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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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TBA
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TBA
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Dialogue
on Equity in the African Information Society
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The
African Information Society Gender Working Group (AISGWG) is convening a
strategic workshop as part of its contribution to policy advocacy on
information and communication technology policy and gender equality issues
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Naadia
Davis – ndavis@csir.co.za
+27
12 841 2491
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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
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Conf
Rm 4, UN Building
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“NGO
Briefing” – NGO Coordinating Committee
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10:00-11:30
am
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Conf
Rm 4, UN Building
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“TBA” – Femme Avenir, CFEI, APDF of
Mali, CONGAFEN of Niger, European Women’s Lobby, Karat Coalition, FAFAI
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10.00a.m |
Conference Room B |
"Women Go Global"
UNDAW Launch of their new CD ROM |
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10:00-11:00
am
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DHL
Rm, 12th Fl, UNCC
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“Health
Caucus”
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10:00-11:30
am
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Hardin
Rm, 11th Fl, UNCC
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“Using
Report Cards to Monitor Governments” – Philippine NGO Beijing Score Board,
InterAction
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10:30-12:00
pm
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10th
Fl Conf Rm, UNCC
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“Journey
for Religious Freedom” Foundation for Religious Tolerance
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11:00-12:30
pm
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DHL
Rm, 12th Fl, UNCC
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“Uprooted
Women Caucus”
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|
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11:00-1:00
pm
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Boss
Rm, 8th Fl, UNCC
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“Human
Rights of Women-Today’s Challenges to End the Escalating Trafficking in
Women”- AWHRC, WRMP, GAATW, Buhay Foundation for Women and the Girl Child
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11:45-1:15
pm
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Conf
Rm 4, UN Building
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“Young
Women’s Realities & Recommendations”- Youth Caucus
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Young
women activists from 5 regions are going to tell stories about thir realities
and propose recommendations for the international NGO community
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Shireen
Lee - shireen_lee@yahoo.com
(202)
462-7512
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11:30
am–1:00 pm
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Hardin
Rm, 11th Fl, UNCC
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“Local
Implementation of Platform” – Women’s Institute for Leadership Development
for Human Rights (WILD), International Union of Local Authorities (IULA)
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11:30-1:00
pm
|
Conf
Rm 4, UN Building
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“TBA” – CSW Youth Caucus
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|
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12:00-1:00
pm
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10th
Fl Conf Rm, UNCC
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“Marriage
and Rape in Marriage Panel” – Change (UK)
|
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12:30-2:00
pm
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DHL
Rm, 12th Fl, UNCC
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“Women
and Armed Conflict Caucus”
|
|
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1:00-3:00 pm
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10th Fl Conf Rm, Church Ctr
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"Women in Power and Decision Making" - Socialist International Women
|
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1:00-3:00 pm
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The New York City Bar Association, West 44th Street (Between 5th and 6th
Avenues)
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"2000 and Beyond-Life After Beijing + 5" - NGO Committee on the Status of
Women
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1 – 2:30 p.m.
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Location
TBA
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Panel
discussion on the impact of microcredit on the poorest families, especially
women in those families.
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This panel will discuss the impact of
microcredit on the poorest families, with particular attention to the women
of those families. Co-sponsored with ILO and MCSC.
