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Scheduled Calendar of Parallel Events organised by UN Missions, UN Entities and Inter-Governmental Organizations for the CSW 52nd Session - 2008

Please also note that all conference rooms allocations are subject to change depending on the programme of the intergovernmental bodies scheduled on those days.

 

Time

ID

Title

Organization Name

Type

Room


25-2-2008

11:00 AM - 12:30 PM

774

An Economy for Equality

Permanent Mission of the United Kingdom to the United Nations
and co-sponsored by:
Women's National Commission

Panel

Conf. Room C

11:00 AM - 12:30 PM

803

Corporate Social Responsibilities for Economic Empowerment of Women

Permanent Mission of Italy to the United Nations
and co-sponsored by:
International Federation of Business and Professional Women (BPW International)

Panel

DHL Auditorium

1:15 PM - 2:45 PM

540

Financing for gender equality: what is not paid for

UNDP
and co-sponsored by:
UNRISD and IDRC

Panel

DHL Auditorium

1:15 PM - 2:45 PM

557

Panel Discussion on empowerment of women in Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, China

Permanent Mission of the People's Republic of China to the United Nations
and co-sponsored by:
Government of Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of China;The Women's Commission, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, China

Panel

Conf. Room C

1:15 PM - 2:45 PM

799

Special event on violence against women

Office of the Special Adviser on Gender Issues and Advancement of Women

Panel

Conf. Room 2

3:00 PM - 4:30 PM

804

Financing Gender Equality in Education

UNICEF
and co-sponsored by:
UNGEI and NGO Committee for UNICEF

Panel

DHL Auditorium

3:00 PM - 4:30 PM

806

Gender Action Plan: Gender Equality as Smart Economics

World Bank

Panel

Conf. Room C


26-2-2008

9:00 AM - 10:30 AM

773

Getting Some Action - The role of NGOs in implementing SCR 1325

Permanent Mission of the United Kingdom to the United Nations
and co-sponsored by:
UNIFEM Australia, UNIFEM UK, UNIFEM Sweden, UNIFEM Italy, UNIFEM Iceland, UNIFEM Finland

Other: Interactive Q & A

Conf. Room C

11:00 AM - 12:30 PM

719

Gender Equality and Aid Effectiveness: Analyses and Recommendations from Women’s Organizations

UNIFEM
and co-sponsored by:
Association for Women’s Rights in Development (AWID) and WIDE

Panel

Conf. Room C

1:15 PM - 2:45 PM

760

Experiences on Financing for Women’s Health

UNFPA
and co-sponsored by:
UNIFEM

Panel

Conf. Room 7

1:15 PM - 2:45 PM

559

Financing for women and gender equality in fragile states

Permanent Mission of Norway to the United Nations
and co-sponsored by:
Permanent Mission of Sweden to the United Nations, UNIFEM, World YWCA, Isis-WICCI

Panel

Conf. Room 2

1:15 PM - 2:45 PM

829

What are the levels of financing for gender equality and women’s empowerment?

Permanent Mission of Papua New Guinea to the United Nations
and co-sponsored by:
International Council of Women

Workshop

Conf. Room C

3:00 PM - 4:30 PM

770

Men's violence against women

Permanent Mission of Sweden to the United Nations
and co-sponsored by:
Foreign Ministry of Sweden

Panel

DHL Auditorium


27-2-2008

9:00 AM - 10:30 AM

619

Financing of Land Ownership and Housing Development for Women

UN-HABITAT

Panel

Conf. Room C

10:00 AM - 1:00 PM

566

Financing Gender Equality and Development: Whose contributions count?

