 2:00 P.M.
Lunch (Complimentary box lunch will be
provided)
2:00 –
3:30 P.M.
Breakout Sessions
Equal participation of women and men in
decision-making
An enabling environment for health
An
enabling environment for education
An
enabling environment for work
Violence against women
Working
methods and multi-year programme of work for the Commission on the Status of
Women
3:45-5:00
Forward Looking Issues and Advocacy Strategies
Moderator:
Ms. Parvina Nadjibulla, Representative to the
United Nations, United Methodist United Nations Office
Secretary-General’s
study on
Violence
Against Women
Peacebuilding Commission
Human Rights Council
5:00 –
5:30 P.M.
Announcements & Closing Remarks
Ms.
Jackie Shapiro, Chair,
NGO Committee on the Status of Women
Representative to the
United Nations, Zonta International
Ms. Denise Scotto,
Vice-Chair,
NGO
Committee on the Status of Women
5:30 –
6:00 P.M.
Networking Reception
Monday,
27 February 2006, 3:00 – 5:00 P.M., Dag Hammarskjold Auditorium
3:00
– 5:00 P.M.
United
Nations
Cost: no charge
This
event will be conducted in English
This session for new NGO representatives attending the Commission on
the Status of Women will share information on:
Ø
How
to find what you need at the United Nations
Ø
Making
sense of United Nations jargon
Ø
Procedures
for NGOs outlined by the U.N. Division for the Advancement of Women
Ø
The
Commission process
Ø
Protocol
in approaching government representatives
Ø
U.N.
agencies for the advancement of women and their
interconnections
Facilitated
by past Chairs of the Committee on the Status of Women
NGO
Reception
for
NGO Representatives, Government Delegates and U.N. Secretariat
staff
Presentation of the Woman of Distinction Award to
Ms. Carolyn Hannan
Director, United Nations Division for the Advancement of Women
Wednesday,
1 March 2006, 6 - 8 P.M.
Turkish
Center, 2nd floor, 821 United Nations Plaza,
46th
Street and First Avenue, New York City
Cost:
$30
Luncheon
Sponsored by the Metropolitan N.Y. Chapter of the
U.S.
Committee for UNIFEM
Thursday,
March 2, 1-3 P.M. Cost $80
Honorary
Chairperson: Mrs. Nane Annan
Contact:
UNIFEM/USA/NY, Leslie Wright,135 Eastern Parkway # 6F, Brooklyn, NY 11238
U.S.A., Email:
ngowork-unifem@yahoo.com
(Please
contact Leslie Wright directly to register in advance for this
luncheon)
(NOTE: limited to 200
attendees)
New York County Lawyers’ Association
(NYCLA)
14 Vesey Street in Lower
Manhattan
8:30 to 9:00 am – Registration
9:00 to 10:20 am
Panel: How
do we find the root causes of violence?
This panel discussion will present an academic perspective
addressing research,
statistical data, data collection, and other
concerns
10:20 to 10:30 am –
Break
10:30 to 11:45 am
Shaping Society: Using Media
Exposure
Panel: What is the role of the media in exposing the forms of violence
against women?
How can the media respond to the pandemic which still haunts most of the
world?
11:45 am to 12:15
pm –
Lunch
Participants will pick up their box lunches and take them
to the breakout sessions organized by general issue
area.
12:15 to 2:45 pm
Breakout sessions: Creating positions and strategies
related to issues leading to collective action for eliminating violence against
women
Workshop leaders will start the discussion among
participants. After initial
discussion and sharing, working papers in English will be distributed to the
groups so that they can be modified for use in working with the UN and
governments to create resolutions and plans to impact laws, social conditions
and other areas of work. The goal
is to provide a more comprehensive work plan to eliminate violence against
women. These plans will be
circulated for further discussion and will become a body of information used to
impact policy.