|
Soyoung Chon
(212)
906-6536
|
|
1:00–3:00
pm
|
10th
Fl Conf Rm, UNCC
|
“TBA” – Center for Reproductive Law
& Policy
|
|
|
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1:00-3:00
pm
|
TBA
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“2000
and Beyond- Life After Beijing +5” – NGO CSW
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1:15-2:45
pm
|
Conf
Rm 4, UN Building
|
TBA”- Lesbian Caucus, International Lesbian and Gay Association,
El Closet de Sor Juana
|
|
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1:15–2:45
pm
|
Hardin
Rm, 11th Fl, UNCC
|
“Organizing
for Equality, Jobs & Justice” – Friedrich Ebert Foundation
|
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1:15-2:45
pm
|
Boss
Rm, 8th Fl, UNCC
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“Violence
Against Women Panel” – International Psy. Association Committee on UN
|
|
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1:15-2:45 pm
|
Tillman Chapel, 1st Fl, Church Ctr
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"Feminism, Faith & Family" - Ecumenical Women 2000, Religion Counts
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1:15-2:45 pm
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Conf Rm 3, UN Building
|
"Panel on the 'Dialogue Between NGOs and Governments: For a Gender Sensitive
Citizenship'" - UN Regional Commissions
|
|
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1:15-2:45 pm
|
Conf Rm B, UN Building
|
"Workshop on Best Practices in Gender Mainstreaming" - Commonwealth
Secretariat
|
|
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1:15-2:45 pm
|
DHL Auditorium, UN Building
|
"Panel on 'Emergencies Impacting Women-Women Impacting on Emergencies'" -
Office of the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs
|
|
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1:30-3:00 pm
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Conf Rm 4, UN Building
|
"Panel on Sexualities and Human Rights: Sexual Rights Are Human Rights" -
Lesbian Caucus, International Lesbian and Gay Association, El Closet de Sor
Juana
|
|
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2.00 - 2.30
|
UN 2nd Floor
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Press Conference: "NGOs Assess US Implementation of the BEijing Platform for Action
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1.30-2.30
|
http://www.canalweb.net/vers/cyberfemmes.asp
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REPRODUCTIVE
HEALTH with participants from Asia (Arrow), Africa and a
special
participation from PROCHOICE, France.
|
"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.
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Joelle - Les
Pénélopes
email
: joe_palm@hotmail.com
|
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2:00-2:30
pm
|
DHL
Rm, 12th Fl, UNCC
|
“US
Delegation Briefing to its NGOs”
|
|
|
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2:30-3:00
pm
|
DHL
Rm, 12th Fl, UNCC
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“Canadian
Delegation Briefing for its NGOs”
|
|
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2.00-4.00
|
OSHO Int'l, 570 Lexington Ave., 46th Floor
|
Women, Media and Machines: Panel and hands on demonstration
|
|
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2.30-4.30
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8th Floor (Grumman Conference Room), Church Center, UN Plaza
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Media, Women and Our Equipment: with show and tell by those in attendance
|
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2.30-4.30
|
UNDP
DC-1 Bdg, 1 UN Plaza, 21st Floor, Hank Shannon Conference Room
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Budgets
as if people mattered - Linking Beijing+5 and WSSD+5
|
|
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3:00-4:00
pm
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DHL
Rm, 12th Fl, UNCC
|
“Violence
Against Women Caucus”
|
|
|
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3:00-4:30
pm
|
Hardin
Rm, 11th Fl, UNCC
|
“
World Conference in 2005” – Network of Women in Development
|
|
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3 – 4:45 p.m.
|
DHL
Auditorium, Secretariat Bldg.
|
"Panel on Women in Conflict Situations and Post-Conflict Development and the
Role of the Security Council" - UNDP, UNIFEM, International Alert
|
This panel will
review progress made in the post-Beijing period to enhance women’s leadership
in peacemaking, and will present a forward-looking strategy to launch a
Security Council session on women and armed conflict. Co-sponsored with UNDP
and International Alert.
