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Commission on the Status of Women Fifty-seventh session (4 - 15 March 2013)

SIDE EVENTS - UN BUILDING - GOVERNMENTS, UN AGENCIES +

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. NB please note that your RSVP request needs to be confirmed by the event organizer, because seating is limited!

Monday, 4 March 2013

  • United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), Huairou Commission

Engendering Bottom-up Reform: Grassroots Women's Tool for Securing Access to Justice

04 Mar, 10:00 AM - 11:15 AM
Conference Room D (max. capacity: 70)

Contact: Shelley.inglis[at]undp.org

  • Chile, Global Network of Women Peacebuilders

Implementation of the Women, Peace and Security Agenda: Experiences from Latin America

04 Mar, 11:30 AM - 12:45 PM
Conference Room B (max. capacity: 71)

Contact: msalamanca[at]minrel.gov.cl

  • Australia

Using new technology and social media to address violence against women and girls

04 Mar, 11:30 AM - 12:45 PM
Conference Room D (max. capacity: 70)

Contact: eleanorbrown01[at]gmail.com

  • United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)

Prevention of gender-based violence through education and sport

04 Mar, 1:15 PM - 2:30 PM
Conference Room B (max. capacity: 71)

Contact: e.bechrakis[at]unesco.org

  • Canada

Violence Commited in the name of "HonoUr"

04 Mar, 1:15 PM - 2:30 PM
Conference Room 7 (max. capacity: 85)

Contact: Ellen.Chen[at]international.gc.ca

  • France

Violence against Women: our concern, our response

04 Mar, 1:15 PM - 2:30 PM
ECOSOC Chamber (max. capacity: 497)

Contact: stephanie.collette[at]diplomatie.gouv.fr

  • Israel, United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE)

Women's Economic Empowerment as a Tool for Combating and Eliminating Violence against Women

04 Mar, 1:15 PM - 2:30 PM
Conference Room D (max. capacity: 70)

Contact: federicop[at]newyork.mfa.gov.il

  • Turkey

Legal Reforms and Best Practices

04 Mar, 1:15 PM - 2:30 PM
Conference Room 2 (max. capacity: 507)

Contact: tuvana.varan[at]mfa.gov.tr

Ticket Pickup:
General Assembly lobby (side events ticket desk), 4 March 2013, 12:30-13:15pm

  • Finland, South Africa, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)

Transforming social norms to prevent violence against women

04 Mar, 3:00 PM - 4:15 PM
Conference Room B (max. capacity: 71)

Contact: annukka.kurki[at]formin.fi

  • Philippines

Counting Violence against Women and Girls Cases: Harmonizing Databases - The Philippine Experience

04 Mar, 3:00 PM - 4:15 PM
Conference Room D (max. capacity: 70)

Contact: nypm3com[at]gmail.com

  • Armenia, Estonia

Commemoration of Security Council Resolution 1325 - What Lies Ahead?

04 Mar, 3:30 PM - 5:00 PM
Dag Hammarskjold Library Auditorium (max. capacity: 127)

Contact: unngo@ars1910.org

  • The Equality and Anti-discrimination Ombud in Norway, Forum for Women and Development in Norway

Gender-based violence Against Women in Gender Equal Societies

04 Mar, 4:45 PM - 6:00 PM
Conference Room D (max. capacity: 70)

Contact: imag[at]mfa.no

  • Denmark

Hidden forms of gender-based violence in society - what these are and how to promote an equal society where girls and boys have equal opportunities to realize themselves!
Part 1: Sexualisation of the public space

04 Mar, 4:45 PM - 6:00 PM
Conference Room B (max. capacity: 71)

Contact: loroh[at]lige.dk

  • Spain

Two roads to gender equality: Insights from the MDG-F experience

04 Mar, 6:30 PM - 7:45 PM
Conference Room 7 (max. capacity: 85)
www.mdgfund.org
www.spainun.org

Contact: zully.ferreira[at]undp.org

Ticket Pickup:
General Assembly lobby (side events ticket desk), one hour before the event

