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Parallel events (First week, 22 - 25 February 2011)

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Tuesday, 22 February


United Nations Non-Governmental Liaison Service (UN-NGLS)
Title Climate Adaptation Challenges from a Gender Perspective
Location Conference Room A
Time 11:30 a.m. – 12:45 p.m.
Contact liane@boell.org

International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), World Bank
Title gender, science and technology in agriculture
Location Conference Room B
Time 11:30 a.m. – 12:45 p.m.
Contact m.hartl@ifad.org

GERMANY
Title BRIEFING (DOWNLOAD FLYER ENGLISH | GERMAN)
Location Mission of the Federal Republic of Germany, 871 UN Plaza, 22nd floor
Time 1:00 p.m. – 2:30 p.m.
Contact pol-s2-vn@newy.auswaertiges-amt.de

OneVoice, WILPF, UN Women
Title Gender, Technology & AVbuilding: Bridging the Israel-Palestine Divide (Download FLYER)
Location Permanent Mission of Ireland to the UN (885 2nd Av, flr 19)
Time 1:15 p.m. – 2:45 p.m.
Contact Closed event

Australia
Title National human rights institutions' role and status at CSW
Location Conference Room A
Time 1:15 p.m. – 2:30 p.m.
Contact None

Sweden
Title Beyond MDG 2 - What next? Enhance quality of education to achieve gender equality and development (Download FLYER)
Location Conference Room B
Time 1:15 p.m. – 2:30 p.m.
Contact Fully booked

Turkey
Title WOMANist: Conclusions and the Follow-up
Location Conference Room 3
Time 1:15 p.m. – 2:30 p.m.
Contact mustafa.yildirim@mfa.gov.tr

Austria
Title Because I am a girl: urban and digital frontiers
Location Conference Room A
Time 4:30 p.m. – 5:45 p.m.
Contact kbojin@plancanada.ca

Wednesday, 23 February


Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA) / UN Programme on Youth
Title The two sides of gender: gender equality through youth education
Location Conference Room B
Time 10:00 a.m. – 11:15 a.m.
Contact pewitt@un.org

Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU)
Title Women in science and technology: the role of parliaments
Location Conference Room 6
Time 10:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. & 3:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.
Contact Closed event

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Title Food Security, Agriculture and Rural Women: Challenges and Prospects
Location Conference Room A
Time 11:30 a.m. – 12:45 p.m.
Contact sotol@un.org

United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF), Plan International, United Nations Girls’ Education Initiative (UNGEI)
Title Empowering Girls: Education and Technology (Download flyer)
Location Danny Kaye Visitors Center, UNICEF House, 3 UN Plaza
Time 12:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m.
Contact ddoogan@unicef.org

United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
Title Rebuilding the Global Economy: Towards sustainable and gender equitable development
Location Conference Room B
Time 11:30 a.m. – 12:45 p.m.
Contact  

GERMANY
Title EQUAL PAY DAY (DOWNLOAD FLYER)
Location Mission of the Federal Republic of Germany, 871 UN Plaza, 22nd floor
Time 1:00 p.m. – 2:30 p.m.
Contact To attend please register by email with “EPD Workshop” in the subject
line to: presidents.office@bpwinternational.org

NEPAL, NORWAY, UN Women
Title Women, AV and Security in Nepal:
Multi-stakeholder & inclusive processes as keys to success (Download FLYER)
Location Landmark View, Millennium Plaza Hotel (44th St btwn 1st& 2nd Av)
Time 1:15 p.m. – 2:45 p.m.
Contact Closed event

United Nations Secretary-General Campaign UNiTE to End Violence against Women
Title Using technology to end violence against women and girls (DOWNLOAD FLYER)
Location Conference Room A
Time 1:15 p.m. – 2:30 p.m.
Contact cortesp@un.org

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
Title Changing Mindsets: New Approaches to Advance Women and Girls in Science
Location United States Mission to the UN (45 St. & 1st Ave.)
Time 1:15 p.m. – 2:30 p.m.
Contact newmankj@state.gov

Senegal
Title Parity, AV and Security
Location Conference Room 6
Time 1:15 p.m. – 2:30 p.m.
Contact mcis1980@yahoo.fr

United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), International Labour Organization (ILO)
Title Quality education for girls leads to decent jobs for women
Location Conference Room B
Time 1:15 p.m. – 2:30 p.m.
Contact m.freeouf@unesco.org

