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Online discussion in preparation for CSW55 6-20 July 2010

 

In accordance with its multi-year programme of work (ECOSOC resolution 2009/15), the 2011 priority theme of the Commission on the Status of Women is “Access and participation of women and girls to education, training, science and technology, including for the promotion of women’s equal access to full employment and decent work”.

The Commission will also evaluate progress in the implementation of the agreed conclusions from its fifty-first session on “The elimination of all forms of discrimination and violence against the girl child”.

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NGO WRITTEN STATEMENTS FOR CSW 55 - 2011

To NGOs in consultative status with ECOSOC: Deadlines for submission of written statements are the following:

  • Individual organizations: 11 November 2010.
  • Joint written statements: 18 November 2010.
  • NGOs on the roster or joint statements that include NGOs on the roster: 4 November 2010.

Submission deadlines must be strictly observed in order to ensure timely processing and issuance of the statements as official United Nations documents for the Commission. _________________________________________________________________

http://www.un.org/womenwatch/daw/csw/csw55/onlinediscussion3.html

In preparation for the fifty-fifth session of the Commission on the Status of Women, the Division for the Advancement of Women organized an ONLINE DISCUSSION on the linkages between women’s and girls' access to and participation in formal and non-formal education and training, and their equal access to full employment and decent work. The discussion will contribute to the findings and recommendations presented to the Commission on the Status of Women.

REPORT ON THE ONLINE DISCUSSION

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