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Commission on the Status of Women
Fifty-sixth session (27 February - 9 March 2012)
The
fifty-sixth session of the Commission on the Status
of Women will take place at United Nations Headquarters in New York from
Monday, 27 February to Friday, 9 March 2012.
Bureau
The Bureau
for the 56th session comprises the following members:
- H.E. Ms. Marjon V. Kamara (Liberia) of the African States Group, Chair
- Nomination
pending, Asian States Group, Vice-Chair
- Ms. Irina Velichko (Belarus) of the Eastern European States Group,
Vice-Chair
- Mr. Carlos Enrique García González (El Salvador) of the Latin American and Caribbean
States Group, Vice-Chair
- Nomination
pending, Western European and other States Group, Vice-Chair
Themes
Priority
theme
The empowerment of rural women and their role in poverty and hunger
eradication, development and current challenges
Review
theme
Financing for gender equality and the empowerment of women (agreed
conclusions from the fifty-second session)
Preparations
UN Women in
collaboration with the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), International
Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), and World Food Programme (WFP) will
convene an expert
group meeting (EGM) on 'Enabling rural women's economic empowerment:
institutions, opportunities and participation' from 20 to 23 September, 2011 in
Accra, Ghana.
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A
preparatory expert panel on the priority theme was held during the fifty-fifth
session of the Commission on Thursday, 24 February 2011.
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