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WPS Related Events CSW 58

Time Title Organization Location/room

Monday March 10, 2014

8:30am - Has Violence become a Societal Culture in LiberiaWomen's NGO Secretariat of

Liberia, WIPNET, Liberia

ACC (Armenian Convention

Center), Y-HAll

10:30 AM

Mobilize for Africa - ending

violence against women

and adolescent girls in

Liberia

UNICEF

Church Center of the United

Nations (CCUN), Chapel, 1st

Floor

10:30 AMSocial Media and Engaging Young Women with UNSCR

1325 in AsiaIsis International ACC, Y-Hall

10:30 AM

Engaging Men as Partners

for Gender Equality in the

Post-2015 Sustainable

Development Agenda

MenEngage Alliance ACC, Ballrom 2

12:30 PMBreaking the taboo, Making Inclusion a Reality: Sexual

and gender-based violence targeted at women

Human Rights Watch,

International Disability

Alliance, Lichtenstein

Permanent Mission

CCUN, Hardin Room, 11th Floor

12:30 PMKeeping Women and Girls out of School: The EU's

problem With Religious Freedom

KARAMAH: Muslim Women

Lawyers for HUman Rights,

KARAMAH: EU

CCUN, Drew Room

1:15 pm - 2.:30 pm Trafficking in human beings - a severe form of violence

against women and girls and a flagrant violation of

human rights: the Council of Europe response.

Austria, Council of Europe: Conference Room 1 (CB) (max.

capacity: 572)

1:15 pm - 2:30 pmThe role of men and boys in contributing to the

achivement of gender equality goals and women's

empowerment

Sweden, Swedish

Development Agency

Conference Room D (CB) (max.

capacity: 53)

1:15 pm - 2:30 pmProtect Women Human Rights Defenders: From

Resolution to Implementation

Norway, Nobel Women's

Initiative, ICAN, JASS Meso-

America, International

Service for Human Rights,

Conference Room 7 (NLB) (max.

capacity: 85)

1:15 pm - 2:30 pm

Realizing Gender Equality and Women Empowerment

in Africa: Achievements and Challenges in the

Implementation of the MDGs and Lessons for the Post

2015 Development Agenda.

The Federal Government of

Nigeria in collaboration with

the United Nations

Millennium Campaign

Trusteeship Chamber (CB)

(max. capacity: 673)

2:30 pm - 4 pm Conversation Circle on Women, Peace and Security and

Violence against Women

WILPF Co-sponsor or

supportingUN Church Center, 2nd Floor

2:30 PM

“Winning Strategies for Implementing the Beijing

Platform for Action (BPfA), Convention on the Elim. Of

all Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW),

and the Millennium Devel-opment Goals (MDG) for

Gender Equality”

Women’s Intercultural

Network (WIN), Intl. Action

Network for Gender

Equality; Law US Women

Connect, San Francisco

Department on the Status of

Women, Co-alition of

Women from Asia and the

Middle East

ACC, Ballrom 1

2:30 PMMenCare: A Sustainable Approach for Engaging Men in

Caregiving to Advance Women's Empowerment

Promundo-US, Instituto

Promundo, Sonke Gender

Justice Network , Rutgers

WPF

ACC, Guild Hall

3:00 pm - 4:30 pmAiming at Development: How Armed Violence is

Impeding the Achievment of the MDGs

IANSA, UNICEF, UNODA, The

Permanent Mission of

Germany to the United

Nations

United Nations, Conference

Room D

4:30 PM“Economic Rights, Gender-Based Violence, and

Sustainable Development”

Center for Women’s Glob-al

LeadershipCCUN, Chapel, 1st Floor

4:30 PMAttaining Millennium Development Goals for Women

and Girls Through the Peace Revolution ProgramDhammakaya Foundation CCUN, 10th Floor

4:45 pm - 6:00 pmCombating violence against women- a regional

perspective Poland

Conference Room C (CB) (max.

capacity: 53)

