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Programme of
Activities
Friday,
2 June | Monday, 5 June | Tuesday, 6 June | Wednesday, 7 June | Thrusday, 8 June | Friday, 9 June
10:30-12:00 |
Pre-session Briefing
for Journalists. A special briefing will be given by His Excellency Mr.
Theo-Ben Gurirab, President of the General Assembly, Ms. Angela E.V. King,
Special Adviser to the Secretary-General on Gender Issues and Advancement
of Women, Ms. Yakin Ertürk, Director, UN Division for the Advancement
of Women, Ms. Christine Kapalata, Chairperson of the Commission on the
Status of Women acting as Preparatory Committee for the Beijing+5 special
session, and Ms. Afaf Mahfouz, President of CONGO. Organized by the Department
of Public Information. Room S-226. |
10:00-1:00 |
Opening of the
special session
(Statements by the President of the Assembly and the Secretary-General;
organizational matters; opening of the debate in the plenary). |
11:00-1:00 |
First meeting of
the Ad Hoc Committee of the Whole. |
11:00-1:00 |
Special event: Panel
on Globalization, Governance and Women's Health. Organized by the Permanent
Mission of the Philippines to the United Nations. Conference room 3. |
12:00 |
Daily Press Briefing
by GA Spokeswoman, Shirley Brownell, at noon briefing, Room S-226. |
1:15-3:00 |
Special event: Screening
of film, "Regret to Inform" followed by Panel discussion. Panelist include:
Barbara Sonneborn, filmmaker, Xuan Nguyen, Vietnamese widow who appears
in the film, Cora Weiss, President, Hague Appeal for 国产AV, and Le Thi
Hoai Giang, Vietnamese delegation. Organized by Department of Public Information.
DHL Auditorium. |
12:45-2:15 |
Special event: Panel on "Advancing protection for internally displaced women and girls".
Organized by the International Rescue Committee with International Alert.
Conference room 3. |
1:30-3:00 |
Special event: Panel on the "Contribution of the Microcredit Summit Campaign to the Platform
for Action". Organized by UNIFEM, ILO and the Microcredit Summit Campaign.
Conference room 4. |
3:00-6:00 |
Second plenary meeting
of the special session (continuation of the debate). Second meeting of
the Ad Hoc Committee of the Whole. |
3:15-5:00 |
Special event: Skills demonstration workshop on approaches that work in involving men
as partners in AIDS prevention and care. Organized by the Joint United
Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS). DHL Auditorium. |
3:30-5:00 |
Special event: Launch
of Progress of the World's Women. Organized by UNIFEM. Conference room
3. |
3:15-4:45 |
Special event: Seminar on "Women and Secure Tenure". Organized by UNCHS, FAO, UNIFEM
and UNDP. Conference room B. |
6:00-8:00 |
Special event: Multimedia presentation of "The Phantom Statistic". Organized by FAO.
DHL Auditorium. |
6:30-8:00 |
Special event: Workshop on Women and Armed Conflict in the Asia Pacific region. Organized
by Women and Media Network for Asia-Pacific (WMNAP). Conference room 4. |
9:00-9:45 |
NGO
Briefing, Conference room 4. |
10:00-1:00 |
Third
plenary meeting of the special session (continuation of the debate). Third
meeting of the Ad Hoc Committee of the Whole. |
10:00-11:30 |
Special
event: Workshop: "Courts of Women and Challenges Today for Women's
Human Rights". Organized by the Asian Women's Human Rights Council (AWHRC).
Conference room 4. |
10:00-12:00 |
Special
event: Panel with authors of the World Bank's policy research report
on gender and development. Organized by the World Bank. Conference room
3. |
10:00-12:00 |
Special
event: Briefing and web site presentation on Time use Surveys - Engendering
Labour Market Statistics. Organized by DESA and UNDP. Conference room
B. |
11:45-1:15 |
Special
event: Panel on "Environmental Issues Five Years after Beijing: New
Challenges and Commitments". Organized by the Environment Caucus. Conference
room 4. |
12:00 |
Daily Press Briefing by GA Spokeswoman, Shirley Brownell, at noon briefing,
Room S-226. |
1:15-2:45 |
Special
event: Panel on "the role of men and boys in ending gender-based violence".