  • Gabon, International Organisation of La Francophonie, UN Women

Concertation francophone de haut niveau, violences faites aux femmes et aux filles / High Level Francophone Consultations on Violence against Women and Girls

04 Mar, 6:30 PM - 7:45 PM
Conference Room 2 (max. capacity: 507)

Contact: Info[at]gabon-un.org

Tuesday, 5 March 2013

  • Denmark

Hidden forms of gender-based violence in society - what these are and how to promote an equal society where girls and boys have equal opportunities to realize themselves!
Part 2: Social Control

05 Mar, 10:00 AM - 11:15 AM
Conference Room D (max. capacity: 70)

Contact: loroh[at]lige.dk

  • UNAIDS

High on the Agenda: Addressing Violence against women and HIV in Africa

05 Mar, 10:00 AM - 11:15 AM
Conference Room B (max. capacity: 71)

Contact: davtyanm[at]unaids.org

  • Norway, South Africa, Sonke Gender Justice Network, The International Campaign to Stop Rape & Gender Violence in Conflict

Gender-Based Violence Prevention as a Human Right and a Legally Binding State Obligation

05 Mar, 11:30 AM - 12:45 PM
Conference Room D (max. capacity: 70)

Contact: imag[at]mfa.no

  • UNFPA, OHCHR, UN WOMEN

Sexual Violence - Forms, Consequences and Interventions

05 Mar, 11:30 AM - 12:45 PM
Conference Room B (max. capacity: 71)

Contact: crichlow[at]unfpa.org

  • Austria

Combating Violence against women and the role of the judiciary – current challenges and best practices

05 Mar, 1:15 PM - 2:30 PM
Conference Room D (max. capacity: 70)

Contact: tanja.delgado[at]bmeia.gv.at

  • Sweden

Working together - Sweden's multisectoral approach for preventing and responding to violence against women and girls

05 Mar, 1:15 PM - 2:30 PM
Conference Room B (max. capacity: 71)

Contact: cecilia.lindqvist[at]gov.se

Ticket Pickup:
At the Swedish Mission to the UN.

  • UN Women, all UN agencies contributing to CSW

UN Heads of Agencies Forum on Violence Against Women and Girls

05 Mar, 1:15 PM - 2:30 PM
Conference Room 2 (max. capacity: 507)

Contact: patricia.codazzi[at]unwomen.org

  • Italy

05 Mar, 1:15 PM - 2:30 PM
Conference Room 6 (max. capacity: 109)

Contact: filippo.cinti[at]esteri.it

  • Zimbabwe, Namibia

Namibia & Zimbabwe: A Southern African take on tackling violence against women

05 Mar, 3:00 PM - 4:15 PM
Conference Room D (max. capacity: 70)

Contact: zimnewyork[at]gmail.com

  • The Netherlands

WE CAN (end all violence against women)

05 Mar, 3:00 PM - 4:15 PM
Conference Room B (max. capacity: 71)

Contact: roos.petersen[at]minbuza.nl

  • Delegation of the European Union

Comprehensive strategies to combat Violence against women/domestic violence in the European Union: results and challenges

05 Mar, 4:45 PM - 6:00 PM
Conference Room B (max. capacity: 71)

Contact: jelena.vujic[at]eeas.europa.eu
Please rsvp for side event tickets, if you don't have a UN ground pass, by 4 March noon time.

Ticket Pickup:
General Assembly lobby, 5 March from 4.15pm to 4.45pm at the side event ticket table.

  • UN Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA)

The Socio-Economic Cost of Violence Against Women in Africa

05 Mar, 6:30 PM - 7:45 PM
Conference Room 7 (max. capacity: 85)

Contact: kopperman[at]un.org

Wednesday, 6 March 2013

  • UNAIDS, The Global Coalition on Women and AIDS (GCWA), Women Won't Wait Campaign, Fundación para Estudio e Investigación de la Mujer (FEIM)

Women WON'T Wait-End HIV & Violence against women-NOW

06 Mar, 10:00 AM - 11:15 AM
Conference Room D (max. capacity: 70)

Contact: mbianco[at]feim.org.ar

  • United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)