6:15 PMSecuring Access to Justice for Women & Girls in the

Post-2015 Agenda

ActionAid Australia, Sydney

Law School, Centre for

Human Rights Education

ACC, Ballrom 1

6:15 PMEconomic Empowerment Through Education: How

Islamic Jurisprudence can be Central to Opportunity

KARAMAH: Muslim Wom-en

Lawyers for Human Rights

ACC, Guild Hall, To be

confirmed

6:30 pm - 7:45 pmThe MDGs, Post-2015 and Beijing+20 - regional

perspective series (North America and Europe)

Latvia, Poland, NGO CSW

Forum 2014

Conference Room 2 (CB) (max.

capacity: 571)

Tuesday March 11, 2014

8:30 om - Women's Voices and Conditions for PeaceThe Erevna International

Peace CenterCCUN, Hardin Room, 11th Floor

8:30 AMWomen's Rights and the State: Insights into the

Egyptian Feminist MovementACC, Guild Hall

8:30 am - 10 am

Nuclear Proliferation and the Peace and Security

Agenda: The Challenges it Poses to the MDGs for

Women and Girls in Africa

Iansa, WILPF Co-sponsor or

supporting

Armenian Convention Centre,

Ballroom 1, 630 2 Avenue New

York

8:45 am - 9:30 am Morning Briefing NGO CSW Forum CCUN, 2nd Floor

10:30 am-12 pm No Development without Disarmament WIPLF Chapel of the Nations Center

10:00 am - 11:15 am

Access to Information and Communications

Technologies and a free and independent media:

effective means to contribute to gender equality and

the empowerment of women and girls

United Nations Educational,

Scientific and Cultural

Organization (UNESCO) and

partners including

International Women's

Media Foundation


capacity: 53)

10:30 AM Women, Peace and Security in Africa Post-2015 Femmes Africa Solidarité CCUN, 10th Floor

10:30 AMRaising Young Women's Voices in the Localization of

UNSCR 1325 - Linking the NetworksAsia Pacific Womens Watch ACC, Y-Hall

11:30 am - 12:45 pm

What women bring to sustainable development:

building on MDGs achievements and gaps to create

new opportunities and face common challenges

European UnionConference Room D (CB) (max.

capacity: 53)

12:30 PMIncrease success of MDGs in violence-affected countries

with use of unarmed civilian peacekeeping.

Nonviolent Peaceforce,

Women Graduates-USA,

International Federation of

University Women

CCUN, 2nd Floor

12:30 PMDeveloping', 'Developed', 'Development' : a post-2015

framework for all

World YWCA, Northern

Ireland Women's European

Platform, Women's Alliance

for Democratic Iraq

CCUN, 10th Floor

1:15 pm - 2:30 pmAccelerating progress on the MDGs for women and

girls: High level statement from Heads of UN Agencies

UN Women,UNESCO,

UNFPA, UNDP, UNAIDS, UN-

Habitat, UNSD, OHCHR


capacity: 572)

1:15 pm - 2:30 PM

Towards 2015 for African Women and Girls:

Accelerating implementation of the Millennium

Development Goals and defining a post-2015

development agenda and the African Agenda 2063

Office of the Special Adviser

on Africa, United Nations

Development Programme,

Regional Bureau for Africa


capacity: 85)

2:30 PMEnding Wars on Women: Addressing the Continuum of

Violence in the MENA Region

Arab Women Org. Jordan,

Nazra for Feminist Studies

Egypt, Collective for

Research and Training on

Development-Action

Lebanon

CCUN, 10th Floor

2:30 PM UNSCR 1325, MDGs and SDGs: Research and Action

International Sociological

Association (other co-

sponsors are being invit-ed)

ACC, Guild Hall

3:00 pm - 4:15 pm

Women's Political Participation and Representation-

Making Governance Responsive, Making Development

Sustainable

International Institute for

Democracy and Electoral

Assistance (IDEA)


capacity: 53)

3:00 pm - 6:00 pmIn Our Right Minds ~ Guiding Women To Their Strength

As Leaders, Leading Men To Strength Without Armor

El Salvador, Montage

Initiative, The Le Menach

Foundation

DHL Auditorium (max 150)

4:30 PM“Moving Beyond the MDGs for the Realization of Wom-

en’s Rights and Gender Equality”