2:45 to 3:00 pm – Break
3:00 to 4:15 pm
Violence with Impunity: Lessons from Legal and Law
Enforcement Perspectives
Panel: What
are the deterrents to male violence against women? How can the rule of law be imposed to
stop this violence? What do we need
to do beyond the law to assist enforcement of a no tolerance
policy?
4:15 to 4:45 pm
- Next steps and Closing remarks
Activists and government officials attending the UN Commission on the Status of Women (CSW), Academics: Directors of Key Departments: Women’s Studies, Political Science, etc., Teachers, Legal Experts, Law Enforcement, Medical Experts, Psychologists/Sociologists, Media, City Government Officials, World Bank, and UN Personnel
Located in lower Manhattan, near City Hall and the World Trade Center site at 14 Vesey Street between Broadway and Church Street. St. Paul's Chapel is across the street.
By Subway:
4, 5, J and M trains to Fulton Street station.
2, and 3 trains to Park Place station.
A, C and E trains to Chambers/WTC station.
N and R trains to City Hall station.
By Bus:
Numbers 1, 6, 9, 22, 15 and 103 buses to City Hall, Fulton Street, Vesey Street area.
****
NGO ARTISAN
CRAFT FAIR****
Thursday,
2 March 2006, 11 A.M. - 6 P.M., Church
Center, 2nd Floor,
777
United Nations Plaza, 44th Street and First Avenue,
Manhattan
Cost to
Artisans: No charge, but
pre-registration is required below
You may
also fax form to 212-692-0724 or e-mail it
to suzanneeharvey@earthlink.net
During
the 50th Session of the C.S.W.
PLEASE
TYPE OR PRINT CLEARLY
!
Registration
deadline: 31st January
2006. Advance registration is necessary for
ALL.
Name
(Please
use one registration form per attendee)
_______________________________________________________________________________________
Full
Name of
Organization______________________________________________________
Address (address
is for
individual
organization) ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
City_____________________________State_______________Zip_____________________
Country____________________________________________________________________
Home
Telephone____________________ Home
Fax_________________________________
E-Mail______________________________________________________________________
E-Mail
in
NY_________________________________________________________________
What
type of crafts are you planning to sell?
_______________________________________
¨
Please
confirm with me by e-mail:
________________________________________________________
I
leave for New York on
(date)______________________________________________________________
Each artisan will be given one table to display their products. You are responsible for your items and your table at all times. The NGO Committee on the Status of Women, NY is providing space for your sales and has no further obligation beyond making space available.
While you are at the 50th Anniversary Session of the
UN
Commission on the Status of Women – stay with us through this offer!
Make your travel plans simple while supporting the NGO Committee on the Status of Women. Reserve your NYC accommodations and special events package through this unique offer today! The NGO Committee on the Status of Women is pleased to announce a new way for you to support us while saving you a lot of time and energy – not to mention money, in the form of a tax “rebate”! One of our members, Friendship Ambassadors (FAF) has put together several packages of accommodation and special events to assist you with your travel to New York for the UN CSW this year. There are several options to choose from, but all offer you:
How does it work?
When booking one of the accommodation packages, a portion of the cost is donated back to the NGO CSW, which you may deduct from your taxes under U.S. tax laws. Other national laws may be similar, but in any case this small gift is a great help to the NGO CSW. Local travel agents working on our planning committee see that your accommodations and packages are professionally handled, too!
To sign up:
Go to www.faf.org/programs/csw/csw_home.htm and follow the instructions! This site is maintained by Friendship Ambassadors Foundation, which is the nonprofit organization handling the accommodation and tour arrangements (www.faf.org). FAF will provide all the information you need about packages, terms and conditions, payments, etc. You can fill in the registration form on-line or download it to your computer and return it later. And should you have any questions, the site will direct you to the person who can answer them!
We hope that you will enjoy this opportunity, and we all look forward to seeing you in February!
Cordially,
Jackie Shapiro
Chair, NGO Committee on the Status of Women
Conference Packages Include: