DEVELOPMENT FUND FOR WOMEN HOSTS PARALLEL EVENTS

 

DURING WOMEN’s COMMISSION 28 FEB – 11 MARCH

 

The United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM) is involved in a number of events during the forty-ninth session of the Commission on the Status of Women, and the review of Beijing+10, from 28 February to 11 March 2005 at Headquarters.  The UNIFEM events are on a wide range of issues related to the advancement of women’s human rights.  The events focus on gains that have been made towards gender equality, but also the need for greater implementation and accountability to ensure that challenges that remain are dealt with effectively, and that women’s perspectives are recognized as central to solutions.

Tuesday, 1 March
1:15 – 2:45 p.m. Conference Room 6	SOUTH ASIAN BEIJING PROCESS AND ACCOUNTABILITY MODULE
1:00 – 3:00 p.m. HankShannonRoom, UN DC1	TAKING ACCOUNT:  GRASSROOTS WOMEN’S CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE FIGHT AGAINST HIV/AIDS Co-sponsored by AFRUS AIDS Partnership; The Huairou Commission; United Church of Christ; American Jewish World Service; GROOTS International; GROOTS Kenya; International Women’s Communication Center; Rwanda Women’s Network; UNDP; UNIFEM; Uganda Community Based Association for Child Welfare (UCOBAC); and Zimbabwe Widows and Children.
Wednesday, 2 March
1:15 – 2:45 p.m. Conference Room 2	WOMEN MONITORING GOVERNMENT COMMITMENT ON GENDER EQUALITY Co-sponsored by Facultad Latinoamericana de Ciencias Sociales (FLASCO), Chile, and UNIFEM.
Thursday, 3 March
11:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. Conference Room B	WOMEN’S LEADERSHIP DURING CONFLICT AND CRISIS:  VOICES FROM AFGHANISTAN, IRAQ, SUDAN, SRI LANKA, INDONESIA AND THE OCCUPIED PALESTINIANTERRITORIES
1:15 – 2:45 p.m. Conference Room 6	FROM BEIJING+10 TO THE MILLENNIUM SUMMIT:  PATHWAY TO GENDER EQUALITY – SECURITY, DEVELOPMENT AND RIGHTS
3:00 – 5:00 p.m. Conference Room B	CLAIMING AND CELEBRATING MIGRANT WORKERS’ RIGHTS:  PARADIGM SHIFTS AND INNOVATIVE PRACTICES
4:45 – 6:15 p.m. ChurchCenter, 2nd Floor	BETWEEN WAR AND PEACE:  CELEBRATING THE COMPREHENSIVE PEACE AGREEMENT FOR SUDAN
Friday, 4 March
1:15 – 2:45 p.m. Conference Room B	WIDOWS, INHERITANCE, AND HUMAN RIGHTS Co-sponsored by Widows for Peace Through Democracy and UNIFEM.
Monday, 7 March
10:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. Conference Room E	MICROFINANCE AND WOMEN:  A TOOL FOR ACHIEVING THE MDGS Co-sponsored by the Microcredit Summit Campaign and UNIFEM.
1:15 – 2:45 p.m. Conference Room 5	GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY TO GENDER EQUALITY THROUGH BUDGETS
2:00 – 4:00 p.m. Conference Room E	WOMEN’S VOICES ON THE MILLENNIUM SUMMIT AND UN REFORM:  PERSPECTIVES FROM LATIN AMERICA
3:00 – 5:00 p.m. Dag Hammarskjöld Auditorium	GENDER, POVERTY AND EMPLOYMENT, (DECENT WORK FOR WOMEN:  KEY TO POVERTY REDUCTION AND WOMEN’S EMPOWERMENT) Co-sponsored by WIEGO, ILO and UNIFEM
Tuesday, 8 March
1:15 – 2:45 p.m. Conference Room 3	REFLECTING ON WOMEN’S PROGRESS:  PROTECTING OUR GAINS – ACCELERATING CHANGE Co-sponsored by Institute for Social Studies Trust, Delhi, and UNIFEM.
Wednesday, 9 March
1:15 – 2:45 p.m. Conference Room 3	WOMEN BUILDING PEACE THROUGH DISARMAMENT, DEMOBILIZATION, AND REINTEGRATION
Friday, 11 March
1:15 – 2:45 p.m. Conference Room 2	INCLUSIVE SECURITY, SUSTAINABLE PEACE:  A TOOLKIT FOR ADVOCACY AND ACTION Co-sponsored by Women Waging Peace and UNIFEM.
Ongoing	BEIJING+10 CYBERDIALOGUES Organized by Gender Links, the GEMSA Network, African Women and Child Feature Service, UNIFEM, the World Bank, and Microsoft.  More than 50 networks around the world are expected to participate.  Log on at 8 - 10 a.m., New York time, to www.cyberdialogues.org from 28 February to 10 March 2005.
NGO Committee on UNIFEM Event
Wednesday, 2 March
11:30 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. ChurchCenter, 2nd Floor	THE EMPOWERMENT OF WOMEN AT THE GRASSROOTS SINCE BEIJING

Visit UNIFEM’s table in the neck area of the General Assembly Building.

Contact:  Leigh Pasqual, Media Specialist, UNIFEM, tel.:  212-906-5463.

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