Safety of Women Journalists

06 Mar, 10:00 AM - 11:15 AM
Conference Room B (max. capacity: 71)

Contact: e.bechrakis[at]unesco.org

  • Japan

Situation and Measures to Eliminate Violence against Women

06 Mar, 11:30 AM - 12:45 PM
Conference Room B (max. capacity: 71)

Contact: masa-502[at]palette.plala.or.jp

  • Delegation of the European Union

Trafficking of women and girls - a form of violence against women: the EU's response

06 Mar, 11:30 AM - 12:45 PM
Conference Room D (max. capacity: 70)

Contact: jelena.vuijic[at]eeas.europa.eu
Please rsvp for special event tickets, if you don't have a UN ground pass, by 4 March COB.

Ticket Pickup:
General Assembly lobby, 6 March from 11am to 11.30am at the side event ticket table.

  • Namibia

Grassroots Women Parliament

06 Mar, 1:15 PM - 2:30 PM
Conference Room B (max. capacity: 71)

Contact: etuna09@gmail.com

  • Thailand

Critical Issues on Violence against Women and Girl Children: Cultural and Social Transformations

06 Mar, 1:15 PM - 2:30 PM
Conference Room D (max. capacity: 70)
Flyer

Contact: chonvipatc[at]hotmail.com
For accredited NGOs, please RSVP by 20 Feb 2013 - For Member States and UN, please RSVP by 4 March 2013

Ticket Pickup:
- for registered NGOs, please contact Ms. Chonvipat for tickets collection at the Permanent Mission of Thailand, 351 East 52nd St., New York, NY, 10022, between 27 Feb- 5 March 2013

  • Sweden, Nordic Missions to the UN

From prevention to response- Engaging men and boys in the elimination of violence against women and girls.

06 Mar, 1:15 PM - 2:30 PM
Conference Room E (max. capacity: 73)

Contact: cecilia.lindqvist[at]gov.se

  • Commission on the Status of Women

Preparatory Panel for 2014: Challenges and achievements in the implementation of the Millennium Development Goals for women and girls

06 Mar, 1:15 PM - 2:30 PM
Conference Room 2 (max. capacity: 507)

Contact: tbc

  • Liechtenstein

Improving Women's Security in Timor-Leste: A look at Gender-Responsive Peacebuilding in Practice

06 Mar, 1:15 PM - 2:30 PM
Conference Room 6 (max. capacity: 109)

Contact: advisor5[at]nyc.llv.li

  • UK, The Netherlands, Promundo

Challenging and changing young people's attitudes to prevent violence against women and girls

06 Mar, 3:00 PM - 4:15 PM
Conference Room D (max. capacity: 70)

Contact: s-duncan[at]dfid.gov.uk

  • UN Women

UN Women's Knowledge Gateway on Women's Economic Empowerment

06 Mar, 3:00 PM - 4:15 PM
Conference Room B (max. capacity: 71)

Contact: knowledge.economics[at]unwomen.org

  • UN Trust Fund to End Violence against Women

Civil Society Session: Looking beyond 2015: Visualizing a coordinated framework to end violence against women

06 Mar, 6:30 PM - 7:45 PM
Conference Room 7 (max. capacity: 85)

Contact: tanya.ghani[at]unwomen.org

  • Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU)

Women in Politics: Latest trends

06 Mar, 6:30 PM - 7:45 PM
Conference Room B (max. capacity: 71)

Contact: mds[at]ipu.org

Thursday, 7 March 2013

  • Canada, Medical Women's International Association

Women doctors and role of the health system in the elimination and prevention of all forms of violence against women and girls

07 Mar, 8:15 AM - 9:30 AM
Conference Room B (max. capacity: 71)

Contact: ellen.chen[at]international.gc.ca

  • Iceland

The Meaning of the Nordic Women´s shelter´s movement for the work against violence

07 Mar, 10:00 AM - 11:15 AM
Conference Room D (max. capacity: 70)

Contact: rsvpfny[at]mfa.is

  • Ireland

Mobilising communities to prevent and respond to Violence against Women - lessons learned from Uganda