UNDP
and co-sponsored by:
HUAIROU and Groots

Panel

Conf. Room 7

10:00 AM - 11:30 AM

805

Promoting Gender Equality and the MDGs - Progress, Strategies and Finances

World Bank

Panel

DHL Auditorium

10:00 AM - 6:00 PM

802

The role of Parliaments in Financing for Gender Equality

Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU)
and co-sponsored by:
United Nations Division for the Advancement of Women

Panel

Conf. Room 4

11:00 AM - 12:45 PM

657

Economic Literacy Workshop Series: Module 1 - Key Financing Issues Related to Women’s Empowerment

UNIFEM
and co-sponsored by:
United Nations Non-Governmental Liaison Service (UN-NGLS)

Workshop

Conf. Room C

1:00 PM - 3:00 PM

827

Panel on "The equal sharing of responsibilities between women and men, including caregiving in the context of HIV/AIDS"

Bureau of the Commission on the Status of Women
and co-sponsored by:
United Nations Division for the Advancement of Women

Panel

Conf. Room 2

1:15 PM - 2:45 PM

798

Accountability in gender mainstreaming

Office of the Special Adviser on Gender Issues and Advancement of Women

Panel

Conf. Room C

1:15 PM - 2:45 PM

758

Dutch example of complementarity between governmental and civil society funding strategies for the financing for gender equality and the empowerment of women

Permanent Mission of the Kingdom of the Netherlands to the United Nations
and co-sponsored by:
HIVOS / AWID / Mama Cash

Panel

Delegate's Dining Room

1:15 PM - 2:45 PM

782

Gender equality standards and mechanisms in Europe: financing and effective functioning

Permanent Mission of the Republic of Azerbaijan to the United Nations
and co-sponsored by:
Council of Europe

Panel

Conf. Room 5

1:15 PM - 2:45 PM

582

Women, power and patriarchy

Permanent Mission of Iceland to the United Nations

Panel

DHL Auditorium

3:00 PM - 4:30 PM

605

Briefing for NGOs

Permanent Mission of the Republic of Slovenia to the United Nations

Other: briefing

Conf. Room C

3:00 PM - 4:30 PM

735

Leading the Way to Peace – Stories of Women Peacemakers on the Frontlines

UNIFEM
and co-sponsored by:
Joan B. Kroc Institute for Peace & Justice

Other: Hour-long film, followed by panel

DHL Auditorium

4:45 PM - 6:00 PM

809

100 years of the Socialist International Women and the International Women’s day

Permanent Mission of Italy to the United Nations
and co-sponsored by:
Socialist International Women

Panel

Conf. Room C


28-2-2008

9:00 AM - 10:30 AM

676

Deliver Now for Women + Children (for Spanish speaking delegates)

Permanent Mission of Paraguay to the United Nations
and co-sponsored by:
Permanent Mission of Chile

Panel

Conf. Room C

10:00 AM - 1:00 PM

795

A Conversation on Women and Sport: Launch of the DAW Publication "Women 2000 and Beyond: Women, Gender Equality and Sport"

Division for the Advancement of Women (DAW)

Panel

Conf. Room D

11:00 AM - 1:00 PM

793

Tracking donor spending on gender equality and women’s empowerment

Permanent Mission of Denmark to the United Nations
and co-sponsored by:
OECD’s DAC Network on Gender Equality

Panel

Conf. Room C

1:00 PM - 3:00 PM

828

Joint panel with the Statistics Commission on indicators on violence against women

Bureau of the Commission on the Status of Women
and co-sponsored by:
United Nations Division for the Advancement of Women

Panel

Conf. Room 2

1:15 PM - 2:45 PM

801

Political Accountability to Women: The role of Women in Politics

Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU)
and co-sponsored by:
UNIFEM

Panel

Conf. Room 7

1:15 PM - 2:45 PM

808

Stereotypes and Gender Roles

Permanent Mission of Germany to the United Nations
and co-sponsored by:
Permanent Missions of Portugal and Slovenia

Panel

Conf. Room D

1:15 PM - 2:45 PM

561

Women Refugees - Situation / Financing

Permanent Mission of Norway to the United Nations
and co-sponsored by:
Karama

Panel

DHL Auditorium

1:15 PM - 2:45 PM

788

Workshop on empowering Women through Micro Credit

Permanent Mission of Australia to the United Nations
and co-sponsored by:
Soroptimist International

Panel

Conf. Room C

3:00 PM - 4:30 PM

679

Financing gender equality and the empowerment of women: leadership for a sustainable future

