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Parallel events

(First week 1 - 5 March 2010)

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Monday 1 March 2010

Philippines, United States Federation for Middle East ¹ú²úAV
Title HUMAN TRAFFICKING BEIJING+15 LESSONS LEARNED
Location Conference Room C (TNLB)
Time 9:00 a.m. – 10:00 a.m.

Philippines, United States Federation for Middle East ¹ú²úAV
Title VIOLENCE AGAINST THE WORKING MOTHER
Location Conference Room C (TNLB)
Time 10:00 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.

UNHABITAT, Huairou Commission, the Republic of Korea, Seoul Foundation of Women and Family, Women in Cities International, Women and Habitat Latin America
Title WOMEN AND SAFER CITIES
Location Conference Room C (TNLB)
Time 11:30 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.

Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU)
Title THE ROLE OF PARLIAMENTS ENFORCING LEGISLATION ON VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN (Download flyer)
Location Conference Room C (TNLB)
Time 1:15 p.m. – 2:45 p.m.

Turkey, TURKCELL Communication Services Inc.
Title SNOWDROPS: A SUCCESS STORY FROM TURKEY; EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES FOR UNDERPRIVILEGED GIRLS IN EDUCATION SINCE 2000
Location Conference Room 7 (TNLB)
Time 1:15 p.m. – 2:30 p.m.

France, International Organization of la Francophonie
Title WORKSHOP ON BEIJING+15
Location Conference Room 1
Time 1:15 p.m. – 2:45 p.m.

Spain, Austria, Portugal
Title GOOD GOVERNANCE AND WOMEN’S POLITICAL PARTICIPATION (Download flyer)
Location Conference Room 6 (TNLB)
Time 1:15 p.m. – 2:45 p.m.

Japan, National Women's Committee of the United Nations NGOs in Japan
Title EDUCATION FOR THE GIRL CHILD AND BOY CHILD IN JAPAN
Location Conference Room C (TNLB)
Time 3:00 p.m. – 4:30 p.m.

ESCWA center of women on gender equality
Title THE WORK OF ESCWA CENTER OF WOMEN IN PROMOTING GENDER EQUALITY AND WOMEN EMPOWERMENT AND THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE BEIJING PLATFORM FOR ACTION
Location Conference Room C (TNLB)
Time 4:30 p.m. – 6:00 p.m.

Denmark, UAFC and CHANGE
Title FEMALE CONDOMS 4 ALL
Location UN Millennium Hotel
Time 5:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m.

Tuesday 2 March 2010

UNDP, UNIFEM, Denmark and Egypt
Title TAKE ACTION NOW: THE PATHWAY FROM BEIJING TO 2015. PROGRESS ON MDG3. BREAKFAST DIALOGUE
Location Delegates Dining Room
Time 8:15 a.m. – 10:30 a.m.

Germany
Title BRIEFING (Download flyer)
Location Mission of the Federal Republic of Germany
22nd floor
871 UN Plaza, New York, NY 10017
Time 8:30 a.m. – 9:30 a.m.

Austria
Title ON THE WAY TO GENDER DEMOCRACY. A CRITICAL CONTRIBUTION FROM THE AUSTRIAN PERSPECTIVE (Download flyer)
Location Conference Room C (TNLB)
Time 9:00 a.m. – 10:00 a.m.

Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU), DAW
Title THE ROLE OF PARLIAMENTS IN ENFORCING GENDER EQUALITY AND WOMEN’S RIGHTS, 15 YEARS AFTER BEIJING (Download flyer)
Location ECOSOC Chamber
Time 10:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m.

Canada, Global Network of Women's Shelters
Title VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN AND THE ROLE OF SAFE SPACES FOR WOMEN
Location Conference Room C (TNLB)
Time 10:00 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.