Secretariat for the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities of the Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA)
Title STEM: Expanding Opportunities for Women and Girls with Disabilities in Education and Employment
Location Conference Room 4
Time 1:15 p.m. – 2:30 p.m.
Contact  

PORTUGAL
Title National implementation of SC res 1325 (Download flyer)
Location Conference Room 7
Time 1:15 p.m. – 2:30 p.m.
Contact tvalente@missionofportugal.org

UN Women
Title Gender Media Monitoring during Elections (Download flyer)
Location Conference Room A
Time 3:00 p.m. – 4:15 p.m.
Contact marta.val@unwomen.org

FINLAND
Title Why access and participation of girls and boys
to education pays off - a Nordic perspective
Location Consulate General of Finland, 866 United Nations Plaza
(at 48 street between 1st Avenue and FDR), Suite 250
Time 3:15 p.m. – 4:45 p.m.
Contact RSVP to rsvp.yke@formin.fi. Ann-Mari Fröberg, Mission of Finland, 212-821 0241

Thursday, 24 February


United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD), UN Women
Title Making Gender Statistics Meaningful on the Ground (DOWNLOAD FLYER)
Location Conference Room D
Time 8:30 a.m. – 9:45 a.m.
Contact dalexander@unfpa.org

Department of AVkeeping Operations (DPKO)
Title Sustaining Women's Participation in Post-conflict Institutions: AVkeeping and beyond
Location Conference Room A
Time 10:00 a.m. – 11:15 a.m.
Contact 917-367-2499

BARBADOS, MEXICO, Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), UN Women
Title Noncommunicable diseases (NCDs): A Women's Health Priority (DOWNLOAD FLYER)
Location Conference Room B
Time 10:00 a.m. – 11:15 a.m.
Contact jklimas@whoun.org

FRANCE
Title Gender Violence and its impact on girls education (Download flyer)
Location Conference Room 6
Time 10:00 a.m. – 11:15 a.m.
Contact helene.guilhot@diplomatie.gouv.fr

Bangladesh
Title Women and Human Rights to AV
Location Conference Room A
Time 11:30 a.m. – 12:45 p.m.
Contact rozana.sm@gmail.com

Italy
Title Female Genital Mutilation / Cutting
Location Conference Room 6
Time 11:30 a.m. – 12:45 p.m.
Contact filippo.cinti@esteri.it

Holy See
Title Advancing the Health and Education of Women and Children
Location Conference Room B
Time 11:30 a.m. – 12:45 p.m.
Contact mmader@holyseemission.org

European Union Delegation at the United Nations
Title EU event - New skills for green jobs: where are the women?
Location Conference Room A
Time 1:15 p.m. – 2:30 p.m.
Contact jelena.vujic@eeas.europa.eu,

New Zealand
Title Access to Education = Success in Employment?
Location Conference Room B
Time 1:15 p.m. – 2:30 p.m.
Contact  

Commission on the Status of Women
Title The empowerment of rural women and their role in poverty and hunger eradication, development and current challenges
Location Conference Room 3
Time 1:15 p.m. – 2:30 p.m.
Contact maribel.derjani-bayeh@unwomen.org

Czech Republic
Title Democratic Transition & Gender Equality in Central Europe (DOWNLOAD FLYER)
Location Conference Room A
Time 3:00 p.m. – 4:15 p.m.
Contact un.czechmission@gmail.com

Ireland, ZAMBIA
Title Girls' Voices - Promises Made: A Review of CSW 51
Location Conference Room A
Time 4:30 p.m. – 5:45 p.m.
Contact anne.kane@dfa.ie

Friday, 25 February


FINLAND, KENYA, NEPAL
Title High-Level breakfast meeting organised by the Permanent Missions of Finland, Kenya and Nepal: Security, development and gender: partners in implementing Resolution 1325 on women, peace and security (Download flyer)
Location Permanent Mission of Finland, 866 United Nations Plaza
(at 48 street between 1st Avenue and FDR), Suite 250
Time 8:30 a.m. – 10:15 a.m.
Contact RSVP invitations have been addressed to Heads of Delegations

United Nations Adolescent Girls Task Force
Title Invest in the Future: Empower Adolescent Girls now
Location Delegates Dining Room
Time 8:30 a.m. – 9:30 a.m.
Contact Closed event

