NGO CSW GenevaThe NGO CSW Geneva organized a Forum on
‘Women and Global Migration: Root Causes and Innovative Solutions’
that took place on 23 February 9:30-13:00 in the Room XI, Palais des Nations in Geneva.
The following topics were discussed:
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Co-organiszed by NGO CSW Geneva members Bangle and Dialogue, International Council of Jewish Women and Medical Care Development International, in partnership with Global Migration Associates and Rwanda Women Network:
Migration: Crises of Values and Governance
Human Rights, Social Cohesion, Women, Development…
on
Wednesday 24 June 2015, 12h to 13h30, Palais des Nations, room VIII
A participatory event highlighting key synergies and mutual dependencies among human rights, international migration, advancement of women, equality now, and the development agendas
to stimulate dialogue, cooperation, and make common cause across intersecting concerns, constituencies and networks to shore up the rights-based approach to governance, to equality and non- discrimination, to migration, to advancement of all women, and to development.
The Young Leaders Caucus YLC is an organization of young people, mostly young women, that was born during the Geneva NGO Forum Beijing+20 UN ECE Review organized by the NGO CSW Geneva in November 2014.
Following up on substantive work done for the NGO Forum, YLC cordially invites you to a CSW59 Side-Event on
Human Rights and Migrant Women
on 11 March 10:30-12:00 at CCUN Chapel, New York
Speakers:
Moderator:: Jitka Markova, European Network of Migrant Women, Migrant Women’s Platform (UK)
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The NGO CSW Geneva & GMPA cordially invite NGO / Civil society to an open caucus on migrant/displaced women and their rights in context of the current session of the Human Rights Council.
Speakers
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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
We are pleased to have Mary Balikungeri, Founder and Director of the Rwanda Women Community Development Network speak to us about her work with displaced women, violence and peace building in Rwanda.
We will meet at the CoNGO Board Room at 11 Ave de la Paix
on Thursday April 21st from 13:00 – 15:00.
Looking forward to seeing you then.
Krishna Ahoojapatel & Joyce Jett
Co-Conveners NGO-CSW Working Group on Displaced Women