07 Mar, 10:00 AM - 11:15 AM
Conference Room B (max. capacity: 71)

Contact: mairead.glynn[at]dfa.ie

  • United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA)

The Role of Data in Addressing Violence against women and girls

07 Mar, 11:30 AM - 12:45 PM
Conference Room B (max. capacity: 71)

Contact: crichlowi[at]unfpa.org

  • New Zealand

Violence Against Women and RevictimiZation

07 Mar, 11:30 AM - 12:45 PM
Conference Room D (max. capacity: 70)

Contact: rsvp.newzealand[at]gmail.com

  • Czech Republic, Peru, Zambia

Experience in Implementation of National Action Plans on Domestic and Gender-Based Violence

07 Mar, 1:15 PM - 2:30 PM
Conference Room B (max. capacity: 71)

Contact: barbora.czechmission[at]gmail.com

  • UN Women, World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts

Stop the Violence: Girls at the frontlines of prevention

07 Mar, 1:15 PM - 2:30 PM
Conference Room 7 (max. capacity: 85)

Contact: urjasi.rudra[at]unwomen.org

  • UN Women

Reclaiming Public Spaces for Empowerment of Women and Girls

07 Mar, 1:15 PM - 2:30 PM
Conference Room 2 (max. capacity: 507)

Contact: anastasia.posadskaya[at]unwomen.org

  • UN Women, Finland, International Criminal Court, Global Action to Prevent War and Armed Conflict

Achieving Gender Justice: The Case for Reparations

07 Mar, 1:15 PM - 2:30 PM
Conference Room D (max. capacity: 70)

Contact: aisling.swaine[at]unwomen.org

  • Australia

Engaging men and boys to prevent violence against women and girls

07 Mar, 3:00 PM - 4:15 PM
Conference Room B (max. capacity: 71)

Contact: eleanorbrown01[at]gmail.com

  • Kenya

Efforts to eliminate Sexual Violence in Kenya: Best practices and Challenges

07 Mar, 3:00 PM - 4:15 PM
Conference Room D (max. capacity: 70)

Contact: mosotijk[at]yahoo.com

  • The Netherlands, AWID, Breakthrough India, Global Fund for Women Kenya, Casa de la Mujer from Colombia

Women Moving Mountains, High Impact Investment to Eliminate and Prevent Violence Against Women - The Case of the Dutch MDG3 Fund

07 Mar, 4:45 PM - 6:00 PM
Conference Room B (max. capacity: 71)

Contact: gretha.metekohy[at]minbuza.nl

  • Dominican Republic, John Jay College of Criminal Justice, Women's UN Report Network (WUNRN)

Addressing Violence Against Women and Girls in Latin America, The Caribbean and their Diasporas: The Convergence of International Human Rights Laws and Principles and Women and Grassroots Efforts

07 Mar, 6:30 PM - 7:45 PM
Conference Room 7 (max. capacity: 85)

Contact: mosie[at]infionline.net

  • Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU)

Partnerships to address violence against women: Parliamentary caucuses as a platform

07 Mar, 6:30 PM - 7:45 PM
Conference Room D (max. capacity: 70)

Contact: mds[at]ipu.org

  • UN Women

Critical Services Commitment by United Nations Agencies

07 Mar, 6:30 PM - 7:45 PM
Conference Room B (max. capacity: 71)

Contact: patricia.codazzi[at]unwomen.org

Friday, 8 March 2013

  • Norway, UN Women, World Health Organization (WHO)

High-level Side Event - Panel discussion on global estimates on prevalence of violence against women, health impacts and health sector guidelines to address violence against women

08 Mar, 11:30 AM - 12:45 PM
Conference Room D (max. capacity: 70)

Contact: imag[at]mfa.no

  • New Zealand

Women's Refuges

08 Mar, 11:30 AM - 12:45 PM
Conference Room B (max. capacity: 71)

Contact: rsvp.newzealand[at]gmail.com

  • Sweden, United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), UN Women, United Nations Volunteers (UNV), World Health Organization (WHO), Partners for Prevention

Why do men use violence and how do we stop it: new evidence on men's use of violence against women and girls and its uses for enhanced prevention

08 Mar, 1:15 PM - 2:30 PM
Conference Room 6 (max. capacity: 109)
Partners for Prevention

Contact: chetpon.changcharoen[at]one.un.org
If you would like to reserve a ticket for this side event please write to: chetpon.changcharoen[at]one.un.org Tickets will be issued on a first come basis.

