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Date/Time
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Venue
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Title
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Details
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Contact
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8:00–9:00
am
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Boss
Rm, 8th Fl, UNCC
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Girl
Guide/Girl Scout Breakfast – World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts
|
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8:00-9:00
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DHL
Rm, 12th Fl, UNCC
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“Child
Advocacy Caucus”
|
|
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9:00-10:00 am |
10th Fl Conf Rm, UNCC |
"Accessing the UN on Sustainable Development" - School for International Training |
|
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9:00-10:00
am
|
Conf
Rm 4, UN Building
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“NGO
Briefing” – NGO Coordinating Committee
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|
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9.30-11.30
|
DC-1
Building, 1 UN Plaza, 21st Fl, Hanks Shannon Conference Room
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Poverty
Reduction Strategies Aand Gender
|
UNDP
Special Event
|
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10:00-11:30
am
|
Conf
Rm 4, UN Building
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“TBA” – Alliance for Arab Women
|
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10:00-11:00
am
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DHL
Rm, 12th Fl, UNCC
|
“Health
Caucus”
|
|
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10:00
am–12:00 pm
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DAW,
Alpahabet Room, Secretariat Bdg
|
Time
Use Surveys - Engendering Labour Market Statistics
|
UNDP
Briefing and Web site Presentation
|
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10:00
am–12:00 pm
|
Boss
Rm, 8th Fl, UNCC
|
“Political
Empowerment—Forging Partnerships” – NGO Committee on UNIFEM
|
|
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10:00–1:00
pm
|
Hardin
Rm, 11th Fl, UNCC
|
“Reaffirming
Rights” – International Women’s Rights Action Watch
|
|
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11:00-12:30
pm
|
DHL
Rm, 12th Fl, UNCC
|
“Uprooted
Women Caucus”
|
|
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11:00–1:00
pm
|
10th
Fl Conf Rm, UNCC
|
“Intergenerational
Dialogue” – Older Women’s Caucus, Youth Caucus and Girl Child Caucus
|
|
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11:30-1:00
pm
|
Conf
Rm 4, UN Building
|
“TBA” – National Council of Women and
Environment Caucus
|
|
|
12:00-1:00
pm
|
Boss
Rm, 8th Fl, UNCC
|
“African
Women and ICTs” – APC Africa Women, Femnet
|
|
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12.30 - 2.00 pm |
12th Floor, Church Center, 777 UN Plaza |
Mobilising Women: Responses to Armed Conflict |
|
|
12:30-2:00
pm
|
DHL
Rm, 12th Fl, UNCC
|
“Women
and Armed Conflict Caucus”
|
Women's
Caucus and the international Crimonal
Court, Women's Rights in Situations of Conflict, Women's Post Conflict and
Peace Initiatives
|
|
12.30-2.30
|
DC-1
Building, 1 UN Plaza, 21st Fl, Hanks Shannon Conference Room
|
UNDP
Experience in Gender Mainstreaming for Natural Resource Management
|
|
|
1.15 - 2.45p.m |
1st Floor Church Center 777 UN Plaza
|
Governments Against Women: Religion Politics and Women's Movement |
|
|
1:15-2:45
pm
|
Hardin
Rm, 11th Fl, UNCC
|
“Women
in Law and Politics” - FIDA
|
|
|
1:15-2:45
pm
|
UN
Conference Room 3, Secretariat Bdg
|
The
Role of Men and Boys in Ending Gender-Based Violence
|
|
|
1:15-2:45
pm
|
DAW
Alphabet Room, Secretariat Bdg
|
Gender
Mainstreaming at the Country Level
|
|
|
1:15–2:45
pm
|
Labouisse
Hall, UNICEF House
|
Youth
Caucus Intergenerational Roundtable
|
A
conservation about mentoring between women of all ages within the global NGO
community to strengthen intergenerational collaboration.
