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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!
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
05
Mar, 1:15 PM - 2:30 PM
Conference Room 6 (max. capacity: 109)
Contact: filippo.cinti[at]esteri.it
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
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
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.
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
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
Safety
of Women Journalists
06
Mar, 10:00 AM - 11:15 AM
Conference Room B (max. capacity: 71)
Contact: e.bechrakis[at]unesco.org
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
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.
Grassroots
Women Parliament
06
Mar, 1:15 PM - 2:30 PM
Conference Room B (max. capacity: 71)
Contact: etuna09@gmail.com
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
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
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
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
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'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
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
Women
in Politics: Latest trends
06
Mar, 6:30 PM - 7:45 PM
Conference Room B (max. capacity: 71)
Contact: mds[at]ipu.org
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Women's
Refuges
08
Mar, 11:30 AM - 12:45 PM
Conference Room B (max. capacity: 71)
Contact: rsvp.newzealand[at]gmail.com
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.
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Film
Screening: "Girl Rising"
11
Mar, 6:30 PM - 8:30 PM
Conference Room 2 (max. capacity: 507)
Contact:
elanglaisalmahdawi[at]unicef.org
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
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
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
"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
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
12
Mar, 1:15 PM - 2:30 PM
Conference Room 7 (max. capacity: 85)
Contact: yudhosasongko[at]yahoo.com
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
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
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
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
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
13
Mar, 11:30 AM - 12:45 PM
Conference Room D (max. capacity: 70)
Contact: dongiustino[at]gmail.com
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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