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CSW 56 SIDE EVENTS ON THE UNITED
NATIONS PREMISES
Side
events (First week, 27 February - 2 March 2011)
Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday (Click here to go to the second week)
Additional side events, updates, and changes will be posted as they become
available. NGO representatives are encouraged to RSVP well in advance for side
events on UN premises.
Monday,
27 February
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United
Nations Development Programme (UNDP) |
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Title |
Rural Women's Potential in Agriculture and
Development |
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Location
|
Conference
Room A (max. capacity: 76) |
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Time
|
27
February, 10:00 am - 11:15 am |
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Contact
|
ngone.diop@undp.org |
|
|
United
Nations Development Programme (UNDP) |
|
Title |
Women's Empowerment-publication launch |
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Location
|
Conference
Room A (max. capacity: 76) |
|
Time
|
27
February, 11:30 am - 12:45 pm |
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Contact
|
ngone.diop@undp.org |
|
|
United
Nations Development Programme (UNDP) |
|
Title |
Women and land in the context of HIV |
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Location
|
Conference
Room B (max. capacity: 71) |
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Time
|
27
February, 11:30 am - 12:45 pm |
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Contact
|
susana.fried@undp.org |
|
|
Australia |
|
Title |
tBA |
|
Location
|
Conference
Room A (max. capacity: 76) |
|
Time
|
27
February, 01:15 pm - 02:30 pm |
|
Contact
|
tanisha.hewanpola@dfat.gov.au |
|
|
United
States of America, China |
|
Title |
Joint US-China panel on Rural Women and Sustainable
development |
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Location
|
ECOSOC
CHAMBER (NLB) (max. capacity: 497) |
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Time
|
27
February, 01:15 pm - 02:30 pm |
|
Contact
|
tbd |
|
|
United
Nations Development Programme (UNDP) |
|
Title |
Gender Equality in Public Administrations: Global
experience |
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Location
|
Conference
Room B (max. capacity: 71) |
|
Time
|
27
February, 01:15 pm - 02:30 pm |
|
Contact
|
noella.richard@undp.org
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|
|
Turkey |
|
Title |
Stop Violence against Women by Implementing
IntERNATIONAL Standards |
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Location
|
Conference
Room 4 (max. capacity: 510) |
|
Time
|
27
February, 01:15 pm - 02:30 pm |
|
Contact |
tuvana.varan@mfa.gov.tr |
|
|
United
Nations Development Programme (UNDP) |
|
Title |
Women and Corruption: Grassroots experiences and
strategies |
|
Location
|
Conference
Room A (max. capacity: 76) |
|
Time
|
27
February, 03:00 pm - 04:15 pm |
|
Contact
|
sarah.silliman@huairou.org
|
|
|
UNAIDS |
|
Title |
Strengthening ties between HIV and CEDAW Reporting |
|
Location
|
Conference
Room A (max. capacity: 76) |
|
Time
|
27
February, 04:30 pm - 05:45 pm |
|
Contact
|
davtyanm@unaids.org
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Tuesday, 28
February
|
|
Austria |
|
Title |
Gender Budgeting as effective strategy for gender
equality |
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Location
|
Conference
Room A (max. capacity: 76) |
|
Time
|
28
February, 10:00 am - 11:15 am |
|
Contact
|
tanja.delgado@bmeia.gv.at |
|
|
Liechtenstein |
|
Title |
Implementing women, peace and security in
Afghanistan |
|
Location