Ticket Pickup:
Ticket pickup information will be communicated via email to those who RSVP.

  • UN Women

Gender-Based Discrimination in the Workplace: Tackling the Challenges

08 Mar, 1:15 PM - 2:30 PM
Conference Room 2 (max. capacity: 507)

Contact: janaki.murthy[at]unwomen.org

  • United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat), Plan International, Women in Cities International

A Girl's Eye View on Unsafe Urban Spaces

08 Mar, 1:15 PM - 2:30 PM
Conference Room B (max. capacity: 71)

Contact: diallo9[at]un.org

Ticket Pickup:
General Assembly lobby (side events ticket desk), 8 March, 11:30 am - 1:15 pm

  • Switzerland, Women's International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF)

Powerful Voices - Women in the MENA Region talking Militarism, Security and Peace

08 Mar, 1:15 PM - 2:30 PM
Conference Room D (max. capacity: 70)

Contact: ptg[at]eda.admin.ch

  • UN Women, International Disability Alliance (IDA), El Salvador, Peru, Jordan, Bulgaria, United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF), Women Enabled, International Network of Women with Disabilities (INWWD), Plan, Human Rights Watch

High-level Side Event - Panel Discussion on Violence against Women and Girls with Disabilities

08 Mar, 3:00 PM - 4:15 PM
Conference Room B (max. capacity: 71)

Contact: jeong.lee[at]unwomen.org

  • Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, Special Rapporteur on Violence against Women, its causes and consequences, UN Women

Gender-motivated killings of women, including femicide

08 Mar, 3:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Dag Hammarskjold Library Auditorium (max. capacity: 127)

Contact: newyork@ohchr.org

  • Ireland, Irish Consortium on Gender Based Violence

Gender Based Violence and Fragile States - Shared Learning to accelerate Action on Gender based Violence

08 Mar, 4:45 PM - 6:00 PM
Conference Room B (max. capacity: 71)

Contact: mairead.glynn[at]dfa.ie

Monday, 11 March 2013

  • El Salvador, Peru, Pan American Health Organization/World Health Organization (PAHO/WHO); UN Women, UNITE to End Violence Against Women Campaign

Addressing Violence Against Women in Latin America and the Caribbean: From Data to Action

11 Mar, 11:30 AM - 12:45 PM
Conference Room D (max. capacity: 70)

Contact: paho[at]whoun.org
Space is very limited

Ticket Pickup:
General Assembly lobby (side events ticket desk), 11 March, 10 - 11 am

  • Qatar

Arab Spring: a chance or a risk for women's rights

11 Mar, 1:15 PM - 2:30 PM
Conference Room 7 (max. capacity: 85)

Contact: andreqatarun[at]gmail.com

  • Philippines, UN-Women, International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC)

Domestic Workers Count, Too: Ensuring Protection, Upholding Rights

11 Mar, 1:15 PM - 2:30 PM
Conference Room D (max. capacity: 70)

Contact: nypm3com[at]gmail.com

  • Australia

Women Doctors and the role of the healthcare system in response to Violence against Women

11 Mar, 1:15 PM - 2:30 PM
Conference Room B (max. capacity: 71)

Contact: eleanorbrown01[at]gmail.com

  • UN-HABITAT, UN Women, FORAM Mali, Arab-Yemen Women's Union, Groots (Kenya)

Elimination and prevention of violence against women and girls with special emphasis on the situation of women and girls in post conflict situations

11 Mar, 1:15 PM - 2:30 PM
Conference Room 2 (max. capacity: 507)

Contact: diallo9[at]un.org

Ticket Pickup:
General Assembly lobby (side events ticket desk), 11 March, 11:30am - 1:15pm

  • The World Bank, United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF), George Washington University's Global Women's Institute

What is the price of violence against women & girls? Capturing costs and consequences.