SERBIA, International Telecommunications Union (ITU)
Title Global Network of Women ICT Decision Makers (DOWNLOAD FLYER)
Location Conference Room 4
Time 9:00 a.m. – 9:45 a.m.
Contact vladimir.stankovic@mtid.gov.rs

Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU)
Title Parliaments and MDGs 4 & 5
Location Conference Room A
Time 10:00 a.m. – 11:15 a.m.
Contact ny-office@mail.ipu.org

UNAIDS
Title Women, Girls and HIV (DOWNLOAD FLYER)
Location Conference Room B
Time 10:00 a.m. – 11:15 a.m.
Contact Limited number of Special Event Tags will be available on a first come-first serve basis, 30 minutes prior to the event, at the UN Visitors’ Lobby

Republic of Korea
Title Girls' right to Education including Science and Technology
Location Conference Room A
Time 11:30 a.m. – 12:45 p.m.
Contact elisabeth_mn@hotmail.com

Kenya
Title Innovative Approaches to Empower Kenyan Women: Best Practices
Location Conference Room B
Time 11:30 a.m. – 12:45 p.m.
Contact  

EUROPEAN UNION, UN Women
Title

Facilitating women’s participation in peace-building and conflict prevention (Download flyer)

Location Delegation of the European Union to the United Nations
222 E 41st Street, 20th Floor
Time 1:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.
Contact By invitation only

United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF), United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA)
Title Women's and Children's Rights: Making the Connection (Download flyer)
Location Danny Kaye Visitors Center, UNICEF House, 3 UN Plaza
Time 1:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.
Contact mgupta@unicef.org

AUSTRIA, GERMANY, SWITZERLAND
Title Effective instruments to decrease the Gender Pay Gap in business companies - Austria, Germany and Switzerland introduce softwarebased tools, income reports and further innovative measures fitting the operating schedule (Download flyer)
Location »Deutsches Haus« Permanent Mission of the Federal Republic of Germany to the United Nations
871 United Nations Plaza, 2nd Floor (Auditorium)
Time 1:15 p.m. – 2:45 p.m.
Contact pol-s2-vn@newy.diplo.de

FINLAND
Title Gender sensitive practices to eliminate all
forms of violence against girls and boys (Download flyer)
Location Consulate General of Finland, 866 United Nations Plaza
(at 48 street between 1st Avenue and FDR), Suite 250
New Nordic Snacks will be served at the seminar.
Time 1:15 p.m. – 2:45 p.m.
Contact RSVP to rsvp.yke@formin.fi. Ann-Mari Fröberg, Mission of Finland, 212-821 0241

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
Title Developing & Using Technology: Women Leading the Way
Location United States Mission to the UN (45 St. & 1st Ave.)
Time 1:15 p.m. – 2:30 p.m.
Contact newmankj@state.gov

ISRAEL, International Organization for Migration (IOM)
Title Can education and training lead to decent work? The plight of underemployed and deskilled migrant women: A Global Perspective
Location Conference Room A
Time 1:15 p.m. – 2:30 p.m.
Contact IritZ@newyork.mfa.gov.il

Turkey
Title CDEG Council of Europe
Location Conference Room 1
Time 1:15 p.m. – 2:30 p.m.
Contact efe.kivanc@mfa.gov.tr

GREECE, Socialist International Women (SIW)
Title Access to Education and Decent Work: Investing in Girls and Young Women/ The Major Role of Science and Technology
Location Conference Room B
Time 1:15 p.m. – 2:30 p.m.
Contact  

Commission on the Status of Women and Statistical Commission
Title Joint event (DOWNLOAD FLYER)
Location Conference Room 3
Time 01:15 pm – 02:30 pm
Contact torresr@un.org

UN Women
Title Breaking New Ground: Arab Women and the Path to Democracy (Download flyer)
Location Manhattan room, 2nd Floor, East wing, Millennium Plaza Hotel, One United Nations Plaza
Time 2:00 p.m. – 4:30 p.m.
Contact A limited number of seats will be available on a first come - first serve basis. To watch the live webcast, please go to

Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU)
Title Political Violence against Women
Location Conference Room A
Time 3:00 p.m. – 4:15 p.m.
Contact ny-office@mail.ipu.org

United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
Title Promoting Quality Systems for Gender Equality in the Private Sector: Latin American Experiences for Global Certification
Location Conference Room A
Time 4:30 p.m. – 5:45 p.m.
Contact