Tuesday, 11 October 2011 from 12.00-14.00
World Council of Churches, 150 rte de Ferney, Geneva (Salles 2,3)
More information on this event on our Forum.
Category: Events
WOMEN & THE RIGHT TO WATER – HIGH LEVEL PANEL
September 26, 20ll 3:00 – 5:00 p.m. Palais des Nations – Room XXI
Distinguished Speakers:
- UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Water & Sanitation – Ms. Catarina De Albuquerque – Statement
- ISIS International – Ms. Bianca Miglioretto & Ms. Marilee Karl
- WEDO – Women’s Environment & Development Organization – Ms. Katherine McDonald, Board of Directors
- MADRE – Ms.Diana Duarte, Communications Director
- Swiss Red Cross – Mr.Lorenz Indermuehle – Water & Sanitation
- Gender & Water Alliance
- WUNRN – Women’s UN Report Network – Power Point on Global Issues of Women & The Right to Water – Ms. Lois A. Herman
Panel Moderator – Ms. Hendrica Okondo, World YWCA Global Programme Manager for SRHR & HIV and Regional Focal Point for Africa
Sponsors:
- CoNGO NGO Committee on the Status of Women – Geneva
- WUNRN – Women’s UN Report Network
- ISIS International
- MADRE
- WEDO – Women’s Environment & Development Organization
- Gender & Water Alliance
- World YWCA
- Worldwide Organization for Women – WOW
- FAWCO – Federation of American Women’s Clubs Overseas
Downloads:
- Event Flyer
- SR Water & Sanitation Statement-Women & The Right to Water Panel-HRC 18
- Statement ISIS : Women ans the Right to Water
OLDER WOMEN & THE RIGHT TO HEALTH – High Level Panel
on September 26, 20ll – l:00 – 3:00 p.m.
in the Palais des Nations, Geneva – Room XXI
Distinguished Speakers:
- Office of the UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Health – Mr. Anand Grover – Report on the Study on the Realization of the Right to Health of Older Persons
- Brazil Permanent Mission to the United Nations – Geneva
- World Health Organization – UN WHO – Ageing & Life Course Department
- CoNGO NGO Committee on Ageing Geneva – Geneva International Network on Ageing – Dr. Astrid Stuckelberger
- Ms. Ferdous Ara Begum – Former CEDAW Committee Member – Bangladesh – Chair on Working Group for General Recommendation on Rights of Older Women
- HelpAge International – Ms. Bridget Sleap
- International Disability Alliance – Mr. Facundo Chavez Penillas, VP RIADIS
- CoNGO NGO Committee on Mental Health – NYC – Statement
- WUNRN – Women’s UN Report Network – Power Point on Global Issues of Older Women & Health – Ms. Lois A. Herman
- Testimonial of an Older Rural Woman from a developing country, Tanzania, focusing on challenges of health issues and services.
Panel Moderator – Ms. Hendrica Okondo, World YWCA Global Programme Manager for SRHR & HIV and Regional Focal Point for Africa
Downloads:
Information on http://www.un.org/womenwatch/daw/csw/56sess.htm
Information on http://www.un.org/womenwatch/daw/csw/56sess.htm
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Bureau meeting, July 18
Main theme: Education for all – Accelerating progress
See http://www.un.org/en/ecosoc/substantive2011/index.shtml
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