Center for Women's Global

Leadership, Huairou

Commission, Post-2015

Women's Coalition

CCUN, Chapel, 1st Floor

4:30 PMSecurity-Peace-Development: Women PeaceMakers

recommenda-tions for the post-2015 MDG Agenda

Joan B. Kroc Institute for

Peace & JusticeACC, Guild Hall

4:30 pm - 6:00 pm Gender Based Violence as a Political Weapon

International Alliance of

Women, Vrouwenbelangen,

Ther Netherlands

CCUN, Drew Room, Ground

Floor

4:45 pm - 6:00 pmEnding Violence Against Women and Girls - The missing

Millennium Development Goal

Australia, World Bank

Group, Global Women's

Institute, George

Washington University


capacity: 53)

6:00 PMPeace promotion for better development (Education,

Training Science and Tech etc.) of Congolese womenOak Foundation, Mama Cash ACC, Guild Hall

Wednesday March 12, 2014

8:30 AMDefending Defenders: a launch of new research

publications on women human rights defenders

Members of the Women

Human Rights Defenders

International Coalition

including


8:30 AMWomen’s issues in the North Caucuses: between

traditions and modernizationHeinrich Boell Foundation CCUN, Boss Room, 8th Floor


10:30 am - 12 pm

An Integrated Approach to Peace and Security: From

Bosnia to Syria Women and Conflict: Sharing lessons

and strategy

WILPF Co-sponsor or

supporting

United Nations Church Center ,

Chapel, 1st floor

10:00 am - 11:15 amWomen in politics: better parliaments, stronger

democraciesIreland


capacity: 53)

10:00 am - 11:15 am UNITE Campaign panel on sexual violenceUnited Nations Population

Fund (UNFPA)


capacity: 53)

10:30 AMAccess to information tech-nology for women and girls

in eastern DRC: a challenge

Marche Mondial des

Femmes (the Women's

World March) in North Kivu,

DRC

ACC, Y-Hall

10:30:00MDG Acceleration through Transformative Policing and

Security

UN Women, National

Alliance of Women's

Organizations, ebbf

Acc (Armenian Convention

Center, Guild Hall

12:30 PMChallenges &achievement in the implementation of

MDGs for women & girls in Sudan

Sudanese Women General

UnionCCUN, Hardin Room, 11th Floor

12:30 PM Bringing Women's Rights to the Table in Post-2015

Executive Committee for the

NGO CSW LAC, Fundación

para Estudio e Investigación

de la Mujer -FEIM, Centro de

Culturas Indígenas del Perú


1:15 pm - 2:30 pmEngaging Men and Boys to achieve the Millennium

Development Goals for Women and Girls Brazil, Switzerland

DHL Auditorium (max. capacity:

160)

1:15 am - 2:30 pmIndicators for monitoring gender equality: Lessons

learned from the MDGs

UN Women, UN Statistics

Division, Members of

IANWGE


capacity: 85)

3:00 pm - 4:15 pm20 Years of the Special Rapporteur on Violence against

Women: Achievements, Gaps, ChallangesSpecial Rapporteur on VAW


capacity: 53)

4:30 PMBlue is the New Pink: Gen-der Equality through Men

and Boys

Soroptimist International, A

variety of Independent Male

Activists, Academics and

Artists

CCUN, 10th Floor

4:30 PMAccelerating to 2015: Strategies to Increase Action on

Violence Against WomenYWCA Canada, World YWCA CCUN, Chapel, 1st Floor

4:30 PMThe Empowerment of Women to impact policy making,

legislation and im-plementationIslamic Coalition of Women ACC, V-Hall

4:45 pm - 6:00 pm Australia:Women, Peace and SecurityWILPF Co-sponsor or

supportingConference roomC (CB)

6:15 PMPost 2015, MDGs & Violence Against Women:

Challenges for the Asia Pacific Region

Women's Services Net-work

WESNET Australia, Global

Network of Women's

Shelters

ACC, Guild Hall

6:30 pm - 7:45 pmAchievements and challenges in the fulfillment of the

Gender Issues in the MDGs and Post 2015 Agenda.Argentina and the CELAC


capacity: 572)

Thusday March 13, 2013

8:30 AMAddressing violence against women within the post

2015 agenda: A Convention to Eliminate Violence?

