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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.
- Friday 13 June – 13:30-15:00
- NGO Resource Center, Palais des Nations – Geneva
Purposes
- Bring together advocates and activists addressing migrant women and their rights
- Identify key policy and protection challenges facing migrant/displaced women
- Facilitate collaboration for effective advocacy in defense of migrant women at HRC
- Broaden discussion on migration and migrant women in Beijing +20 review
Speakers
- Nyaradzayi Gumbonzvanda, President, NGO CSW Geneva – Secretary General World YWCA
- Patrick Taran, President, Global Migration Policy Associates (GMPA)
- Joyce Jett, MCDI/SCI, NGO CSW Co-Convener Interactive Roundtable
Download: Event flyer
NGO CSW Geneva hosted a Women’s Rights Caucus during the UN Human Rights Council 25th Session that focussed on Child, Early and Forced Marriage.
Speakers:
- Mirriam Michelo, survivor of child marriage, young woman from the YWCA of Zambia.
- Adwoa Kufuor, Human Rights Officer at the Women’s Rights and Gender Division, Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights.
Facilitator: Marie-Claude Julsaint, Global Programme Manager for Violence against Women, World YWCA.
Download: Event Flyer
A special diner, jointly organized by the World YWCA and the NGO Committee on the Status of Women Geneva, took place on 24 February 2014 at the Warwick Hotel, Geneva on
Universal Application of CEDAW and Beijing+20 Review
Download: Invitation
