Year: 2012
10:00 to 12:30 in the CoNGO meeting Room – 11, Av. de la Paix in Geneva
a Joint event by World YWCA, WWSF and the NGO CSW Geneva
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- Concept note on CEDAW Experiences in Taiwan: Towards Universal Application
- Key recommendation
- UN Secretary General’s Message for the International Day of Rural Women
- WWSF annual open letter to Rural Women of the World: Claim your Space in Mitigating and Adapting to Climate Change!
on 12 September 2012 at 12:00 to 14:00
in room XI of the Palais de Nations.
Welcome address: Asha Kowtal WinG-India (10 mins)
Chair: Lia van Broekhoven Cordaid-GPPAC, Human Security Network (5 mins)
Panelists:
- Renu Takhellambam Gun widow and President, EEVFAM
- Lilabati Baishya Survivor of Sexual Violence, Assam, India
- Frank van Lierde Writer and Researcher, The Netherlands
Book release – “We the widows of the Gun”:
- Nengchin Khongshai Gun widow, Manipur, India
- Namrata Daniel All India Dalit Mahila Adhikar Manch
Closing comments NoniBala Narengbham WinG-India
Organized by WinG – Co-Sponsors: Pax Romana, WILPF, GNWP, NGO CSW Geneva
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12 September 2012 – 13:00-15:00 – Room XXI, Palais des Nations
A collaboration between the Permanent Missions of Finland, Morocco, Peru, Portugal, Spain and Thailand and the NGO CSW Geneva.
Panelists:
- Ms. Laura DUPUY LASSERRE, President of the Human Rights Council (Chair, Moderator)
- Ms. Kyung-wha KANG, UN Deputy High Commissioner for Human Rights (Opening statement)
- Ms. Magdalena SEPULVEDA, UN Special Rapporteur on Extreme Poverty
- Mr. Niklas BRUUN, Member of the CEDAW Committee
- Ms. Ruth Abril Sttoffels, Professor of International Law and International Relations, specialised in gender issues, Cardenal Herrera CEU University
- Ms. Nyaradzai GUMBONZVANDA, President of the NGO Committee on the Status of Women and General Secretary of YWCA
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The NGO CSW-Geneva supports the holding of a 5th World Conference on Women including the 20 Year Review of the Beijing Platform for Action (1995). The Committee’s Position Paper on a 5th Women Conference on Women provides the background to this decision, the rationale for such support and the key issues for considerations.
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Date: Monday 2 July 2012, 13:00-15:00
Room XXIV, Palais des Nations
Objectives:
- To identify gaps and solutions from different perspectives
- To strengthen advocacy for the accelerated implementation of the ICPD Plan of Action
Chair and introduction: Nyaradzayi Gumbonzvanda: President, NGO Committee on the Status of Women,
Geneva Rapporteur: Joyce Jett, Medical Care Development International
Panel:
- Where do we stand with Reproductive Rights and the ICPD review? Alanna Armitage, Director, UNFPA Office, Geneva
- Rio+20 and Reproductive Rights Beatriz Schultess, Senior Associate, Conference of NGOs with Consultative Status to the UN , CoNGO
- Family Planning and Reproductive Health in the Developing World Dr. Karim Abawi, Gynaecologist, Expert in Reproductive Health and Training Programmes
- Defining Reproductive Rights – an Evolution Dr. Krishna Ahoojapatel, Women and Development, former President of NGO CSW Geneva
- Innovation and Technology: Tools to Protect Reproductive Health and Rights Dr. Astrid Stuckelberger, University of Geneva Public Health School, Vice-President NGO CSW Geneva
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