UNAIDS,  Botswana, Brazil, Ireland, Mexico, the Netherlands, Philippines and South Africa
Title THE LAUNCH OF THE AGENDA FOR ACCELERATED COUNTRY ACTION FOR WOMEN, GIRLS, GENDER EQUALITY AND HIV (Download flyer)
Location Conference Room 4 (TNLB)
Time 10:00 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.

UNIFEM
Title DELIVERING AS ONE IN GENDER EQUALITY– MYTH OR REALITY? EXPERIENCES FROM THE ONE UN PILOT
Location Landmark View, 29th Floor, Millennium UN Plaza Hotel
Time 11:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.

IFAD
Title PROMOTING GENDER EQUALITY IN AGRICULTURE IN 2010 AND BEYOND (Download flyer)
Location IFAD Liaison Office to the UN, DC-2, Room 1122
Time 11:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.

UNDP, UNEP, Global Gender and Climate Alliance (GGCA), the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), Women’s Environment and Development Organization (WEDO)
Title GENDER EQUALITY AND CLIMATE CHANGE - OPPORTUNITIES AND CHALLENGES FOR THE MDGS
Location Conference Room C (TNLB)
Time 11:30 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.

Australia and Pacific Islands
Title PACIFIC WOMEN DECISION-MAKERS IN ACTION
Location Conference Room C (TNLB)
Time 1:15 p.m. – 2:45 p.m.

UNIFEM
Title SAY NO – UNITE: COUNTING TOWARDS ENDING VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN
Location Conference Room 6 (TNLB)
Time 1:15 p.m. – 2:45 p.m.

France, United States of America
Title FIGHT AGAINST DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN
Location Conference Room 7 (TNLB)
Time 1:15 p.m. – 2:45 p.m.

UNITAR
Title MIGRATION AND DEVELOPMENT SERIES: BRIEFING ON FEMALE MIGRATION 
Location Conference Room E (TNLB)
Time 1:15 p.m. – 2:45 p.m.

UNIFEM
Title PROGRESS OF THE WORLD’S WOMEN: ACCESS TO JUSTICE
Location Landmark View, 29th Floor, Millennium UN Plaza Hotel
Time 1:15 p.m. – 2:45 p.m.

Denmark
Title MINISTERIAL LEVEL PANEL DISCUSSION - BEIJING +15: ACHIEVEMENTS AND CHALLENGES FOR GENDER EQUALITY - A POLITICAL APPROACH
Location Conference Room C (TNLB)
Time 3:00 p.m. – 4:30 p.m.

UNIFEM, World Association of Christian Communication (WACC)
Title WHAT HAPPENED TO SECTION J? GENDER EQUALITY IN THE WORLD’S MEDIA
Location Landmark View, 29th Floor, Millennium UN Plaza Hotel
Time 3:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.

Netherlands
Title HUMAN DIGNITY FOR LBT WOMEN
Location Conference Room C (TNLB)
Time 4:30 p.m. – 6:00 p.m.

Wednesday 3 March 2010

Israel, Inter-American Commission of Women of the Organization of American States (IACW/OAS)
Title WORKING BREAKFAST - WOMEN IN LEADERSHIP: EMPOWERING A WORLD OF EQUALITY
Location Delegates dinning room
Time 8:30 a.m. – 10:00 a.m.

UNIFEM, KARAMA
Title LEVERAGING ARAB WOMEN'S POWER
Location Riverview Room, Millennium UN Plaza Hotel
Time 9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.

South Africa
Title THUTUZELA INTERNATIONAL NETWORK: RESTORING THE DIGNITY OF VICTIMS AND SURVIVORS OF GENDER BASED VIOLENCE
Location Conference Room C (TNLB)
Time 9:00 a.m. – 10:00 a.m.

South Africa, Cape Verde and Portugal
Title HUMAN TRAFFICKING AND 2010 WORLD CUP
Location Conference Room C (TNLB)
Time 10:00 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.

WHO
Title WHO CALLS FOR ACTION TO IMPROVE THE HEALTH OF WOMEN AND GIRLS: WHAT WOULD IT TAKE TO MAKE HEALTH SYSTEMS WORK BETTER FOR WOMEN? (Download flyer)
Location Millennium UN Plaza Hotel, Manhattan Room, New York
Time 10:50 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.