11 Mar, 3:00 PM - 4:15 PM
Conference Room B (max. capacity: 71)

Contact: gbono[at]worldbank.org

  • United Republic of Tanzania

Break the Silence, Join Hands: Multi sectoral approach to Prevent and Respond to Violance against Women and Girls: Experience of the United Republic of Tanzania : Zanzibar as a Case Study

11 Mar, 4:45 PM - 6:00 PM
Conference Room B (max. capacity: 71)

Contact: kijamaduhu[at]gmail.com

  • United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF)

Film Screening: "Girl Rising"

11 Mar, 6:30 PM - 8:30 PM
Conference Room 2 (max. capacity: 507)

Contact: elanglaisalmahdawi[at]unicef.org

Tuesday, 12 March 2013

  • Ireland, Raising Voices

Exploring the evidence in preventing violence against women

12 Mar, 10:00 AM - 11:15 AM
Conference Room D (max. capacity: 70)

Contact: lori.michau[at]raisingvoices.org

  • The World Bank

World Bank Consultation - Fostering Women's Agency and Voice

12 Mar, 11:30 AM - 12:45 PM
Conference Room B (max. capacity: 71)

Contact: gbono[at]worldbank.org

  • Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), Centre for Women's Global Leadership

Austerity, Fiscal Policies and Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights: Vienna+20 - Where are Women Now?

12 Mar, 11:30 AM - 2:30 PM
Conference Room D (max. capacity: 70)

Contact: savi.bisnath[at]rutgers.edu

  • United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat), AXIOS-Mision Mujer, A.C.

"Ending and preventing gender violence with youth. Case Study: Ciudad Juarez" (Previniendo y erradicando la violencia de género con los jóvenes. Caso de Estudio: Ciudad Juarez)

12 Mar, 1:15 PM - 2:30 PM
Conference Room B (max. capacity: 71)

Contact: juanalbertovarela[at]axios.org.mx

Ticket Pickup:
General Assembly lobby (side events ticket desk), 12 March, 11:30 am - 1:15 pm

  • UN Women, United Nations Statistics Division

Guidelines to measure violence against women

12 Mar, 1:15 PM - 2:30 PM
Conference Room 2 (max. capacity: 507)

Contact: talita.mattos[at]unwomen.org

  • Indonesia

 

12 Mar, 1:15 PM - 2:30 PM
Conference Room 7 (max. capacity: 85)

Contact: yudhosasongko[at]yahoo.com

  • Ireland, Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), Amnesty International, Women Human Rights Defenders International Coalition

Women Human Rights Defenders - a Resource at risk? Obligations and practical measures to support Women Human Rights Defenders and protect them from intimidation, reprisals and violence.

12 Mar, 3:00 PM - 4:15 PM
Conference Room B (max. capacity: 71)

Contact: mairead.glynn[at]dfa.ie

  • United Republic of Tanzania, Tanzania Women Judges Association

Ending Abuse of Authority for Purposes of Sexual Exploitation (Sextortion): The Experience of UNITED REPUBLIC OF Tanzania

12 Mar, 3:00 PM - 4:15 PM
Conference Room D (max. capacity: 70)
http://www.tawjatz.org

Contact: kijamaduhu[at]gmail.com

  • Burundi

Centre de Prévention des Violences faites aux Femmes

12 Mar, 4:45 PM - 6:00 PM
Conference Room B (max. capacity: 71)

Contact: anesie2001[at]yahoo.fr

Wednesday, 13 March 2013

  • Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), Working Group on Discrimination against Women in Law and in Practice

The Working Group on Discrimination against Women in Law and in Practice: come and learn about this new mechanism and how it can be used

13 Mar, 10:00 AM - 11:15 AM
Conference Room D (max. capacity: 70)

Contact: newyork[at]ohchr.org
Thank you for your interest to the side event of the Working Group on Discrimination against Women in Law and in Practice. Please let us know the names of the colleagues in your organization who will be attending. Please include in the subject of your email the title of the side event you wish to attend.