|
Conference
Room B (max. capacity: 71) |
|
Time
|
28
February, 10:00 am - 11:15 am |
|
Contact
|
advisor1@nyc.llv.li |
|
|
France |
|
Title |
TBA |
|
Location
|
Conference
Room 5 (TBC) (max. capacity: 109) |
|
Time
|
28
February, 10:00 am - 11:15 am (TBC) |
|
Contact
|
louis.riquet@franceonu.org |
|
|
Maldives |
|
Title |
Maldives - Climate Change and Women |
|
Location
|
Conference
Room A (max. capacity: 76) |
|
Time
|
28
February, 11:30 am - 12:45 pm |
|
Contact
|
karmjit.sangha@gmail.com
|
|
|
Delegation
of the European Union to the United Nations |
|
Title |
Elimination of all forms of violence against women
and girls |
|
Location
|
Conference
Room B (max. capacity: 71) |
|
Time
|
28
February, 11:30 am - 12:45 pm |
|
Contact
|
jelena.vujic@eeas.europa.eu
|
|
|
South
Africa |
|
Title |
Sharing best Practices on Rural Development,
"The role of Women". |
|
Location
|
Conference
Room A (max. capacity: 76) |
|
Time
|
28
February, 01:15 pm - 02:30 pm |
|
Contact
|
tbd |
|
|
United
States of America |
|
Title |
Launch of the women's empowerment agriculture index |
|
Location
|
Conference
Room 4 (max. capacity: 510) |
|
Time
|
28
February, 01:15 pm - 02:30 pm |
|
Contact
|
newmankj@state.gov,
asugrue@usaid.gov |
|
|
International
Labour Organization (ILO) |
|
Title |
Rural Employment and Agriculture |
|
Location
|
Conference
Room B (max. capacity: 71) |
|
Time
|
28
February, 01:15 pm - 02:30 pm |
|
Contact
|
cassidy@ilo.org
|
|
|
Israel,
Italy, Senegal |
|
Title |
Rural Women: From Vulnerability to Sustainability |
|
Location
|
Conference
Room 5 (max. capacity: 109) |
|
Time
|
28
February, 01:15 pm - 02:30 pm |
|
Contact
|
miriamb@newyork.mfa.gov.il |
|
|
United
Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA), Australia, Women
with Disabilities Australia (WWDA) and Women’s UN Report Network (WUNRN) |
|
Title |
Rural Women and Girls with Disabilities – Economic
Empowerment and Political Participation (Website) |
|
Location
|
Conference
Room 6 (max. capacity: 109) |
|
Time
|
28
February, 01:15 pm - 02:30 pm |
|
Contact
|
tbd |
|
|
United
Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) |
|
Title |
Improving access to SRH services for rural women |
|
Location
|
Conference
Room 3 (max. capacity: 573) |
|
Time
|
28
February, 01:15 pm - 02:30 pm |
|
Contact
|
sharafi@unfpa.org |
|
|
Germany |
|
Title |
Fair (Income-) Perspectives in the Life Course -
Fair Chances in Rural and Urban Areas |
|
Location
|
Permanent
Mission of Germany, 871 United Nations Plaza New York, |
|
Time
|
28
February, 01:00 pm - 03:00 pm |
|
Contact
|
pol-s2-vn@newy.auswaertiges-amt.de |
|
|
Food
and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), International Fund
for Agricultural Development (IFAD), UN-Women and World Food Programme (WFP) |
|
Title |
Accelerating progress towards the empowerment of
rural women |
|
Location
|
Conference
Room 5 (max. capacity: 109) |
|
Time
|
28
February, 03:00 pm - 04:30 pm |
|
Contact
|
freja.larsen@unwomen.org |
|
|
UN
Women, Pathways of Women’s Empowerment |
|
Title |
Making Change Happen through Women's Collective
Action |
|
Location
|
Conference
Room A (max. capacity: 76) |
|
Time
|
28
February, 03:00 pm - 04:15 pm |
|
Contact
|
progress@unwomen.org |
|
|
Canada |
|
Title |
So what about the boys? The role of men and boys in
achieving gender equality in rural communities |
|
Location
|
Conference
Room A (max. capacity: 76) |
|
Time
|
28
February, 04:30 pm - 05:45 pm |
|
Contact
|
tbd |
|
|
United
Nations Development Programme (UNDP) |
|
Title |
Women, legal empowerment and land |
|
Location
|
Church
Center, 777 United Nations Plaza, New York, NY 10017 |
|
Time
|
28
February, 05:30 pm - 07:00 pm (tbc) |
Wednesday, 29
February
|
|