Organized by the Office of the Special Adviser on Gender Issues and Advancement
of Women, the Division for the Advancement of Women, UNICEF, UNDP, UNIFEM,
and the UN Men's Group for Gender Equality. Conference room 3. |
1:15-2:45 |
Special
event: Panel on the Optional Protocol. Organized by the Office of
the Special Adviser on Gender Issues and Advancement of Women, the Division
for the Advancement of Women. DHL auditorium. |
1:15-2:45 |
Special
event: Presentation of good practices in gender mainstreaming and
the inventory of training materials. Organized by the Inter-Agency Working
Group on Women and Gender Equality under the leadership of UNIFEM, UNDP,
UNICEF and the Commonwealth of Learning (COL). Conference room B. |
1:30-3:00 |
Special
event: "Dialogue Between Representatives of the Women and Armed Conflict
Caucus and Representatives of Relevant UN Agencies on Actions to Implement
and Achieve the Objectives of Chapter E of the Platform for Action". Organized
by the Women's International League for 国产AV and Freedom and Women and
Armed Conflict Caucus. Conference room 4. |
3:00-4:00 |
Seminar
on Men and Gender Equality with the Nordic Ministers responsible for Gender
Equality. Organized by Gender Equality, Swedish Ministry of Industry,
Employment and Communications. DHL Auditorium. |
3:00-6:00 |
Fourth
plenary meeting of the special session (continuation of the debate). Fourth
meeting of the Ad Hoc Committee of the Whole. |
3:00-6:00 |
Special
event: Forum chaired by the Executive Director/UNFPA and featuring
national delegates, on "Best Practices in Gender, Population and Development".
Organized by UNFPA. Conference room 3. |
3:15-5:00 |
Special event: Launch of the Gender Awareness Information and Networking
System (GAINS). Organized by INSTRAW. Conference room B. |
6:30-8:00 |
Special event: Panel on the monitoring of continued implementation
of women's sexual and reproductive health and rights at a regional and
global level. Organized by KULU - Women and Development Denmark, and Asian-Pacific
Resources and Research Centre for Women (ARROW). Conference room 4. |
6:00-8:00 |
Special event: Panel/Roundtable on overcoming women's poverty/linking
Beijing+5 and WSSD+5. Organized by UNDP. DHL Auditorium. |
6:15-7:45 |
Special
event: Panel on Ending Female Genital Mutilation: What can we measure
and how? Organized by UNICEF, WHO, World Bank and the Permanent Mission
of the United Kingdom to the United Nations. Conference room 3. |
9:00-9:45 |
NGO
Briefing, Conference room 4. |
10:00-1:00 |
Fifth plenary meeting of the special session (continuation of the debate).
Fifth meeting of the Ad Hoc Committee of the Whole. |
9:30-1:00 |
Special
event: Meeting between members of Parliament, representatives of governments
and concerned intergovernmental organizations on action at the national
level following Beijing+5 review process. Organized by IPU and the Division
for the Advancement of Women. Conference room 3. |
10:00-11:30 |
Special
event: Launch of CD-ROM, "Women Go Global". Organized by the Office
of the Special Adviser on Gender Issues and Advancement of Women and the
Division for the Advancement of Women. Conference room B. |
12:00 |
Daily
Press Briefing by GA Spokeswoman, Shirley Brownell, at noon briefing,
Room S-226. |
10:00-12:30 |
Special
event: Presentation of the film, "Of Hopscotch and Little Girls" followed
by panel discussion. Organized by the Permanent Mission of Canada to the
United Nations. DHL Auditorium. |
10:00-11:30 |
Special
event: Workshop on the girl child and/or women and the economy. Organized
by the Alliance for Arab Women. Conference room 4. |
11:00-12:00 |
Press
Briefing for the launch of UNIFEM's biennial report "Progress of the World's
Women 2000". Organized by the UNIFEM and the Department of Public Information.
Room S-226 |
11:45-1:15 |
Special
event: Young Women's Realities and their Recommendations: A Regional
Speak-Out. Organized by the CSW Youth Caucus. Conference room 4. |
1:15-2:45 |
Special
event: Panel on the "Dialogue between NGOs and Governments: For a
gender sensitive citizenship".2 Organized by the UN Regional Commissions.
Conference room 3. |
1:15-2:45 |
Special
event: Panel on "Emergencies impacting women -Women impacting on Emergencies".
