The NGO Committee on the Status of Women NY cordially invites you to the following events during the 51st Session of the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women

 

Pre-Registration Instructions

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Pre-Registration deadline:  Monday, 5 February 2007.  Pre-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 drawn on a US bank, or a money order with your pre-registration form for full payment in $ U.S. made payable to ‘NGO/C.S.W./N.Y, P.O. Box 3571, Grand Central Station, New York, NY 10163, U.S.A. Please indicate the name of your organization.

 

2.  If you are coming from overseas, YOU STILL NEED TO PRE- REGISTER NOW!

If you cannot send your payment in advance, you may pay at NGO CSW Administrative Offices, 708 3^rd Ave., 5th Floor, Room 101, in Manhattan, on Saturday, 24 February from 10 AM – 3 PM.  If necessary, you may pay at the door, but this will lead to a delay in your registration. Please note: no more than thirty persons per organization may attend the Consultation Day.

 

If your organization is paying with one check for several participants, please enclose a check or money order in U.S. currency made payable to ‘NGO/C.S.W./N.Y.’ and write the number of persons.  Please fill out a separate pre-registration form for each person covered by this payment, including those 18 & under.

 

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, the Working Group on Girls of the NGO Committee on UNICEF, and U.N. partners as listed. The committees of the Conference of NGOs (CONGO) represent the many hundreds of NGOs in consultative relationship with ECOSOC.  Organization of the events is facilitated by the U.N. Division for the Advancement of Women.

 

NOTE:  Please see your confirmation letter from the U.N. Division for the Advancement of Women: <www.un.org/womenwatch/daw/csw/51sess.htm> for specific times and dates for

on-site registration of NGOs wishing to attend the meetings of the 51^st Session of the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women.  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 51st Session of the C.S.W. ~ March 2007

 

Full Name of Organization (Registration will be sorted by organization)

 

_______________________________________________________________________________________

 

Name of Individual_____________________________________________________________________

Please check:  Adult ____   Under 18 ____

 

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 25th

Breakout Sessions during consultation (please select one)

q       HIV/AIDS and other girls’ health issues

q       Domestic and institutional gender-based violence in all settings

q       Empowerment strategies

q       Trafficking in girls and commercial sexual exploitation (sexual violence)

q       Girls associated with fighting forces (girl soldiers)

q       Addressing the poverty of social minority and marginalized girls

q       Partnering for girls: Men and boys, the family and the community

q       Ensuring girls their human rights

 

Combined registration:                                                                             Cost:  Adult         18 and under

¨      Registration package for 2 events (NGO Consultation and Reception                $75               $45

regular prices $80 and $50) for a combined discounted price.                                                                          

Single registrations:                                                                                 ________    

¨      WGG Orientation for Girls under 18, Saturday, 24 February11:00 A.M.– 4:00 P.M.             No charge

¨      The NGO Consultation, Sunday, 25 February, 8:30 A.M.– 5:15 P.M.                        $50                $30

¨      The NGO Orientation, Monday, 26 February, 3:00 – 5:00 P.M.                                                     No charge

¨      The NGO Reception, Tuesday, 27 February,  6:00 – 8:00 P.M.                               $30                           $20          

¨      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 51: Making Girls Visible

Sunday, 25 February 2007, 8:30 A.M. – 5:15 P.M.

New York University (NYU),

Farkas Auditorium

550 1^st Ave, New York, NY 10016, Between 31^st and 32^nd

 

Sponsored by the NGO Committee on the Status of Women

and the Working Group on Girls of the NGO Committee on UNICEF

Registration fee of $50

This event will be conducted in English, with interpretation in French and Spanish

Facility is wheelchair accessible

 

 

 

CONSULTATION DAY PROGRAM

 

8:30 - 9:15  Registration

9:30 - 9:45  Welcome

 

9:45 -1O:30  Preparations for CSW 2007

 

Ø      Expert group meeting

Ø      On-line discussions

Ø      Roundtables

Ø      Girl respondents

 

10:30 - 11:00  Secretary General’s violence reports

 

Ø      Violence against children

Ø      Violence against women

Ø      Girl respondents

 

11:00 - 11:30  Plans for CSW 2007 – What you should know

 

Ø      Bureau of CSW

Ø      Director of Division for the Advancement of Women

Ø      UNICEF representative

 

11:30 - 12:00  Working Group on Girls and NGO/CSW/NY

 

Ø      Influencing outcomes

Ø      Networking

Ø      Taking it all back home

 

12:00 - 12:45  Lunch (Regional breakout opportunity)

 

1:00 - 2:30  Breakouts

 

q       HIV/AIDS and other girls’ health issues

q       Domestic and institutional gender-based violence in all settings

q       Empowerment strategies

q       Trafficking in girls and commercial sexual exploitation (sexual violence)

q       Girls associated with fighting forces (girl soldiers)

q       Addressing the poverty of social minority and marginalized girls

q       Partnering for girls: Men and boys, the family and the community

q       Ensuring girls their human rights

 

2:45 – 4:00  Breakout reports

 

4:00 – 4:15  Closing announcements

 

4:15 - 5:15  Information and networking coffee

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Orientation for girls under 18 and their Chaperones

Pre-registered as NGO Representatives

and Government Delegates for the UN CSW

 

Sponsored by the Working Group on Girls (WGG) of the NGO Committee on UNICEF

 

Saturday, February 24^th 11 A.M. until 4 P.M.   NO CHARGE FOR DAY

UN Church Center, 777 UN Plaza, entrance on 44^th Street

 

Please indicate you are planning to attend on the Pre-Registration Form and also send your name and contact E-mail to: alexandra@girlslearninternational.org; or wggs@girlsrights.org

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Luncheon Sponsored by the Metropolitan N.Y. Chapter of the

U.S. Committee for UNIFEM

“Violence Against Women: The First Decade of Action”

 

UN Delegates Dining Room

Wednesday, 28 February 2007, 1-3 p.m.

Cost $90

 

Contact: UNIFEM/USA/NY, Sybil Evans, 244 Madison Avenue, New York NY 10016, U.S.A., E-mail: sevansny@aol.com