|
Shireen
Lee - shireen_lee@yahoo.com
(202)
462-7512
|
1:15-2:45 pm
|
Tillman Chapel, 1st Fl, UNCC |
"Government Against Women: Religion, Politics and the Women's Movement" - NCWDI, RAWA, Religion Counts |
|
|
1:30-2:30 pm
|
Joint Office for Commonwealth Permanent Missions to the United Nations, 800 2nd Ave, Suite 400A (near 42nd St) |
"Commonwealth Caucus" - Commonwealth Secretariat |
|
|
1:15-2:45
pm
|
Conf
Rm 4, UN Building
|
“Dialogue between Women and Armed Conflict”-
Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom, Caucuses, UN agencies
|
|
|
1:15 – 2:45
|
Alphabet Room,
Secretariat Bldg.
|
Demonstration and
discussion of Good Practices and Gender Training collections
|
Presentation and demonstration of
interagency databases on good practices in gender mainstreaming and other
gender resources. Co-sponsored with IACWGE, UNICEF, UNDP, UNFPA, and UNCHS
(Habitat).
|
Jessica Humphreys
(212) 906-5538
|
1:15 – 2:45
|
Conf.
Rm. 3, Secretariat Bldg.
|
The Role of Men and
Boys in Ending Gender-Based Violence
|
This
panel is sponsored by the Bureau of the PrepCom, in collaboration with the
OSAGI, DAW, UNICEF, UNDP, UNIFEM and the UN Men’s Group for Gender Equality
|
DAW
(212) 963-8034
|
1:30–2:30
pm
|
10th
Fl Conf Rm, UNCC
|
“Launch
of Reproductive Rights Global Wall Chart” – International Planned Parenthood
Federation
|
|
|
1.30-2.30
|
http://www.canalweb.net/vers/cyberfemmes.asp
|
GLOBALISATION
with participants from Asia (India-Japan), United States
in
relation to the three days devoted to this subject
|
"Cyberfemmes"
Live interactive TV broadcast.(A chatroom will be open at 3:30pm GMT, 10:30pm
in France.) So you can participate in the online debate. You
can
also send emails with your comments, to the team in New York, who will post
them the next day.
|
Joelle - Les
Pénélopes
email
: joe_palm@hotmail.com
|
1.30-3.00
|
7th
Floor, UNCC, Prebyterian Conference Room
|
Media
Caucus Meeting
|
|
|
2:00–4:00
pm
|
Boss
Rm, 8th Fl, UNCC
|
“CEDAW
and SHARIE in the Middle East” – Democratic Iranian Women Association
|
|
|
2:00-2:30
pm
|
DHL
Rm, 12th Fl, UNCC
|
“US
Delegation Briefing to its NGOs”
|
|
|
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2:00-3:00 pm
|
Grumman Rm, 8th Fl, UNCC |
"Press Briefing" - Youth Caucus |
|
|
2:00-4:00 pm
|
Boss Rm, 8th Fl, UNCC |
"CEDAW and Sha'ria in the Middle East" - Democratic Iranian Women Association |
|
|
2:30-3:00
pm
|
DHL
Rm, 12th Fl, UNCC
|
“Canadian
Delegation Briefing for its NGOs”
|
|
|
3:00 – 4:00 p.m.
|
Alphabet Room,
Secretariat
Bldg.
|
Book
Launch: Gender Mainstreaming in the United Nations: Experiences of
UNDP/UNIFEM/
UNV Gen0der
Specialists in the Field
|
Four Gender Specialists, working in
Cambodia, Kyrgyzstan, Morrocco, and Vietnam will discuss their experiences
and good practices in gender mainstreaming.