UNAIDS |
|
Title |
MDG6 in Eastern Europe & Central Asia: focus on
women AND girlS |
|
Location
|
Conference
Room A (max. capacity: 76) |
|
Time
|
29
February, 10:00 am - 11:15 am |
|
Contact
|
davtyanm@unaids.org
|
|
|
United
Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF), UN
Women |
|
Title |
Findings from Joint Programmes on Gender Equality |
|
Location
|
Conference
Room B (max. capacity: 71) |
|
Time
|
29
February, 10:00 am - 11:15 am |
|
Contact
|
esaloranta@unicef.org,
devi@unfpa.org |
|
|
Inter-Parliamentary
Union (IPU) |
|
Title |
Empowering rural women: What role for parliaments? |
|
Location
|
Conference
Room 3 (max. capacity: 573) |
|
Time
|
29
February, 10:00 am - 06:00 pm |
|
Contact
|
am@mail.ipu.org |
|
|
Sweden |
|
Title |
Smart Economics and Rural Women's Potential |
|
Location
|
Conference
Room A (max. capacity: 76) |
|
Time
|
29
February, 11:30 am - 12:45 pm |
|
Contact
|
cecilia.lindqvist@foreign.ministry.se |
|
|
Sweden |
|
Title |
Better Cotton |
|
Location
|
Conference
Room B (max. capacity: 71) |
|
Time
|
29
February, 11:30 am - 12:45 pm |
|
Contact
|
cecilia.lindqvist@foreign.ministry.se
|
|
|
United
Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) |
|
Title |
Rural Women: Education for Empowerment |
|
Location
|
Conference
Room A (max. capacity: 76) |
|
Time
|
29
February, 01:15 pm - 02:30 pm |
|
Contact
|
valtchanova@un.org
, a.persic@unesco.org |
|
|
Norway |
|
Title |
Equality between Women and Men – the Nordic Way |
|
Location
|
Conference
Room E (max. capacity: 73) |
|
Time
|
29
February, 01:15 pm - 02:30 pm |
|
Contact
|
imag@mfa.no |
|
|
Bangladesh |
|
Title |
Social Safety net, Economic Empowerment of Rural
Women and Gender Responsive Budgeting |
|
Location
|
Conference
Room 6 (max. capacity: 109) |
|
Time
|
29
February, 01:15 pm - 02:30 pm |
|
Contact
|
anjumsamia@yahoo.com |
|
|
Brazil |
|
Title |
Women’s Economic Autonomy and Sustainable
Development (Rio+20) |
|
Location
|
Conference
Room 7 (max. capacity: 85) |
|
Time
|
29
February, 01:15 pm - 02:30 pm |
|
Contact
|
tbd |
|
|
Ghana |
|
Title |
Rural Women and MDGs 1 and 3: Ghana’s Success and
Challenges |
|
Location
|
Conference
Room 5 (max. capacity: 109) |
|
Time
|
29
February, 01:15 pm - 02:30 pm |
|
Contact
|
c3ghanaun@aol.com |
|
|
United
Nations Development Programme (UNDP) |
|
Title |
Political Parties Guide launch |
|
Location
|
Conference
Room B (max. capacity: 71) |
|
Time
|
29
February, 01:15 pm - 02:30 pm |
|
Contact
|
suki.beavers@undp.org
|
|
|
Germany |
|
Title |
Equal Pay Day - closing the pay gap |
|
Location
|
Permanent
Mission of Germany, 871 United Nations Plaza New York, |
|
Time
|
29
February, 01:00 pm - 03:00 pm |
|
Contact
|
pol-s2-vn@newy.auswaertiges-amt.de |
|
|
United
Kingdom |
|
Title |
Body image in the media |
|
Location
|
Conference
Room A (max. capacity: 76) |
|
Time
|
29
February, 04:30 pm - 05:45 pm |
|
Contact
|
cristina.barbaglia@fco.gov.uk |
|
|
UN
Women, the NGO-CSW Forum and FAO in partnership with the Center for Women’s
Global Leadership, CoNGO, Feminist Taskforce, and Huairou Commission |
|
Title |
Rural Women’s Speak-Out |
|
Location
|
Church
Center, 777 United Nations Plaza, New York, NY 10017 |
|
Time
|
29
February, 05:30 pm - 07:00 pm |
Thursday, 1 March
|
|
Kenya |
|
Title |
Transforming rural communities |
|
Location
|
Conference
Room A (max. capacity: 76) |
|
Time
|
1
March, 10:00 am - 11:15 am |
|
Contact
|
mosotijk@yahoo.com
|
|
|
United
States of America |
|
Title |
Busan Joint Action Plan for Gender Equality follow
up |
|
Location
|
Conference
Room B (max. capacity: 71) |
|
Time
|
1
March, 10:00 am - 11:15 am |
|
Contact
|
frankokl@state.gov
|
|
|
Food
and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), International Fund
