Tag: Women’s Rights
On 30 May 2013 14:00-16:00 – Room VIII, Palais des Nation.
Distinguished Speakers:
- UN Special Rapporteur in the Field of Cultural Rights – Ms. Farida Shaheed – Invited
- Dr. Krishna Ahoojapatel – WILPF – Definition of Traditional Values
- Mr. Willy Fautre – Chair, Human Rights Without Frontiers International
- Ms. Lois A. Herman – WUNRN-Women’s UN Report Network – History, Intersections, UN Study
- Ms. Zarizana Abdul Aziz – Due Diligence Project, Co-Director
- Dr. Lale Say, World Health Organization, Coordinator Reproductive Health & Research
- Mr. Peter Prove – Ecumenical Advisory Alliance, Executive Director
Moderator: Dr. Adebisi Adebayo – Inter-African Committee Geneva
Co-sponors: Due Diligence Project, IAC, INPEA, World YWCA, WUNRN
Download: Events Flyer
On the 100th anniversary of International Women’s Day, the NGO CSW Geneva organized a roundtable on “Celebrating Women’s Rights: Higher Education – Pathway to Gender Equality and Decent Work”, which was held on 8 March 2011 in the Palais des Nations in Geneva.
Speakers:
• Kyung-Wha Kang, Deputy High Commissioner for Human Rights – see her statement (on the OHCHR website)
• Patricia Schultz, CEDAW Committee, former Director of Federal Department of Equality in Switzerland
• Daniel Kull, World Bank
• Marianne Haslegrave, President, International Federation of University Women (IFUW)
• Jane Hodges, Director, ILO Bureau for Gender Equality
Download: Event report by Carolyn Handschin, Women’s Federation for World Peace, Int’l.