Calendar of UNGASS Events
Wednesday 7th June 2000
WomenAction 2000 | Live @ the UNGASS!

This calendar has been compiled by WomenAction, and attempts to include all events taking place around the UNGASS. It will be updated as we receive news of other events, and changes to publicised details.

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Date/Time Venue Title Details Contact
TBA

TBA

Dialogue on Equity in the African Information Society

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

Naadia Davis – ndavis@csir.co.za

+27 12 841 2491

8:00-9:00

DHL Rm, 12th Fl, UNCC

“Child Advocacy Caucus”



9:00-10:00 am

Conf Rm 4, UN Building

“NGO Briefing” – NGO Coordinating Committee



10:00-11:30 am

Conf Rm 4, UN Building

“TBA” – Femme Avenir, CFEI, APDF of Mali, CONGAFEN of Niger, European Women’s Lobby, Karat Coalition, FAFAI



10.00a.m Conference Room B "Women Go Global"
UNDAW Launch of their new CD ROM


10:00-11:00 am

DHL Rm, 12th Fl, UNCC

“Health Caucus”



10:00-11:30 am

Hardin Rm, 11th Fl, UNCC

“Using Report Cards to Monitor Governments” – Philippine NGO Beijing Score Board, InterAction



10:30-12:00 pm

10th Fl Conf Rm, UNCC

“Journey for Religious Freedom” Foundation for Religious Tolerance



11:00-12:30 pm

DHL Rm, 12th Fl, UNCC

“Uprooted Women Caucus”



11:00-1:00 pm

Boss Rm, 8th Fl, UNCC

“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



11:45-1:15 pm

Conf Rm 4, UN Building

“Young Women’s Realities & Recommendations”- Youth Caucus

Young women activists from 5 regions are going to tell stories about thir realities and propose recommendations for the international NGO community

Shireen Lee -  shireen_lee@yahoo.com

(202) 462-7512

11:30 am–1:00 pm

Hardin Rm, 11th Fl, UNCC

“Local Implementation of Platform” – Women’s Institute for Leadership Development for Human Rights (WILD), International Union of Local Authorities (IULA)



11:30-1:00 pm

Conf Rm 4, UN Building

“TBA” – CSW Youth Caucus



12:00-1:00 pm

10th Fl Conf Rm, UNCC

“Marriage and Rape in Marriage Panel” – Change (UK)



12:30-2:00 pm

DHL Rm, 12th Fl, UNCC

“Women and Armed Conflict Caucus”



1:00-3:00 pm 10th Fl Conf Rm, Church Ctr "Women in Power and Decision Making" - Socialist International Women

1:00-3:00 pm The New York City Bar Association, West 44th Street (Between 5th and 6th Avenues) "2000 and Beyond-Life After Beijing + 5" - NGO Committee on the Status of Women

1 – 2:30 p.m.

Location TBA

Panel discussion on the impact of microcredit on the poorest families, especially women in those families.

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



1:00-3:00 pm

TBA

“2000 and Beyond- Life After Beijing +5” – NGO CSW



1:15-2:45 pm

Conf Rm 4, UN Building

TBA”- Lesbian Caucus, International Lesbian and Gay Association, El Closet de Sor Juana

1:15–2:45 pm

Hardin Rm, 11th Fl, UNCC

“Organizing for Equality, Jobs & Justice” – Friedrich Ebert Foundation



1:15-2:45 pm

Boss Rm, 8th Fl, UNCC

“Violence Against Women Panel” – International Psy. Association Committee on UN



1:15-2:45 pm Tillman Chapel, 1st Fl, Church Ctr "Feminism, Faith & Family" - Ecumenical Women 2000, Religion Counts

1:15-2:45 pm Conf Rm 3, UN Building "Panel on the 'Dialogue Between NGOs and Governments: For a Gender Sensitive Citizenship'" - UN Regional Commissions

1:15-2:45 pm Conf Rm B, UN Building "Workshop on Best Practices in Gender Mainstreaming" - Commonwealth Secretariat

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

1:30-3:00 pm 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

2.00 - 2.30 UN 2nd Floor Press Conference: "NGOs Assess US Implementation of the BEijing Platform for Action

1.30-2.30

http://www.canalweb.net/vers/cyberfemmes.asp

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.

Joelle - Les Pénélopes

email : joe_palm@hotmail.com

2:00-2:30 pm

DHL Rm, 12th Fl, UNCC

“US Delegation Briefing to its NGOs”



2:30-3:00 pm

DHL Rm, 12th Fl, UNCC

“Canadian Delegation Briefing for its NGOs”



2.00-4.00 OSHO Int'l, 570 Lexington Ave., 46th Floor Women, Media and Machines: Panel and hands on demonstration

2.30-4.30 8th Floor (Grumman Conference Room), Church Center, UN Plaza Media, Women and Our Equipment: with show and tell by those in attendance

2.30-4.30

UNDP DC-1 Bdg, 1 UN Plaza, 21st Floor, Hank Shannon Conference Room

Budgets as if people mattered - Linking Beijing+5 and WSSD+5



3:00-4:00 pm

DHL Rm, 12th Fl, UNCC

“Violence Against Women Caucus”



3:00-4:30 pm

Hardin Rm, 11th Fl, UNCC

“ World Conference in 2005” – Network of Women in Development



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

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



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



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 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



6:00-7:00 pm Grumman Rm, 8th Fl, Church Ctr "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

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!

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

7:30-9:00 pm DHL Rm, 12th Fl, Church Ctr "World March on Women" - Quebec Federation of Women


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