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CSW63 Events Schedule
10thof March:
Soroptimist International Advocacy Training
Where: Taipei, Economic and Cultural Office (TECO), 1 East 42nd St. New York, 10017
When: 4.00 – 6.00 pm.
Soroptimist International Reception
Where: Taipei, Economic and Cultural Office (TECO), 1 East 42nd St. New York, 10017
When: 6.15-8.30pm.
The cost will be $50.00 to attend the reception. Cash only.
Consultation Day
Venue: Borough of Manhattan College,
199 Chambers St. New York, NY 10007
Time: 9:00-3:30pm.
(fee and registration required)
Working towards greater implementation of 1325 – models of best practice States Parties and civil society
NAWO Women, peace and security network.
Time: 10.30 – 12.00 pm.
Venue: BIC
Window on widows of all ages: agents of change not merely recipients of social protection and public services
Widows Rights International (WRI)
Time: 12.30 – 2.00 pm.
Venue: BIC
UK Secretary of State providing opening remarks.
Best practice in legislation for survivors of domestic violence
Mayor of New York Commissioner on GBV, UK NGO CSW Alliance, Law Society of England and Wales, NAWO.
Time: 2.30 – 4.00 pm.
Venue: BIC
Round table with parliamentarians and young women
UK Mission, NAWO YWA, UK Youth caucus.
Time: 4.00 – 5.15 pm.
Invitation only.
11thof March:
Addressing Gender Through the Compact for Safe and Orderly Migration
Organizer: PPSEAWA International
Co-organizer: Soroptimist International
Time: 10:30am
Venue: 4W 43rd Street, Room: Social Hall.
Vocational Training of Women: an Excellent Investment
Soroptimist International of Europe
Co-organizer: Soroptimist International, Women for Water Partnership, BPW
Time: 2:30 PM
Venue: 4W 43rd Street
Room: The Blue Room
Financial Education for Girls
Time: 12.30 – 2.30 pm.
Venue: The Japan Society, 333 E 47thStreet, New York.
Window on widows of all ages: Agents of change not merely recipients of social protection and public services
WRI
Time: 12.30 – 2.00 pm.
Venue: Baha’i Intl. Community, 866 UN Plaza, #120.
Working towards greater implementation of 1325 – models of best practice States Parties and civil society
Speakers include
Grant Shubin, Deputy Legal Director Global Justice Center
Activists from Cameroon and Niger
Organisations from Libya and the UK
Young women
Time: 10.30 – 12.00 pm.
12thof March:
NGO/GO Partnership for Women Under the Service of Domestic Violence
Modern Women’s Foundation SIA President-Elect, Tina Pan’s Foundation
Time: 8:30 AM.
Venue: Armenian Convention
Room: Guild Hall
Advancing Women’s Legal Rigths to Water Organizer: Women for Water Partnership
Co-organizer: Soroptimist International, BPW
Time: 12:30 PM.
Venue: 4 W 43rd Street
Room: Aqua Room
CSW Forum Reception
Time: 6:00-8:00
Venue: The New Yorker Hotel, 481 8th Avenue.
(Fee and registration required)
Launch of a Global Feminist Alliance for Trade Justice
Gender and Trade Coalition
Time: 2:30 PM
Venue: 4 W 43rd Street, NYC. Aqua Room.
Gender- and Adolescent- Responsive Social Protection: Unleashing the Potential of Social Protection for Adolescent Girls and Women
Time: 10.00 – 10.15 am.
Venue: Conference Room 1 (CR1), United Nations Headquarters, New York, NY 10017
Is current governance infrastructure, including the judicial and legal system, delivering for women and girls?
UNCSW63 parallel event.
Time: 2.30 – 4.00 pm.
Venue:FEDCAP, 210 E 43rd St New York, NY 1001
Robust and independent judicial and legal institutions as a way of addressing women’s empowerment
NAWO, Law Society of England and Wales, World Bank
Time: 10.30 – 12.00 pm.
Venue: BIC
Strengthening protection for women: delivering on the CEDAW recommendations through the SDGs
NIWEP
Time: 10.30 – 12.00 pm.
Venue: FEDCAP.
Public health investment in rural areas for women and girls
PRIDE
Time: 12.30 – 2.00 pm.
Venue: FEDCAP.
13thof March:
Artisans Fair
Time: 12:00-4:00
Venue: Church Center
Gender-Responsive Social Protection for Marginalised Women and Survivors of Trafficking
Time: 4.30 pm
Venue: Social Hall, 4 W 43rd Street, New York 10036
Vision Voices – voices of young women on social protection, access to public services and sustainable infrastructure for gender equality and the empowerment of girls
NAWO
Time: 11.30 – 12.45 pm.
