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Parallel events

(Second week 8 - 12 March 2010)

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Monday 8 March 2010

Antigua and Barbuda, UNDP, International Development Research Centre (IDRC)
Title DEMOCRATIC GOVERNANCE AND WOMEN’S RIGHTS
Location Conference Room C (TNLB)
Time 10:00 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.

Australia
Title STOP TRAFFICKING - ACTION, ADVOCACY AND PROGRESS AROUND THE WORLD THROUGH LOCAL AND GLOBAL EFFORTS
Location Conference Room C (TNLB)
Time 11:30 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.

International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance (IDEA)          
Title GENDER QUOTAS AND DEMOCRACY
Location Conference Room B (TNLB)
Time 1:15 p.m. – 2:45 p.m.

Iran (Islamic Republic of), Qatar, Saint Lucia, Syrian Arab Republic, Family Watch International, The Doha Institute for Family Studies and Development
Title THE CRITICAL ROLE OF MOTHERS IN SOCIETY
Location Conference Room 1
Time 1:15 p.m. – 2:45 p.m.

South Africa
Title CULTURE AND ITS IMPACT ON GENDER EQUALITY, WITH A SPECIFIC FOCUS ON INHERITANCE
Location Conference Room C (TNLB)
Time 4:30 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.

Tuesday 9 March 2010


Denmark
Title POPULATION GROWTH, GENDER, CLIMATE AND SEXUAL AND REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH
Location Conference Room C (TNLB)
Time 11:30 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.

United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs
Title IN HARM'S WAY: GIRLS IN SETTINGS OF ENDEMIC ARMED VIOLENCE
Location Conference Room C (TNLB)
Time 1:15 p.m. – 2:45 p.m.

OSAGI, Finland, Jamaica
Title THE ROAD TO BEIJING: CRITICAL BUILDING BLOCKS. IN MEMORIAM TO HELVI SIPILA AND LUCILLE MAIR (Download flyer)
Location Conference Room 1
Time 1:15 p.m. – 2:45 p.m.

Spain
Title THE BEIJING PLATFORM FOR ACTION AND THE NEW FRAMEWORK OF EFFECTIVENESS OF ODA (Download flyer in Spanish)
Location Conference Room B (TNLB)
Time 1:15 p.m. – 2:45 p.m.

UNDP, Solidarity for African Women’s Rights (SOAWR)
Title REALIZING THE PROMISE OF THE BEIJING PLATFORM FOR ACTION AND THE PROTOCOL TO THE AFRICAN CHARTER ON HUMAN AND PEOPLES' RIGHTS ON THE RIGHTS OF WOMEN IN AFRICA
Location Conference Room 6 (TNLB)
Time 1:15 p.m. – 2:45 p.m.

UNIFEM, Social Watch
Title PUTTING GENDER ECONOMICS AT THE FOREFRONT: THE SOCIAL WATCH 2010 GENDER EQUITY INDEX
Location Conference Room C (TNLB)
Time 3:00 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.

UNDP
Title WOMEN, HIV AND HUMAN RIGHTS: ADDRESSING PROPERTY AND INHERITANCE RIGHTS
Location Conference Room C (TNLB)
Time 4:30 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.

Wednesday 10 March 2010


UNFPA, UNACTION
Title PANEL DISCUSSION ON WOMEN, PEACE AND SECURITY (Download flyer) (Other UNFPA events)
Location Conference Room C (TNLB)
Time 10:00 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.

FAO, WOCAN, Huairou Commission
Title SUPPORTING WOMEN PRODUCERS TO RESPOND TO THE CHALLENGES OF FOOD INSECURITY
Location Conference Room C (TNLB)
Time 11:30 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.

UN-INSTRAW, Spain
Title CAPACITY DEVELOPMENT AND NETWORKING FOR GENDER EQUALITY AND ACCOUNTABILITY IN AID EFFECTIVENESS
Location Conference Room C (TNLB)
Time 1:15 p.m. – 2:45 p.m.

Panama
Title THE IMPORTANCE OF SEX LITERACY FOR WOMEN AND MEN (Download flyer)
Location Conference Room 1
Time 1:15 p.m. – 2:45 p.m.

Holy See
Title GLOBALIZATION: IT MAKES US NEIGHBOURS, GRASPS EQUALITY BETWEEN WOMEN AND MEN. CAN IT ALSO ESTABLISH FRATERNITY?
Location Conference Room 6 (TNLB)
Time 1:15 p.m. – 2:45 p.m.

Thailand
Title PROMOTING WOMEN'S RIGHTS IN THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM
Location Conference Room C (TNLB)
Time 4:30 p.m. -  6:00 p.m.

Brazil, Women International Democratic Federation (WIDF)
Title WOMEN, BEIJING+15 AND ACCESS TO WORK
Location Conference Room C (TNLB)
Time 3:00 p.m. – 4:30 p.m.

Thursday 11 March 2010

UNIFEM, World Bank, UNDP
Title GENDER EQUALITY AND GOOD GOVERNANCE FORUM: IMPROVING SERVICES FOR WOMEN. INNOVATIONS AND NEW DIRECTIONS IN THE WORLD BANK AND THE UN (Please RSVP to sudarsana.kundu@unifem.org)
Location Knightsbridge Room, Tudor Hotel New York,
304 East 42nd Street
Time 9:30 a.m. – 5:15 p.m.

UNDP, The International Center for Research on Women (ICRW)
Title THE POWER TO EMPOWER: LEVERAGING INNOVATION TO TRANSFORM WOMEN'S LIVES
Location Conference Room C (TNLB)
Time 10:00 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.

UN-INSTRAW, UNDP
Title MIGRATION, REMITTANCES AND GENDER RESPONSIVE LOCAL DEVELOPMENT
Location Conference Room B (TNLB)
Time 1:15 p.m. – 2:45 p.m.

OHCHR, International Federation of Women Lawyers (FIDA), Women’s UN Report Network (WUNRN)
Title NGO PARTICIPATION IN THE UNIVERSAL PERIODIC REVIEW AND THE UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL (Download flyer)
Location Conference Room E (TNLB)
Time 1:15 p.m. – 2:45 p.m.

Equality without Reservation, ADFM and UNIFEM
Title THEIR RULES… OUR LIFE
Location Conference Room C (TNLB)
Time 3:00 p.m. – 4:30 p.m.

Netherlands
Title DO YOU SEE THE OPPORTUNITY? - HOW GOVERNMENTS CAN SUCCESSFULLY INVEST IN WOMEN'S EMPOWERMENT
Location Conference Room C (TNLB)
Time 4:30 p.m. – 6:00 p.m.

Friday 12 March 2010

United States of America
Title ADDRESS BY U.S. SECRETARY OF STATE HILLARY RODHAM CLINTON ON THE OCCASION OF THE 15TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE UN WORLD CONFERENCE ON WOMEN, IN BEIJING
(webcast Webcast: Archived video)
Location Conference Room 2
Time 3:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.