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Thanks to a contribution made by the late Ms. Yvonne M.T. Hebert, UN Women will provide funding to 10 members of ECOSOC-accredited non-governmental organizations headquartered or with offices based in a Least Developed Country to attend the first week of CSW56, 27 February – 2 March 2012.

ECOSOC accredited organizations are welcomed to send nominations to civil.society@unwomen.org . For more information please contact UN Women.

CSW 56 Scholarship Nomination Information to Be Completed and Returned by 15 November 2011

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Candidates to be considered for funding by Un Women to attend the first week of the fifty-sixth session of the Commission on the Status of Women from 27 February to 2 March 2012

Nominating Organization (must be an ECOSOC-accredited NGOs headquartered or with offices based in a Least Developed Country):

1. Name of organization: _________________________________

2. Category of consultative status with ECOSOC: General_______ Special _______

3. Contact person _________________________________________

Email address___________________________@_____________

Telephone number (___) _________________________________

Fax number (___)______________________________________

Candidate’s details:

4. Name (as it appears on candidate’s passport): _________________

_______________________________________________________

Nationality_____________________________________________

Date of birth (dd/mm/yyyy) _______________________________

Address _______________________________________________

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Email address ____________________@_____________________

Telephone number (___)__________________________________

Fax number (___)_______________________________________

5. Has the candidate attended CSW before: Yes____ No ____

6. Will the candidate receive other funding to attend CSW? Yes___ No___

7. Will the nominee be available from 27 February to 2 March 2012? Yes___ No ___

(The selected candidate will also participate in the NGO Consultation Day on 26 February 2012, organized by the NGO Committee on the Status of Women, a group of New York-based women’s NGOs in consultative status with the Economic and Social Council).

8. The focus of the candidate’s work is:

9. Resume attached: Yes_____

10. Please provide a brief summary of candidate’s:

11. Please indicate candidate’s outreach and networking capacity at the local, regional, national or international levels.