Venue: UKMIS.
Migrant women and girls in crisis: the untold stories of migrant women and girls in accessing social protection
Justina Mutale Foundation
Time: 2.30 – 4.00 pm.
Venue: FEDCAP.
Ensuring public services and infrastructure are responsive to the needs and accessible to all women
IPU, UN Women (NAWO YWA speaker)
Time: 2.30 – 4.15 pm.
Venue: Trusteeship Council Chamber.
There is no social protection unless it is gender sensitive
UN Women NC UK
Time: 4.30 – 6.00 pm.
Venue: Social Hall, 4 W 43rd St.
Women’s Access to Services in Times of Political Uncertainty
Sponsor: Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission
Time: 4:30-6:00 pm.
Venue: Auditorium, Salvation Army, New York (221 East 52nd Street, New York, NY, 10022, United States).
Making the economy work for women: Rights and realities
AWID, FEMNET, PSI, IWDA and Womankind
Time: 6.15 – 7.45 PM.
Venue: CCUN
14thof March:
Lifting Women from Poverty Through Lifelong Learning
Organizer: Soroptimist International
SIA, SIE, SIGBI, SISWP
Time: 12:30 PM
Venue: 4 W 43rd Street
Room: Social Hall
Ensuring robust spaces for civil society to strengthen sustainable infrastructure for gender equality and the empowerment of women and girls
CSW Alliance
Time: 12.30 – 2.00 pm.
Venue: FEDCAP, 210 E 43rd St 3rd Floor, New York, NY 10017, USA.
Social Protection, Gender Equality, and Women’s Empowerment
UN Mission of the Republic of Korea
Co-organizer: International Council of Women
Time: 4:45-6:00
Venue: United Nations Main Building.
Room: 11.
* SI UN representative Dr. Martina Gredler to speak.
Development education and it’s role in empowerment: case studies from the Pacific Rim
PRIDE
Time: 10.30 – 12.00 pm.
Venue: BIC.
Equality for Women=Prosperity for All
BIC, NAWO, EBBF, ADVANCE
Time: 3.15 – 5.00 pm.
Venue: BIC.
Faith & Feminism: Forward looking strategies on social protection
NBCW & ADVANCE
Time: 4.30 – 6.00 pm.
Venue: FEDCAP.
Comprehensive Sexuality Education for Youth: a key to gender equality and the empowerment of women and girls
UNGEI, YCSRR & UNFPA
Time: 10 am.
Venue:UNICEF House, 3 UN Plaza, East 44 Street, New York.
Every woman matters – Social protection and older women’s economic empowerment
Age International
Time: 10.30 – 12.00 pm.
Venue: FEDCAP – 210 East 43rdStreet (between 2ndand 3rdAvenue).
15thof March:
From the Cradle to the Grave: Social Protections for Women and Girls
Organizer: Mission of Romania and Soroptimist International
Time: 1:15 – 2:30 pm.
Venue: United Nations CR A.
Rally
NGO CSW
Time: 12:00- 2:00pm.
Venue: Dag Hammarskjöld Plaza, 245 E 47th St, New York, NY 10017.
Girls Excluded: The body confidence crisis and tools for action
World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts
Time: 2.30pm
Venue: 2nd Floor, Church Centre.
Our streets too. Listen to Girls’ voices
World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts
Time: 4.30pm.
Venue: 2nd Floor, Church Centre.
Unlocking the Power of Faith
UN Commission on the Status of Women #63
Based Partnerships: Enabling the Right to Social Protection
Time: 10:00 -11:30 am.
Faith, Feminism and Human Rights Frameworks
Time: 10-11.30 am.
Venue: Permanent Mission of Canada to the United Nations
18thof March:
Time: 11:30 -12:45 pm.
Venue: Side Event at Express Bar, UN Building, New York
Opening Remarks
(15minutes)
Introduction
(10minutes)
The introduction will amplify the value of faith
-based partnerships, informed by the Joint Learning Initiative on Faith and Local Communities
research, we will share some of the success stories and where there are still challenges to address
Panel Discussion on Enabling the Right to Social Protection
(30 minutes)
The panel of threefaith actors, will discuss how faith-based partnerships are
enabling the right to social protection, by challenging gender-norms, and stepping in when the state and society fail to deliver.
Followed by Q & A
(10 minutes)
Closing Remarks
(10 minutes)
The definition of empowerment in the context of Agenda 2030
ADVANCE
Time: 10.00 – 11.30 am.