Permanent Mission of Paraguay to the United Nations
and co-sponsored by:
Permanent Mission of Canada, Baha'i International Community

Panel

Conf. Room C

3:00 PM - 6:00 PM

721

Getting the facts to make the change: how violence against women surveys lead to change

Permanent Mission of Canada to the United Nations
and co-sponsored by:
Mission of Finland, United Nations Division for the Advancement of Women

Other: Meeting

Conf. Room 5

3:00 PM - 4:30 PM

577

Shelter from the Storm: Securing Women’s Housing Rights in the Struggle Against HIV/AIDS

UNIFEM
and co-sponsored by:
The Centre on Housing Rights and Evictions, UNIFEM, Human Rights Watch, UNDP, FAO, Global Coalition on Women and AIDS, Huairou Commission, ICRW, Action Aid International

Panel

DHL Auditorium

4:45 PM - 6:00 PM

826

Women of Senegal forging a path of financial empowerment

Permanent Mission of the Republic of Senegal to the United Nations
and co-sponsored by:
Franciscans International, Franciscan Sisters of the Poor, Franciscan Sisters of the Poor Foundation

Panel

Conf. Room C


29-2-2008

9:00 AM - 10:30 AM

783

Financing for Social Protection

Permanent Mission of the Republic of the Philippines to the United Nations

Panel

Conf. Room C

10:00 AM - 11:30 AM

671

III International Helvi Sipilä Seminar

UNIFEM
and co-sponsored by:
National Committee for UNIFEM, Finland; The Coalition of Finnish Women’s Associations - NYTKIS; The National Council of Women of Finland; International Federation of University Women; Young Women’s Christian Association

Panel

Conf. Room D

10:00 AM - 11:30 AM

772

Peacebuilding - is it a woman's job?

Permanent Mission of the United Kingdom to the United Nations
and co-sponsored by:
NGOWG, UNIFEM

Panel

DHL Auditorium

11:00 AM - 12:30 PM

775

The Impact of the Changing Aid Environment on Organisations Working for Women's Rights and Gender Equality.

Permanent Mission of the United Kingdom to the United Nations
and co-sponsored by:
WOMANKIND

Panel

Conf. Room C

11:30 AM - 1:00 PM

658

EC/UN Partnership on Gender Equality for Development and Peace: Country experiences of strengthening gender equality in the new aid architecture

UNIFEM

Panel

DHL Auditorium

1:15 PM - 2:45 PM

789

Early Marriage

United States Mission to the United Nations

Panel

Conf. Room 7

1:15 PM - 2:45 PM

594

EuroMed Partnership and Instanbul process: Financing for gender equality and empowerment of women (TBC)

Permanent Mission of the Republic of Slovenia to the United Nations
and co-sponsored by:
European Commission

Panel

DHL Auditorium

1:15 PM - 2:45 PM

796

Women in cities

Permanent Mission of the Republic of Korea to the United Nations
and co-sponsored by:
Ministry of Gender Equality & Family / Seoul Metropolitan Government

Panel

Conf. Room C

3:00 PM - 4:30 PM

794

Financing for women's equitable access to ICTs

Division for the Advancement of Women (DAW)
and co-sponsored by:
International Women' s Tribune Centre (IWTC) and Association for Progressive Communications-Women's Networking Suppport Programme (APC-WNSP)

Panel

Conf. Room C


3-3-2008

11:00 AM - 12:30 PM

673

Innovative Approaches to Financing Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment: Creative Partnerships with Diverse Organizations

UNIFEM
and co-sponsored by:
World YWCA

Panel

Conf. Room C

1:15 PM - 2:45 PM

787

Financing for Adolescent Girls' Education: Progress and Lessons from South Asia

Permanent Mission of Finland to the United Nations
and co-sponsored by:
CARE International

Panel

Conf. Room D

1:15 PM - 2:45 PM

560

Launch of toolkit for gender and securitysector reform

Permanent Mission of Norway to the United Nations
and co-sponsored by:
DCAF

Panel

DHL Auditorium

1:15 PM - 2:45 PM

839

The impact of Guns on Women's Lives

United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs
and co-sponsored by:
IANSA

