Category: Events
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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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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An UNFPA event co-sponsored by the NGO CSW Geneva, along with the permanent missions of Bangladeh, Colombia, Finland, Mozambique, the Netherlands, New Zealand and Norway.
on Thursday 28 June 2012, 13:00 – 14:30
Room 22 in the Palais des Nations
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Date: Wednesday, June 27th, 20l2 – Time: 12:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m.
Palais des Nations – Room IX – Geneva
Distinguished Speakers:
UN Special Rapporteur in the Field of Cultural Rights – Ms. Farida Shaheed
UN Special Rapporteur on the Violence Against Women – Ms. Rashida Manjoo (Invited)
Chief of Women’s Rights & Gender Section – OHCHR – Ms. Isha Dyfan
Permanent Mission of Canada to the United Nations Geneva – Ms. Manon Boisclair – Second Secretary, Human Rights
World YWCA General Secretary & President of NGO Committee on the Status of Women Geneva, Ms. Nyaradzayi Gumbonzvanda
WUNRN – Women’s UN Report Network – Power Point – Ms. Lois A. Herman, WUNRN Coordinator
Moderator:
Inter-African Committee Geneva – Dr. Adebisi Adebayo
Objectives of this side event:
- To provide more understanding on the subject and exact actions needed for the achievement of total abandonment of the harmful traditional/cultural practices.
- To provide clarity on the need for international monitoring mechanisms to accurately gauge States’ compliance with international obligations to which they are a party.
- To provide interpretation to developed actions and interventions
- To get further insight into the concept of ‘due diligence’ and remedies.
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- Presentation of Nyaradzayi Gumbonzvanda, World YWCA General Secretary & President of NGO CSW Geneva
10:00 – 12:00 : Women speak on “protecting children during conflict and tragedy: the roles of family, community, government and the UN”
15:00 – 17:00: “Empowering young women for peacebuilding and conflict prevention”.
Room XII in the Palais des Nations
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12:00 – 14:00 Room XXV
Moderators: Madeleine Rees (WILPF)
Speakers: Women from the MENA Region
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