Co-sponsored with UNDP and UNV.
|
Susana Fried
(212) 906-6045
Micol Zarb
(212) 906-5463
|
3:00-4:00
pm
|
DHL
Rm, 12th Fl, UNCC
|
“Violence
Against Women Caucus”
|
|
|
3:00-4:00
pm
|
Grumman
Rm, 8th Fl, UNCC
|
“Mental
Health Caucus”
|
|
|
3:00–4:30
pm
|
10th
Fl Conf Rm, UNCC
|
“TBA” –International Federation of
Business and Professional
|
|
|
3:00-4:30 pm
|
Hardin Rm, 11th Fl, UNCC |
"Beyond 2000: Women's Growth in Connection and Interconnection"-Seoul Women's Forum, Korean National Council of Women |
|
|
3:00 - 5:00 p.m.
|
Hank Shannon Conf. Room/ DC-I
(21st
Floor)
|
Technical Workshop on
Micro-finance and Women’s Empowerment
|
The panel will examine how women are being
empowered or otherwise through micro-finance programmes.
Co-sponsored with the ILO and the MCSC.
|
Susana Fried
(212) 906-6045
Micol Zarb
(212) 906-5463
|
3:00-5:00
pm
|
10th
Fl Conf Rm, UNCC
|
“Connecting
US Women” – US Women Connect
|
|
|
3:00-6:00
pm
|
Conf
Rm 3, UN Building
|
“Best
Practices in Gender Population and Development”- UNFPA
|
|
|
3:00-4:00
pm
|
Conf
Rm 4, UN Building
|
“ECE
Regional Caucus” [FLOOR]
“
ECLAC Regional Caucus” [BALCONY]
|
|
|
4:00-5:00
pm
|
Conf
Rm 4, UN Building
|
“ESCAP
Regional Caucus” [FLOOR]
“ECA
Regional Caucus” [BALCONY]
|
|
|
5:00-6:00
pm
|
Conf
Rm 4, UN Building
|
“Linkage
Caucus”
|
|
|
4:00-5:00
pm
|
DHL
Rm, 12th Fl, UNCC
|
“Indigenous
Women Caucus”
|
|
|
4:00–7:00
pm
|
Boss
Rm, 8th Fl, UNCC
|
Panel
Discussion and Reception – NGO Committee on Population and Development
|
|
|
5:00-6:00
pm
|
Grumman
Rm, 8th Fl, UNCC
|
“IPPF
African Branch Meeting”- IPPF/Africa
|
|
|
5.00-7.00
|
UNDP
DC-1 Building, I UN Plaza, 3rd Fl Lounge
|
Gender
Mainstreaming and the Advancement of Women
|
|
|
6:00-7:00
pm
|
Grumman
Rm, 8th Fl, UNCC
|
“IPPF
Branches Meeting”- IPPF/UK
|
|
|
6:00–7:00
pm
|
Grumman
Rm, 8th Fl, UNCC
|
“Panorama
Egyptian Women” – Alliance of Arab Women
|
|
|
6:00 – 8:00 p.m.
|
UNDP 304 E 45th St, FF Bdg, 11th Floor
|
Challenges and
Priorities for the Empowerment of Women in Arab States
|
|
|
6:00 – 8:00 p.m.
|
DHL Auditorium, Secretariat Bldg.
|
Overcoming
Women's Poverty - Linking Beijing+5 and WSSD+5
|
|
|
6:00 – 8:00 p.m.
|
DHL Auditorium, Secretariat Bldg.
|
Overcoming Women’s
Poverty: Linking Beijing +5 and WSSD +5
|
This
panel will look at the links between B+5 and WSSD +5, emphasizing issues of
gender, economic justice and globalization. Co-sponsored with UNDP, ILO and
WICEJ (Women’s International Coalition for Economic Justice).
|
Susana Fried
(212) 906-6045
Micol Zarb
(212) 906-5463
|
6:30-8:00
pm
|
Conf
Rm 4, UN Building
|
“TBA” – KULU
|
|
|
6:30-8:30
pm
|
IWTC,
777 UN Plaza (Church Center 3rd Floor)
|
IWTC
Book Launch
|
Sponsored
by IWTC and UNIFEM
|
(212)
687 8633
|
7.00-9.00
|
CUNY
Graduate Centre, 365 5th Ave. (at 34th)
|
Family
Violence and discrimination against girls - a child's perspective
|
A
global issue - A global response
|
|
8:00
pm
|
TBA
|
“Networking
Social” – Youth Caucus
|
|
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