UNDP, UNIFEM
Title THE PRICE OF PEACE; FINANCING  GENDER EQUALITY IN POST-CONFLICT RECOVERY AND RECONSTRUCTION
Location Conference Room C (TNLB)
Time 11:30 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.

UNICEF
Title

HAVE WOMEN FORGOTTEN GIRLS? BRINGING GIRLS TO THE HEART OF BEIJING

Location Danny Kaye Visitors Center, UNICEF House, New York, (3 UN Plaza, on 44th Street between 1st and 2nd Avenues)
Time 1:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.

Sweden
Title GENDER EQUALITY AND SRHR - A WAY TO MOVE FORWARD ON MDG5 (Download flyer)
Location Conference Room C (TNLB)
Time 1:15 p.m. – 2:45 p.m.

OSAGI
Title THE REPRESENTATION OF WOMEN: A FIFTEEN YEAR RETROSPECT AND HOPES FOR THE FUTURE () ()
Location Conference Room 1
Time 1:15 p.m. – 2:45 p.m.

Egypt, Italy and Senegal
Title ENDING FEMALE GENITAL MUTILATION: ADDRESSING SOCIAL NORMS HARMFUL TO GIRLS AND WOMEN (Download flyer)
Location Conference Room 6 (TNLB)
Time 1:15 p.m. – 2:45 p.m.

DSPD/DESA, International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), International Indigenous Women's Forum (IIWF)
Title 15 YEARS AFTER BEIJING: THE BEIJING PLATFORM FOR ACTION AND THE RIGHTS OF INDIGENOUS WOMEN (Download flyer English | Spanish)
Location Conference Room 7 (TNLB)
Time 1:15 p.m. – 2:45 p.m.

Greece, Socialist International Women
Title BEIJING+15 WHAT NEXT
Location Conference Room C (TNLB)
Time 3:00 p.m. – 4:30 p.m.

Haiti, UNIFEM, UNDP
Title VOICES OF HAITIAN WOMEN: ENSURING WOMEN’S EQUITABLE PARTICIPATION & LEADERSHIP IN RELIEF THROUGH RECONSTRUCTION
Location Millennium UN Plaza, Landmark View, 29th floor
Time 3:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.

UNIFEM
Title UNIFEM REGIONAL CONSULTATION ON STRENGTHENING SUPPORT TO GENDER EQUALITY IN THE CEE/CIS REGION
Location Turkish Center, 821 UN Plaza
(1st Avenue and 46th Street)
Time 4:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m.

Canada, Nicaragua, UNDP, International Development Research Centre (IDRC)
Title VISION FOR A BETTER WORLD: FROM ECONOMIC CRISIS TO EQUALITY
Location Conference Room C (TNLB)
Time 4:30 p.m. – 6:00 p.m.

UNFPA, UNICEF, UNIFEM, UNESCO, WHO and UN Foundation
Title RECEPTION BY UN INTERAGENCY TASK FORCE ON ADOLESCENT GIRLS: TO LAUNCH A JOINT STATEMENT ON INVESTING IN ADOLESCENT GIRLS AND TO INTRODUCE THE UNF GIRL FUND
Location Millennium UN Plaza Hotel
Time 6:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.

No ¹ú²úAV Without Justice, Burkina Faso and Uganda
Title RECEPTION AND CONCERT (Download flyer)
Location Delegate Dinning Room
Time 6:30 p.m. – 8:30 p.m.

Thursday 4 March 2010

Chile, WHO, Pan American Health Organization(PAHO)
Title EQUIDAD DE GÉNERO EN SALUD EN LAS AMÉRICAS
Location Conference Room C (TNLB)
Time 9:00 a.m. – 10:00 a.m.