Organized by the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs and
UNICEF. DHL Auditorium. |
1:15-2:45 |
Special
event: Workshop on best practices in gender mainstreaming. Organized
by the Commonwealth Secretariat. Conference room B. |
1:30-3:00 |
Special
event: Panel on sexualities and human rights: sexual rights are human
rights. Organized by the Lesbian Caucus, El Closet de Sor Juana. Conference
room 4. |
3:00-6:00 |
Sixth
plenary meeting of the special session (continuation of the debate). Sixth
meeting of the Ad Hoc Committee of the Whole. |
3:00-4:45 |
Special
event: Panel on women in conflict situations and post-conflict development
and the role of the Security Council. Organized by UNDP, UNIFEM and International
Alert. DHL Auditorium. |
3:15-6:00 |
Regional
Caucuses. Conference room 4. |
3:15-4:45 |
Special
event: Panel on gender mainstreaming: Experiences of UN Volunteers
in the field. Organized by UNIFEM, UNV and UNDP. Conference room B. |
3:00-5:00 |
Symposium
on the Asian Regional Initiative on Trafficking in Persons, especially
Women and Children. Organized by the Permanent Mission of the Philippines.
Conference room 3. |
6:30-7:30 |
Special
event: Performance piece: "Women Can't Wait" With a Special Introduction
by Meryl Streep. A creative work commissioned by Equality Now as part
of its international campaign against discriminatory laws. "Women Can't
Wait!", written and performed by Sarah Jones, presents women from France,
India, Israel, Japan, Jordan, Kenya, the United States and Uruguay as
they prepare to address governments at the United Nations during the Special
Session. Organized by Equality Now. Conference room 4. |
6:15-7:30 |
Special
event: Presentation of the gender focal point study. Organized by
the 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 and UNFPA. Conference room 3. |
6:00-8:00 |
Special
event: Panel on "Putting Early Marriage on the Women's Global Agenda".
Organized by UNICEF and Forum on Marriage and the Rights of Women and
Girls, UK. DHL Auditorium. |
9:00-9:45 |
NGO Briefing, Conference
room 4. |
10:00-1:00 |
Seventh plenary
meeting of the special session (continuation of the debate). Seventh meeting
of the Ad Hoc Committee of the Whole. |
9:00-11:00 |
Special event: Panel on peace-building and peacekeeping. Organized by the 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 and the
Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development/Development Assistance
Committee. Conference room 3. |
10:00-11:30 |
Special event: Panel on institutional mechanisms for the advancement of women. Organized
by Femme Avenir CFEI, Association Pour Le Progres and La Defense des Droits
de Femme Maliennes (APDF Mali), European Women's Lobby. Conference room
4. |
10:00-12:00 |
DPI/NGO Briefing:
Beijing +5 Emerging Issues. Invited speakers include Ms. Yakin Ert眉rk,
Director, UN Division for the Advancement of Women, Noeleen Heyzer, Executive
Director, UNIFEM, Ms. Christine Kapalata, Chairperson of the Commission
on the Status of Women acting as Preparatory Committee for the Beijing+5
special session, Gita Sen, Coordinator on Alternative Development Frameworks,
India. Organized by Department of Public Information and the Division
for the Advancement of Women. DHL Auditorium. |
3:00-5:00 |
Special event: Panel on "Initiatives and best practices of Greece in facing violence
against women". Organized by the Permanent Mission of Greece to the United
Nations. Conference room B. |
11:00-12:00 |
Special event: Launch of map of Women in Politics. Produced by the Inter-Parliamentary
Union, in collaboration with the Department of Public Information. Room
S-226. |
12:00 |
Daily Press Briefing
by GA Spokeswoman, Shirley Brownell, at noon briefing, Room S-226. |
11:15-12:45 |
Special event: Panel on combating poverty through decent work and gender equality. Organized
by ILO. Conference room 3. |
11:45-1:15 |
Meeting
of Conference of Non-governmental Organizations in Consultative Relationship
with the United Nations (CONGO) NGOs. Conference room 4. |
1:15-2:45 |
Special event: Panel on "Mainstreaming a gender perspective in peacekeeping operations".
Organized by the Office of the Special Adviser on Gender Issues and Advancement
of Women, the Division for the Advancement of Women and DPKO. Conference
room 3. |
1:15-2:45 |
Special event: Panel on "Challenges for promoting and protecting women's human rights".