Australian Women Against

Violence Alliance, Scottish

Women's Aid, End Violence

against Women Coalition,

UK



10 am – 11:15 amAccess and Technology: Breaking Down Barriers to a

Holistic Women, Peace, and Security AgendaWILPF

United Nations Headquarters,

Conference Room C

12 - 3 pm

Engaging Women for Resolving Conflicts, Usher in

Peace, Disarmament and Development: Focus on South

Asia

WILPF Co-sponsor or

supporting

Conference Hall, Baha'i United

Nations Office, 866 United

Nations Plaza, New York, NY,

10017, USA

12:30 PM Equality for Women in the Arab World Jordanian Women's UnionCCUN, Drew Room, Ground

Floor

12:30 PMPromoting gender equality and empowering women

who face challenges in traditional societies (MDG3)

UN Watch, Women's Voices

Now, World Uyghur

Congress, NIKA Water


2:30 PMHow can fragile and conflict affected countries achieve

future Post-MDG Gender Goals?

Civil Society Platform for

Peacebuilding and State

building, Cordaid, EVE

Organization for Women

Development

SA (Salvation Army) Downstairs

Room

2:30 PMEquality, Gender and Empowerment in Asia-Pacific

Countries

Korean National Council of

Women, International

Council of Women

CCUN, Boss Room, 8th Floor

3:00 pm - 4:15 pmThe role of governance and civil society in empowering

women: moving forward the MDGs and beyond European Union


capacity: 53)

4:30 PMStrategies in the War Against Human Trafficking:

Lessons from Peru, San Francisco, and Beyond

San Francisco Collabora-tive

Against Human Trafficking,

Gracias Foundation, San

Francisco Commission on

the Status of Women


Floor

4:30 PM

Impact of Women’s Peace-making, Peacebuilding on

Progress in Achieving Gen-der Equality, Empowerment

of Women and Girls and the MDGs

Society for the Psychologi-cal

Study of Social Issues,

Psychology Coalition at the

United Nations


6:15 PM Women Leadership and Political Participation FEMNETCCUN, Drew Room, Ground

Floor

6 – 8 pmFrom Bosnia to Syria: Women Organizing for Peace,

Rights and Accountability

WILPF co-sponsor or

supporting

CUNY School of Law, Dave

Fields Auditorium, 2 Courts

Square,Long Island City, USA

6:30 pm - 7:45 pm

The MDGs the 2015 Process and Beijing+20 in Latin

America and the Caribbean: a government and non

government dialogue.

Argentina, Jamaica, UN

Women, NGO CSW Latin

America and the Caribbean,

NGO CSW Forum


capacity: 571)

Friday March 14, 2014

8:30 AMBuilding on the MDGs: Perspectives from women's

rights organizationsWomankind Worldwide SA, Downstairs Room

8:30 AMGreat Lakes Women’s Platform (GLWP); Funding for

Women's Activism for Peace, 2014-2016

The Office of the Special

Envoy of the Secretary-

General for the Great Lakes

Region, Global Fund for

Women, Femmes Afri-ca

Solidarité


10:30 AMThe Role of Women in Post-Disaster Reconstruction

and Recovery

UU-UNO, NGO Committee

on Disarmament, Peace and

Security, NGO Committee

for Human Rights, UNEP


Floor

11:30 am - 12:45 pm

Prioritizing Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights

in the Context of the Humanitarian/Development

Continuum

United Nations Population

Fund (UNFPA)


capacity: 53)

1:15 AM UN Side Event: Open Discussion on Beijing +20Iceland and NGO CSW

Forum

North Lawn Building,

Conference Room 7

1:15 pm - 2:30 pm

Information and Communication Technologies for

Women's Economic Empowerment and Poverty

Reduction

UN WomenConference Room 1 (CB) (max.

capacity: 572)