Finland, UNIFEM, National Committee for UNIFEM in Finland
Title V INTERNATIONAL HELVI SIPILÄ SEMINAR – WOMEN IN POWER
Location Conference Room C (TNLB)
Time 10:00 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.

Argentina, Center for Health and Gender Equity (CHANGE)
Title WOMEN & AIDS: BRINGING VISIBILITY TO WOMEN'S AND GIRLS' PERSPECTIVES
Location Conference Room 6 (TNLB)
Time 10:00 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.

UNIFEM, AWID, IAFFE, CWGL, DAWN, UNGLS , WWG-FfD
Title GENDER EQUALITY IN ECONOMIC CRISIS AND RECOVERY: GETTING THE MACROECONOMIC POLICIES RIGHT (Session 1)
Location Landmark View, 29th Floor, Millennium UN Plaza Hotel
Time 10:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.

DSPD/DESA, Secretariat for the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
Title CROSS-SECTIONALITIES OF GENDER AND DISABILITY: TOWARDS EQUALITY FOR WOMEN AND GIRLS WITH DISABILITIES
Location Conference Room C (TNLB)
Time 11:30 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.

Ghana
Title INSTITUTIONAL MECHANISMS FOR PROMOTING GENDER EQUALITY AND EMPOWERMENT OF WOMEN: THE CASE OF GHANA
Location Conference Room 6 (TNLB)
Time 11:30 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.

UNIFEM, International Alliance of Women, Global Gender and Climate Alliance, NGO/CSW/NY Subcommittee on Women and Climate Change, Women’s Climate Initiative, Women’s Environment and Development Organization, and the World Health Organization
Title GENDER AND CLIMATE CHANGE – THE UNTOLD STORY OF COPENHAGEN
Location Salvation Army Auditorium,221 52nd Street
Time 12:00 p.m. – 1:30 p.m.

Norway, South Africa (TBC), Sweden, the MenEngage Alliance
Title ENGAGING MEN FOR GENDER EQUALITY AND WOMEN’S RIGHTS: PUTTING THE WORDS INTO PRACTICE A LUNCHEON SEMINAR
Location The Grand Hyatt – New York City
Time 12:30 p.m. – 2:00 p.m.

Norway, UNIFEM, World Bank
Title WOMEN’S BUSINESS INCUBATORS - INNOVATION & RESULTS (Download flyer)
Location Millennium United Nations Plaza Hotel
44th Street between 1st and 2nd Avenue, New York, NY
Time 12:30 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.

UNFPA and UNICEF
Title SIDE EVENT ON BOYS AND MEN: PARTNERS FOR GENDER EQUALITY
Location Danny Kaye Visitors Centre, 3 UN Plaza, 44th Street and 1st Avenue
Time 1:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.

European Commission, Belgium, Spain and Sweden
Title BEIJING +15: EUROPEAN UNION ACTION AGAINST GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE
Location Conference Room C (TNLB)
Time 1:15 p.m. – 2:45 p.m.

Republic of Korea
Title THE BEIJING PLATFORM FOR ACTION AND THE ROLE OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT
Location Conference Room E (TNLB)
Time 1:15 p.m. – 2:45 p.m.

Sierra Leone, Canada, The Global Network of Women's ¹ú²úAVbuilders (GNWP) and Cordaid
Title RESOLUTIONS 1325 & 1820 - THE SIERRA LEONE EXPERIENCE
Location Conference Room 6 (TNLB)
Time 1:15 p.m. – 2:45 p.m.

CSW
Title ACCESS AND PARTICIPATION OF WOMEN AND GIRLS TO EDUCATION, TRAINING, SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, INCLUDING FOR THE PROMOTION OF WOMEN’S ACCESS TO FULL EMPLOYMENT AND DECENT WORK (Download flyer)
Location Conference Room 1
Time 1:15 p.m. – 2:45 p.m.

ILO, Norway
Title WORKING WOMEN'S EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES AND TREATMENT - FROM BEIJING TO MDGS TO REAL GENDER EQUALITY
Location Conference Room 7 (TNLB)
Time 1:15 p.m. – 2:45 p.m.