Organized by the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the
Division for the Advancement of Women and UNIFEM. DHL Auditorium. |
1:15-2:45 |
Special event: Presentation of CD-ROM on "Status of Women in Africa". Organized by the
Economic Commission for Africa. Conference room B. |
1:30-3:00 |
Special event: Girls Speak Out. Organized by the Working Group on Girls, Centre for Development
and Population Activities (CEDPA), World Association of Girl Guides and
Girl Scouts (WAGGGS), National Council for Research on Women (NCRW), World
Vision International (WVI), and UNICEF. Conference room 4. |
3:00-6:00 |
Eighth plenary
meeting of the special session (continuation of the debate). Eighth meeting
of the Ad Hoc Committee of the Whole. |
3:15-6:00 |
Regional Caucuses.
Conference room 4. |
3:00-4:45 |
Special event: Panel on Gender and Information and Communications Technologies: Building
New Partnerships. Organized by UNIFEM, UNDP and Cisco Systems. Conference
room 3. |
3:00-4:45 |
Special event: "Realizing decent work for mid-life and older women workers" Panel on
Older Women Workers. Organized by ILO. DHL Auditorium. |
3:00-6:00 |
Special event: Presentation of study on women's participation in the electoral process.
Organized by DESA. Conference room B. |
6:00-8:00 |
Special event: : Follow-up seminar on mainstreaming gender in the programme budgeting
process. Organized by the 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. DHL Auditorium. |
6:00-8:00 |
Special event: Panel on Women and Armed Conflict. Organized by the Office of the United
Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, UNIFEM, the Office for the Coordination
of Humanitarian Affairs, and the Women's Commission for Refugee Women
and Children. Conference room 3. |
6:30-8:00 |
Special event: Workshop on networks of, for and by poor women entrepreneurs. Organized
by Women's World Banking and the International Coalition on Women and
Credit. Conference room 4. |
9:00-9:45 |
NGO Briefing, Conference
room 4. |
10:00-1:00 |
Ninth plenary meeting
of the special session (continuation of the debate). |
10:00-1:00 |
Live Feed. Conference
room 4. |
9:00-11:00 |
Special event: "Beijing+5: the way forward." Exchange of views between the European Commissioner
for Employment and Social Affairs and interested non-governmental organizations.
DHL Auditorium. |
10:00-12:00 |
Special event: Meeting on legal and social advisory services for women: Best practices
from German Development Cooperation since Beijing. Organized by the Permanent
Mission of Germany to the United Nations. Conference room 10. |
10:00-1:00 |
Special event: Panel on women in power. Organized by the United Nations Committee for
Parliamentarians for Global Action (PGA) and the Permanent Mission of
Sweden to the United Nations. Conference room 3. |
10:00-11:30 |
Special event: Presentation of the "Screening Gender Audio-visual Training Tool Kit to
Promote Fair Gender Portrayal on Television". Organized by the Permanent
Mission of Finland to the United Nations. Conference room B. |
11:15-12:30 |
Special event: Film screening "At the end of a Gun: Women and War" and launch of publication
on women and armed conflict. Organized by the International Committee
of the Red Cross. DHL Auditorium. |
12:00 |
Daily Press Briefing
by GA Spokeswoman, Shirley Brownell, at noon briefing, Room S-226. |
1:15-2:45 |
Town Hall meeting
chaired by the First Lady of Burkina Faso, and with the participation
of the first ladies of Ghana and Burundi, on "The fight against female
gential mutilation". Organized by UNDP. DHL Auditorium. |
1:15-2:45 |
Special event: Panel on Women Leaders in the United Nations paving the way to gender
equality, development and peace in the twenty-first century. Organized
by WFP. Conference room 3. |
1:30-3:00 |
Special event: Panel on globalization, governance and women. Organized by the Society
for International Development and Women in Development Network (WID).
Conference room 4. |
3:00-6:00 |
Tenth plenary meeting
of the special session (conclusion of the debate, adoption of the final
document, closing of the special session). |
3:00-4:30 |
Special event: Panel on sexual harassment. Organized by the Office of the Special Adviser
on Gender Issues and Advancement of Women. DHL Auditorium. |
3:15-3:45 |
THE HISTORICAL JOURNEY
25 YEARS OF INTERNATIONAL WOMEN鈥橲 CONFERENCES
A historical perspective on United Nations work for women. Conference
room 3. |
3:15-6:00 |
Live feed of plenary.
Conference room 4. |
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