2:30 PMGender, peace and security in the post-2015

framework

Saferworld, Conciliation

ResourcesCCUN, Ground Floor

2:30 PMFinance Resolution 1325 implementation, Advance

Women’s Rights - now, in 2015 and beyond

Cordaid , Global Network of

Women Peace buildersCCUN, Boss Room, 8th Floor

Saturday March 15, 2014

11:30 am - 4:30 pMSingers in the Band: A Screening and Symposium on

Military Sex TraffickingWILPF co-sponsor Fordham Law School, New York

Monday March 17, 2014

8:45 - 9:30 am Moning Briefing NGO CSW Forum CCUN, 2nd Floor

1:15 pm - 2:30 pmSexual and Reproductive Rights and the Post 2015

AgendaOHCHR, Amnesty, CRR

Conference Room C (CB) max

capacity 53

2:30 PMEmpowering women and girls: the role of science and

technology

All India Women's

ConferenceCCUN, Boss Room, 8th Floor

Tuesday March 18, 2014

10:30 AMWhat does success look like on the ground: Women in

Burma, Sudan and Haiti are organizing for changeNobel Women's Initiative, International Campaign to Stop Rape & Gender Violence in Conflict, Global Fund for WomenCCUN, Boss Room, 8th Floor

10:30 AMStrategies for Enhancing Women's Political

Participation: the Role of Education in Capacity Building

Women's Consortium of

Nigeria Ministry of Women's

Affairs, Nigeria African

Women's Alliance, Inc.

Millennium Develop-ment

Goals Global Watch


10:30 AMInvolving Religious Leaders in Women’s Rights Work:

Innovative Practices & Challenges from the Field

Women Peacemakers

Program (WPP) (The

Netherlands), CORDAID (The

Netherlands), The City

College of New York (USA)

CCUN, 2nd Floor

11:30 am - 12:45 pm

Women of South Sudan Front and Center: Mobilizing

for Peace after the Addis Ababa Cessation of Hostilities

Agreement

UN WomenDHL Auditorium (max. capacity:

160)

12:30 PMCriminalization of Sexual and Reproductive Behaviors:

Impeding Progress on the MDG’sIPAS, Amnesty International CCUN, Boss Room, 8th Floor

1:15 pm - 2:30 pmWomen's Professional Participation in Afghanistan's

JusticeItaly


capacity: 109)

2:30 PMStories of Women's Leadership: Achievements and

challenges toward achieving the post 2015 agenda

The Sound Essence Project,

Women's Federation for

World Peace International,

Women's Federation for

World Peace USA


2:30 PMIncreasing the Number of Women Heads of State: Paths

to Power

Organized by the National

Democratic Institute, Funded

by the Liz Claiborne

Foundation


3:00 pm - 4:15 pmFrom Objectification to Dignity: Positive Media

Representations of Women and Girls

Ireland, Media and

Trafficking Task Force of the

NGO Committee to Stop

Trafficking in Persons (CSTIP)


capacity: 53)

4:30 PMTurning words into action: Next steps in implementing

the first-ever resolution on Women Human Right

JASS Meso-America,

International Service for

Human Rights, Nobel

Women's Initiative


4:45 pm - 6:00 pmJudges on State and Federal Level speak out about

Human Trafficking

Organization of Islamic

Cooperation, United States

Federation for Middle East

Peace

DHL Auditorium (max. capacity:

160)

6:30 pm - 7:45 pmMobility as Access. Equitable Urban Mobility -

Supporting the Empowerment of Women and Girls

United Nations Human

Settlements Programme (UN-

Habitat)


capacity: 571)

Wednesday March 19, 2014

1:15 pm - 2:45 pm

Turning

Money into Honey:Women’s Role in the Management

of Natural Resources and

Extractive Industries in Liberia for Durable Peace

Permanent Mission of

Sweden to the UN,

One Dag Hammarskjöld Plaza

885 Second Avenue, 46th floor.

2:30 PM Empowering Women to Prevent Human TraffickingU.S. Fund for UNICEF,

Worldwide Documen-tariesCCUN, 2nd Floor

Thusday March 20, 2013

8:45 am - 9:30 am Morning Breifing NGO CSW Forum CCUN, 2nd Floor

1:15 pm - 2:45 pm

Women of South Sudan Front and Centre: Mobilizing

for Peace after the Addis Ababa Cessation of Hostilities

Agreement.

GNWP, UN WomenDag Hammarskjöld Library

Auditorium, UNHQ.

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