UN Programme on Youth
Title EARLY PREGNANCIES: EXCLUSIVELY A PUBLIC HEALTH ISSUE?
Location DC2-1337
Time 1:15 p.m. – 2:45 p.m.

UNIFEM, AWID, IAFFE, CWGL, DAWN, UNGLS , WWG-FfD
Title GENDER EQUALITY IN ECONOMIC CRISIS AND RECOVERY: GETTING THE MACROECONOMIC POLICIES RIGHT (Session 2)
Location Landmark View, 29th Floor, Millennium UN Plaza Hotel
Time 2:30 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.

UN-INSTRAW, Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC)
Title POLITICAL PARTICIPATION OF WOMEN IN LOCAL GOVERNANCE: NORTH AFRICA AND THE OBSERVATORY FOR GENDER EQUALITY IN LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN
Location Conference Room C (TNLB)
Time 3:00 p.m. – 4:30 p.m.

UNIFEM, Spain
Title LAUNCH OF THE GLOBAL VIRTUAL KNOWLEDGE CENTER (By invitation only)
Location Ballroom, Millennium UN Plaza Hotel
Time 6:30 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.

Friday 5 March 2010

Delta Theta Sigma Sorority, Inc., Trinidad and Tobago
Title PROTECTING AND EMPOWERING WOMEN AND GIRLS AGAINST VIOLENCE
Location Millenium Plaza Hotel
Time 9:00 a.m. – 2:30 p.m.

Global Coalition on Women and AIDS
Title MEETING ACCOUNTABILITIES TO WOMEN AND GIRLS IN THE CONTEXT OF AIDS: WHAT WILL IT TAKE TO REACH COMMITMENTS TO BEIJING, UNIVERSAL ACCESS, UNGASS AND THE MDGS?
Location Conference Room C (TNLB)
Time 10:00 a.m. – 11.30 a.m.

Nordic Council of Ministers
Title EXPERT LEVEL PANEL DISCUSSION - BEIJING +15: ACHIEVEMENTS AND CHALLENGES FOR GENDER EQUALITY - A PRACTICAL APPROACH
Location Conference Room C (TNLB)
Time 11:30 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.

UNIFEM, UNICEF
Title WOMEN’S RIGHTS IN AFGHANISTAN: PROGRESS AND CHALLENGES
Location UNICEF Building, 3 UN Plaza
Time 1:30 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.

OHCHR, Equality Now
Title WOMEN CAN’T WAIT! ()
Location Conference Room 1
Time 1:15 p.m. – 2:45 p.m.

Mexico
Title BECAUSE I AM A GIRL: GIRLS IN THE GLOBAL ECONOMY
Location Conference Room 6 (TNLB)
Time 1:15 p.m. – 2:45 p.m.

UNFPA, YWCA
Title SIDE EVENT HIGH LEVEL INTERGENERATIONAL DIALOGUE AROUND SEXUAL AND REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH AND RIGHTS, VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN AND HIV
Location Millennium UN Plaza Hotel, Landmark View Room
Time 2:00 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.

Tunisia and the Tunisian Mothers' Association
Title TUNISIAN ARAB AFRICAN PANEL ON WOMEN, MOTHERS, AND FUTURE GENERATIONS EMPOWERMENT
Location Conference Room 3 (TNLB)
Time 3:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.

UNIFEM, International Center for Research on Women (ICRW), MenEngage, Promundo, Sonke Gender Justice Network
Title ENGAGING MEN TO END VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN; RESEARCH AND RESPONSES.
Location Conference Room C (TNLB)
Time 4:30 p.m. – 6:00 p.m.

Japan, UNDP, Huairou Commission
Title RESOURCING HOME-BASED CAREGIVERS: HIGHLIGHTING AFRICAN WOMEN’S ROLE IN COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
Location Delegates Dining Room
Time 6:15 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.