Venue: BIC.
Ensuring all gender targets of Agenda 2030 are implemented
CSW Alliance
Time: 12.00 – 1.30 pm.
Venue: BIC, 866 United Nations Plaza #120, New York, NY 10017, USA.
Best practice models for States Parties working with civil society at CSW
CSW Alliance and UK GEO
Time: 4.45 – 6.00 pm.
Venue: Express Bar, UN Building
19thof March:
Advancing Women’s Legal Rights to Water
Women for Water Partnership
Co-Organizer: Environmental Law Institute
Time: 2:30 PM.
Venue: Salvation Army, Auditorium.
Ensuring women’s voices are heard in the implementation of Agenda 2030
NAWO
Time: 11.00 – 12.30 pm.
Venue: BIC
Widow’s empowerment and the link to sustainable development
WRI
Time: 1 – 2.30 pm.
Venue: BIC
20thof March:
The role of development education regarding the impact of sustainable development on women and girls
PRIDE
Time: 11-12.30 pm.
Venue: BIC
The role of ethical business to aid women’s empowerment in the light of Agenda 2030
EBBF
Time: 2 – 3.30 pm.
Venue: BIC
21stof March:
Global Citizens – Global Coverage for Women and Girls
Coalition for Global Citizenship 2030
Co-Organizer: Soroptimist International
Time: 2:30 PM.
Venue: Salvation Army.
Room: Downstairs.
CSW62 UK NGO Alliance events schedule
Please see below for an up-to-date schedule of the events that NAWO and its member organisations will be hosting and participating in, enabling us to advocate for women and girls at one of the world’s most powerful platforms.
To find out more about CSW and the role it plays in gender equality, please click here.
To view further details of each event, please click on their titles below.
NAWO-supported events:
NAWO: Child Widows and Young Widows
WHEN: Wednesday 14th March
WHERE: Fedcap Rehabilitation Services Inc, 210 East 43 Street
NAWO: Rural Women, Peace and Prosperity in a changing Europe: Perspectives
WHEN: Tuesday 13th March
WHERE: Fedcap Rehabilitation Services Inc, 210 East 43 Street
WHO: NAWO; NIWEP; UKJCW
NAWO: Increasing Prosperity for Rural Women: Implementing Gendered SDG Targets
WHEN: Wednesday 14th March
WHERE: Vertan Hall, The Armenian Convention Centre, 630 2nd Ave
NAWO: The Importance of Social Entrepreneurship for Rural Women
WHEN: Tuesday 13th March
WHERE: Fedcap Rehabilitation Services Inc, 210 East 43 Street
NAWO: Innovation – Using ICTs to Empower Rural Women
WHEN: Tuesday 13th March
WHERE: Fedcap Rehabilitation Services Inc, 210 East 43 Street
World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts…
…are proud to invite you to their two cornerstone events. Please click on the title of each event to learn more and view a PDF flyer, containing full information.
Using Body Confidence Advocacy to Empower Rural Girls
WHEN: Tuesday 13 March 4.30pm
WHO: WAGGGS in partnership with Dove
WHERE: Church Centre UN, 10th Floor
THROUGH HER EYES: #Girls are Unsafe
WHEN: Friday 16 March 3.30pm – 5pm
WHO: WAGGGS in partnership Unicef Innovation
WHERE: Westin Grand Central, 212 E 42nd St, New York, NY 10017
Womankind Events
Making the case for a new legally bindin g treaty to eliminate violence against women and girls
WHEN: Tuesday 13 March, 8:30am
WHERE: Blue Room, 4 W 43rd Street, New York, NY, 10036
Making the case for a new legally binding treaty to eliminate violence against women and girls
WHEN: Tuesday 13 March, 6:30pm
WHERE: Room L.63 NB, 524 W 59th Street, New York, NY, 10019
Islamic Relief Worldwide
Empowering Women and Promoting Gender Justice in the Muslim World
WHEN: Thursday 15 March, 11:30am
WHERE: UN Conference Room D, Conference Building, 405 East 42nd Street, New York, NY, 10017
WHEN: Thursday 15 March, 4:00pm
WHERE: Social Hall, 4 W 43rd Street, New York, NY 10036
Launching the Global Consultation on the Islamic Gender Justice Declaration
WHEN: Friday 16 March, 10:00am
WHERE: UNFPA , 605 Third Avenue, 5th Floor, Conference Room 5D
WHEN: Wednesday 21 March, 8:30am
WHERE: Church Center for United Nations, 777 United Nations Plz New York, NY 10017
To register for the event email csw-alliance@nawo.org.uk.
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