Panel

Conf. Room 2

1:15 PM - 2:45 PM

790

US Family Justice Centers

United States Mission to the United Nations

Panel

Conf. Room C

2:00 PM - 4:00 PM

825

Investing in gender equality and empowerment of women in peace

Office of the Special Adviser on Gender Issues and Advancement of Women
and co-sponsored by:
UNFPA

Panel

Millennium Plaza Hotel

3:00 PM - 4:30 PM

659

Economic Literacy Workshop Series: Module 1 - Key Financing Issues Related to Women’s Empowerment

UNIFEM
and co-sponsored by:
United Nations Non-Governmental Liaison Service (UN-NGLS)

Workshop

Conf. Room C

3:00 PM - 4:30 PM

723

Engaging Local Government in Gender-Responsive Budgeting and Planning

Permanent Mission of Canada to the United Nations
and co-sponsored by:
International Development Research Centre

Other: Meeting

DHL Auditorium


4-3-2008

9:00 AM - 10:30 AM

780

Global Issues - Local Voices: How Women's Organisations Use International Instruments

Permanent Mission of the United Kingdom to the United Nations
and co-sponsored by:
National Alliance of Women's Organisations, FATIMA Women's Network, OXFAM, WNC, UNIFEM UK, Baha'i International Community Serene Communications

Other: Launch of Report and Discussion

Conf. Room C

11:00 AM - 1:00 PM

840

Keeping our promises to Girls: implementing CSW 51

Permanent Mission of the State of Qatar to the United Nations
and co-sponsored by:
Working Group on Girls

Panel

Conf. Room C

1:15 PM - 2:45 PM

607

Briefing for NGOs

Permanent Mission of the Republic of Slovenia to the United Nations

Other: Briefing

Conf. Room C

1:15 PM - 2:45 PM

768

Leveraging Resources for Obstetric Fistula: A Commitment to Maternal Health

UNFPA

Panel

Conf. Room 8

1:15 PM - 2:45 PM

670

Screening of short films on Gender Responsive Budgeting experiences

UNIFEM

Other: Film screening

DHL Auditorium

1:15 PM - 2:45 PM

791

The Smart Way to Development

Permanent Mission of Denmark to the United Nations

Panel

Conf. Room 7

3:00 PM - 4:30 PM

830

Presentation on the database of resources on Violence Against Women

Division for the Advancement of Women (DAW)

Panel

Conf. Room C


5-3-2008

10:45 AM - 12:45 PM

807

Briefing on women's issues in the Pacific Islands region

Permanent Mission of the Kingdom of Tonga to the United Nations
and co-sponsored by:
Pacific Island Forum Secretariat

Panel

Conf. Room C

1:15 PM - 2:45 PM

784

From Beijing to Doha: Financing MDG 3

NGLS
and co-sponsored by:
UNIFEM

Panel

Conf. Room C

3:00 PM - 4:30 PM

660

Economic Literacy Workshop Series: Module 2 - Key Policy Issues Related to Women’s Empowerment

UNIFEM
and co-sponsored by:
United Nations Non-Governmental Liaison Service (UN-NGLS)

Workshop

Conf. Room C


6-3-2008

1:15 PM - 2:45 PM

771

Financing for Girls' Education: Advances in Tanzania

Permanent Mission of the United Republic of Tanzania to the United Nations
and co-sponsored by:
CARE International

Panel

Conf. Room C

1:15 PM - 2:45 PM

800

Special event to commemorate International Women's Day

Office of the Focal Point for Women

Panel

Conf. Room 2


7-3-2008

1:15 PM - 2:45 PM

779

The Human Dignity of Women in Contemporary Society: Financial programs supporting equality, empowerment and families.

Holy See Mission
and co-sponsored by:
Vincentian Center for Church and Society at St. John's University

Panel

Conf. Room C

United Nations Division for the Advancement of Women
Department of Economic and Social Affairs
Address: 2 UN Plaza, DC2-12th Floor, New York, NY 10017, USA
Fax: +1 (917) 367-0587
DAW Homepage: http://www.un.org/womenwatch/daw/





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