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Panel on the current situation of girls and women in Afghanistan
on Thursday, June 9 from 3-5 in Room XXV
This Panel follows up on the letter that the Committe sent to the HRC President and others concerning the very disturbing report of Dec 9, 2010 from the UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan. The person who wrote that report will be among the speakers.
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High level panel organized by WUNRN and co-sponsored by the NGO Committee on the Status of Women Geneva, NGLS, the Centre for Women’s Global Leadership (CWGL) and the Worldwide Organization for Women (WOW) on
Women – Poverty – Crisis – Human Rights
June 3, 2011 from 14:00 to 16:00
at the Palais dses Nations.
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The Committee’s General Assembly will take place onMonday 27 June from 10:00 am to 1:00 pm.
Bureau Election will be held by secret ballot.
In relation to this upcoming General Assembly, the minutes of the Conveners meeting that took place on 28th of March can be downloaded here
Dear friends and colleagues of Conchita,
As members of the NGO-CSW Bureau of which Conchita was President, as her close colleagues and friends, we would like to extend a very warm invitation to you to join us to share memories together, enjoy some music and a light snack in a warm atmosphere- in her memory.
The memorial meeting will be held from 17:30 -19:30 on June the 15th in the Congo Office, beginning from 18:00 with the program.
There will be an opportunity to express your thoughts, feelings and memories and/ or to do so in writing in a commemoration book which will be available that evening. Those letters, which have already been sent to us, so deeply appreciated by Conchita’s family, will also be included.
We are very grateful for those planning to bring drinks, cakes or snacks to be shared by all!
Very sincerely,
Carolyn Handschin, Secretary for the NGO-CSW Bureau
(Krishna Ahoojapatel, Simone Ovart, Ursula Barter, Joyce Jett)
A High Level Panel will be held as a side-event during the Human Rights Council – 17th Session
FGM – FEMALE GENITAL MUTILATION PROGRESS – REALITIES – CHALLENGES
on June 1, 2011 12:00 – 2:00 p.m. in the Palais des Nations, Geneva.
Download: Event’s Flyer (with list of speakers)
Dear Colleagues,
We cordially invite you to join us at the NGO CSW Women’s Right to Health WG
on Wednesday, 25 May from 4 to 6 p.m. (CoNGO Meeting Room)
and look forward to seeing you there.
Best wishes,
Afton and Manjit
Co-Convenors, NGO CSW Women’s Right to Health
Download: Meeting-agenda
Conchita Poincini as President of the NGO Committere on the Status of Women Geneva and Convener of the Working Group on Women’s Employment and the Economics of Gender was adamant on organising a two hour lunch event in preparation of the ILO Labour Conference (ILC), which is to be held June 1-17, 2011.
The ILO Labor Conference will discuss for the second year running the adoption of a Convention and/or Recommendation on “Domestic Workers” a particularly exploited and unprotected group of workers, who are mostly women.
In relation to this conference, the NGO-CSW Working Groups on Employment & the Economics of Gender, Displaced Women and Women’s Right to Health, will hold a panel on
“Domestic Work: Human Rights of Women- Towards an ILO Convention on Domestic Workers”
on Monday, May 30, 2011
in Room S4 at the Palais des Nations.
The Event Flyer can be downloaded here
Dear colleagues and friends of Conchita,
It is with great sadness that I am writing to you with the news of the passing of Conchita last Friday morning. I’ve only just heard the news today.
We’ve all been amazed by Conchita’s unwavering commitment to her principles and vision for the empowerment and dignity of all women- while enduring such a tremendous suffering over the recent months. I often thought when I saw her continued determination throughout her illness- and genuine concern that no opportunity be lost, “could I do that?”. I do not know, but seeing her courage has touched me deeply.
So many have been enriched by her knowledge and so impressed and encouraged by her life- and this will live on. I can say that I really love her and many share that sentiment with me. She has been a great mentor, model and partner, as she always closed her letters “yours in solidarity”. Her vigilant presence will be greatly missed at the United Nations and many, many other circles and I would propose that we could honor her memory in some meaningful way and continue to build upon her good work.
Conchita’s son Albert, has sent a mail, which some of you may have already seen, but which I am copying here.
Our family, Conchita’s sons, grandchildren and daughters-in-law are deeply saddened to inform you that Conchita Jimenez-Poncini has left us today, Friday May 13th 2011, after a long struggle against cancer. She fought this sickness with courage and dignity. She left peacefully this morning, her family beside her. We will miss her love, kindness and generosity. Our world is now very different without her.
Her funeral will be held at the Catholic Church of Troinex, Geneva, on Wednesday May 18th, 2011 at 14h30.
Thank you for your thoughts and prayers.
– Albert & Julie, Alexandra, Sebastien, Louise
– Richard & Laurence, Mélanie
Very sincerely,
Carolyn Handschin
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