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
PLEASE
TYPE OR PRINT CLEARLY
!
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,
If
your organization is paying with one check for several participants, please enclose a check or money order in
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 51st 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
Farkas
Auditorium
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
Monday,
26 February, and Monday, 5 March 2007
Dag Hammarskjold Auditorium
United
Nations
1:15-2:30
p.m.
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
Sponsored
by the Working Group on Girls (WGG) of the NGO Committee on
UNICEF
Saturday, February 24th 11
A.M. until 4 P.M. NO CHARGE
FOR DAY
UN Church Center, 777 UN Plaza,
entrance on
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
NGO
Reception
for
NGO Representatives, Government Delegates and U.N. Secretariat
staff
Presentation of the Woman of Distinction Award to
Ms. Radikha Coomaraswamy
Special Rapporteur on Violence Against Women
Tuesday,
27 February 2007, 6 - 8 P.M.
Turkish
Center, 2nd floor, 821 United Nations Plaza,
46th
Street
Cost:
$30
Luncheon
Sponsored by the Metropolitan N.Y. Chapter of the
“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,
****
NGO ARTISAN
CRAFT FAIR****
Thursday,
1 March 2007, 11 A.M. - 6 P.M.,
777
United
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 51st Session of the C.S.W.
PLEASE
TYPE OR PRINT CLEARLY
!
Registration
deadline: 5 February
2007. 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
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.