Ticket Pickup:
General Assembly lobby (side events ticket desk), 13 March, 9:15 am - 9:45 am

  • Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC), US Federation for Middle East Peace

The influence of faith on the elimination of violence against Women and Girls

13 Mar, 11:30 AM - 12:45 PM
Conference Room B (max. capacity: 71)

Contact: usfmep[at]hotmail.com

  • Holy See

13 Mar, 11:30 AM - 12:45 PM
Conference Room D (max. capacity: 70)

Contact: dongiustino[at]gmail.com

  • Bangladesh, Plan Bangladesh

Empowering Girls Through Education- a Pathway to Elimination of Violence against women and Child Marriage

13 Mar, 1:15 PM - 2:30 PM
Conference Room 7 (max. capacity: 85)

Contact: samia_un[at]yahoo.com

  • Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), Special Rapporteur on violence against women, its causes and consequences

Custodial violence against women, Side event convened by the Special Rapporteur on violence against women, its causes and consequences, Ms. Rashida Manjoo

13 Mar, 1:15 PM - 2:30 PM
Conference Room B (max. capacity: 71)

Contact: newyork[at]ohchr.org
Thank you for your interest to the side event of the SR on violence against women, Ms. Rashida Manjoo. Please let us know the names of the colleagues in your organization who will be attending. Please include in the subject of your email the title of the side event you wish to attend.

Ticket Pickup:
General Assembly lobby (side events ticket desk), 13 March, 12:30 to 1:00pm

  • Ethiopia

Afar: Remarkable Steps to abolish Female Genital Mutilation (FGM)

13 Mar, 1:15 PM - 2:30 PM
Conference Room 2 (max. capacity: 507)

Contact: ethiopia[at]un.int

Thursday, 14 March 2013

  • Liberia, Liechtenstein

War against Women and the Pursuit of Peace and Justice: Sexual and Gender-Based Violence as a Method of Warfare

14 Mar, 11:30 AM - 12:45 PM
Conference Room B (max. capacity: 71)

Contact: advisor1[at]nyc.llv.li

  • Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC), US Federation for Middle East Peace

laws on violence against women presented by Women Judges

14 Mar, 11:30 AM - 12:45 PM
Conference Room D (max. capacity: 70)

Contact: usfmep[at]hotmail.com

  • Malawi

Best Practices for ending Gender-based violence against women and girls in Malawi

14 Mar, 1:15 PM - 2:30 PM
Conference Room 7 (max. capacity: 85)

Contact: livingkalimanjira[at]ymail.com, malawiu[at]aol.com

  • Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR)

Effective Remedies for Victims of Trafficking in Persons

14 Mar, 1:15 PM - 2:30 PM
Conference Room B (max. capacity: 71)

Contact: newyork[at]ohchr.org
Thank you for your interest to the side event of the SR on trafficking in persons, especially women and children, Ms. Joy Ngozi Ezeilo. Please let us know the names of the colleagues in your organization who will be attending. Please include in the subject of your email the title of the side event you wish to attend.

Ticket Pickup:
General Assembly lobby (side events ticket desk), 14 March, 12:30 to 1:00pm

  • Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), International Federation of Women Lawyers, Center for Women's Global Leadership

The Human Rights Universal Periodic Review and Violence against Women and Girls

14 Mar, 3:00 PM - 4:15 PM
Conference Room D (max. capacity: 70)

Contact: newyork[at]ohchr.org
Thank you for your interest to our side event . Please let us know the names of the colleagues in your organization who will be attending. Please include in the subject of your email the title of the side event you wish to attend.

Ticket Pickup:
General Assembly lobby (side events ticket desk), 14 March, 2:30 to 2:50pm

  • Botswana, Presbyterian Church USA

Panel discussion on the theme "Moving men from Bystanders to Allies"

14 Mar, 4:45 PM - 6:00 PM
Conference Room B (max. capacity: 71)

Contact: ryan.smith[at]pcusa.org