for Agricultural Development (IFAD), ILC |
|
Title |
land rights of rural women |
|
Location
|
Conference
Room A (max. capacity: 76) |
|
Time
|
1
March, 11:30 am - 12:45 pm |
|
Contact
|
m.hartl@ifad.org
|
|
|
Inter-Parliamentary
Union (IPU) |
|
Title |
Women in politics: latest trends |
|
Location
|
Conference
Room B (max. capacity: 71) |
|
Time
|
1
March, 11:30 am - 12:45 pm |
|
Contact
|
ny-office@mail.ipu.org
|
|
|
Japan |
|
Title |
Disaster and Gender Equality in Japan |
|
Location
|
Conference
Room A (max. capacity: 76) |
|
Time
|
1
March, 01:15 pm - 02:30 pm |
|
Contact
|
ezz01606@nifty.com
|
|
|
Finland |
|
Title |
Empowering women through taking on discriminatory
social institutions |
|
Location
|
Conference
Room B (max. capacity: 71) |
|
Time
|
1
March, 01:15 pm - 02:30 pm |
|
Contact
|
anna.kanervirta@formin.fi |
|
|
Australia |
|
Title |
TBA |
|
Location
|
Conference
Room 4 (max. capacity: 510) |
|
Time
|
1
March, 01:15 pm - 02:30 pm |
|
Contact
|
tanisha.hewanpola@dfat.gov.au |
|
|
Italy |
|
Title |
The Role of Rural Women in the Process of Global
Development |
|
Location
|
Conference
Room 5 (max. capacity: 109) |
|
Time
|
1
March, 01:15 pm - 02:30 pm |
|
Contact
|
socintwomen@gn.apc.org |
|
|
United
Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat) |
|
Title |
Rural
Girls and Urban Migration: Communication for Development (C4D) Bridging the
Divide |
|
Location
|
Conference
Room A (max. capacity: 76) |
|
Time
|
1
March, 03:00 pm - 04:15 pm |
|
Contact
|
Diallo9@un.org
|
|
|
Inter-Parliamentary
Union (IPU) |
|
Title |
Gender-sensitive parliaments |
|
Location
|
Conference
Room A (max. capacity: 76) |
|
Time
|
1
March, 04:30 pm - 05:45 pm |
|
Contact
|
ny-office@mail.ipu.org
|
Friday, 2 March
|
|
UN
Women and UN Statistics Division |
|
Title |
Evidence and Data for Gender Equality (EDGE) |
|
Location
|
ECOSOC
Chamber (NLB) (max. capacity: 497) |
|
Time
|
2
March, 08:45 am - 10:00 am |
|
Contact
|
tbd |
|
|
Food
and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) |
|
Title |
Unleashing rural women's voices to end hunger and
poverty |
|
Location
|
Conference
Room A (max. capacity: 76) |
|
Time
|
2
March, 10:00 am - 11:15 am |
|
Contact
|
brennen-haylock@un.org
, kamarat@un.org , LON-registry@in.org |
|
|
United
Nations Non-Governmental Liaison Service |
|
Title |
RURAL WOMEN - POVERTY - CRISES - RIGHTS |
|
Location
|
Conference
Room B (max. capacity: 71) |
|
Time
|
2
March, 10:00 am - 11:15 am |
|
Contact
|
tobin@un.org
|
|
|
Delegation
of the European Union to the United Nations |
|
Title |
Engaging young women and men in advancing gender
equality |
|
Location
|
Conference
Room A (max. capacity: 76) |
|
Time
|
2
March, 11:30 am - 12:45 pm |
|
Contact
|
jelena.vujic@eeas.europa.eu
|
|
|
Armenia |
|
Title |
From Empowerment to Sustainability |
|
Location
|
Conference
Room B (max. capacity: 71) |
|
Time
|
2
March, 11:30 am - 12:45 pm |
|
Contact
|
a.kocharyan@mfa.am
|
|
|
Australia |
|
Title |
TBA |
|
Location
|
Conference
Room A (max. capacity: 76) |
|
Time
|
2
March, 01:15 pm - 02:30 pm |
|
Contact
|
tanisha.hewanpola@dfat.gov.au
|
|
|
International
Labour Organization (ILO) |
|
Title |
The importance of decent work for indigenous women |
|
Location
|
Conference
Room B (max. capacity: 71) |
|
Time
|
2
March, 01:15 pm - 02:30 pm |
|
Contact
|
cassidy@ilo.org
|
|
|
Zimbabwe |
|
Title |
innovative development programmes by rural women |
|
Location
|
Conference
R oom A (max. capacity: 76) |
|
Time
|
2
March, 03:00 pm - 04:15 pm |
|
Contact
|
sahmud@yahoo.com
, snyamudez@yahoo.com |
|
|
Canada |
|
Title |
TBA |
|
Location
|
Conference
Room A (max. capacity: 76) |
|
Time
|
2
March, 04:30 pm - 05:45 pm |
|
Contact
|