|
Susana Fried
(212) 906-6045
Micol Zarb
(212) 906-5463
|
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3:00-5:00 pm
|
Conference Rm 3, UN Building
|
"Symposium on Asian Regional Initiative against Trafficking in Persons,
Especially Women and Children (ARIAT) Outcome Report" - Permanent Mission of
the Philippines to the United Nations
|
|
|
3:00-5:00
pm
|
Boss
Rm, 8th Floor, UNCC
|
“
Chinese NGOs In Action” – ACWF, WSIC, MWPCC
|
|
|
|
3:00-5:00
pm
|
TBA
|
“Young
Women & Macroeconomics” – Youth Caucus
|
|
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3:00–5:00
pm
|
10th
Fl Conf Rm, UNCC
|
“Global
Crisis of Sexual Exploitation” – Coalition Against Trafficking in Women
|
|
|
|
3:00-4:00
pm
|
Conf
Rm 4, UN Building
|
“ECE
Regional Caucus” [FLOOR]
“
ECLAC Regional Caucus” [BALCONY]
|
|
|
|
3:00-4:00 pm
|
Conf Rm A, UN Building
|
"ESCWA Regional Caucus"
|
|
|
3:15-4:45 pm
|
Conf Rm B, UN Building
|
"Panel on Gender Mainstreaming: Experiences of UN Volunteers in the Field" -
UNIFEM, UNV, UNDP
|
|
|
4:00-5:00
pm
|
Conf
Rm 4, UN Building
|
“ESCAP
Regional Caucus” [FLOOR]
“ECA
Regional Caucus” [BALCONY]
|
|
|
|
4:00-6:00 pm
|
Conf Rm A, UN Building
|
"Asia Pacific Meeting With Governments" - APWW
|
|
|
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”
|
|
|
|
5:00–6:00
pm
|
Boss
Rm, 8th Fl, UNCC
|
“Making
of a Progressive Woman” (documentary film) – Turkish Women’s Foundation
|
|
|
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5:00-6:00 pm
|
DHL Rm, 12th Fl, Church Ctr
|
"Muslim Caucus" - Muslim World League
|
|
|
5:00-6:30
pm
|
10th
Fl Conf Rm, UNCC
|
“TBA” – International Women’s Count
Network
|
|
|
|
5.00-6.30
|
Church Center, 10th Floor, 777 UN Plaza
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Workshop on Global Women's Strike 2001 & Pay Equity in the Global Market
|
|
|
5.00
-7.00
|
UNDP
DC-1 Bdg, 1 UN Plaza, 3rd Fl. lounge
|
Women
and Land Tenure
|
|
|
|
5.00-8.00
|
UNDP
DC-1 Bdg, 1 UN Plaza, 21st Fl, Hank Shannon Conference Room
|
Post-Conflict
Re-construction, Security and Sustainable Development
|
|
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6:00-7:00 pm
|
Grumman Rm, 8th Fl, Church Ctr
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"IPPF Branches Meeting"- IPPF/UK
|
|
|
6:00-8:00
pm
|
Dag
Hammarskjold Auditorium
|
Early
Marriage: Whose Right to Choose?
|
A
selected panel will discuss women's and girl's rights, early marriage and
good practice in various regions of the world. A video on early marriage will be shown, and questions from the
floor welcome.
|
|
|
6.00-8.00
pm
|
UNDP
304, E 45th Street, FF Building, 11th Floor
|
Round
Table: Priorities for the Empowerment of Women and Gender Equality in CEE/CIS
Countries.
|
|
|
|
6:00-8:00
pm
|
Boss
Rm, 8th Fl, UNCC
|
“East
Asian Actions and Strategies” – Korea Women’s NGO Network
|
|
|
|
6:15-7:30 pm
|
Conference Rm 3, UN Building
|
"Presentation of the Gender Focal Point Study" - Inter-Agency Committee on
Women and Gender Equality, under the leadership of the Office of the Special
Adviser on Gender Issues and Advancement of Women, UNFPA
|
|
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6:30-7:30 pm
|
Conference Rm 4, UN Building
|
Performance Piece: "Women Can't Wait", written and performed by Sarah Jones,
with a special introduction by Meryl Streep. A creative work commissioned by
Equality Now!
|
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|
6:30-7:30 pm
|
10th Fl Conf Rm, Church Ctr
|
"Launch of Book 'A Gendered Political Analysis of Women's Participation in
Decision-Making in Southern Africa'" - WILDAF
|
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7:30-9:00 pm
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DHL Rm, 12th Fl, Church Ctr
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"World March on Women" - Quebec Federation of Women
|
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