10.00 a.m. – 1.00 p.m.

UN
Holiday

- Opening of the session Archived webcast

- Election of officers (Item 1)

- Adoption of the agenda and other organizational matters (Item 2)

- Introduction of documents [Item 3 as a whole]

General discussion (Item 3) (opens)

Review of the implementation of: the BPfA and the outcome of the 23rd special session of the GA - sharing of experiences and good practices on implementation of the Platform for Action, with a view to overcoming remaining obstacles and new challenges

Panel 1:
Access and participation of women and girls to education, training, science and technology, including for the promotion of women’s equal access to full employment and decent work

Key policy initiatives and capacity-building on gender mainstreaming

Focus on science and technology

Archived webcast

General discussion (Item 3) (continued)
Archived webcast

Panel 3:
Evaluation of progress in the implementation of the agreed conclusions on “The elimination of all forms of discrimination and violence against the girl child”
Archived webcast

1 - 3 p.m.

Panel for 2012: The empowerment of rural women and their role in poverty and hunger eradication, development and current challenges
Archived webcast

Joint event Commission on the Status of Women and Statistical Commission

3.00 – 6.00 p.m.

Two parallel high-level round tables on the priority theme: Access and participation of women and girls to education, training, science and technology, including for the promotion of women’s equal access to full employment and decent work
– (Item 3 (a) (i))
Archived webcasts: High-Level Round Table 1
High-Level Round Table 2

Panel 2:
Access and participation of women and girls to education, training, science and technology, including for the promotion of women’s equal access to full employment and decent work

Key policy initiatives and capacity-building on gender mainstreaming

Focus on education and training

Archived webcast

General discussion (Item 3) (continued)
Archived webcast

Informal consultations (Agreed conclusions)

10.00 a.m. – 1.00 p.m.

General discussion (Item 3) (concluded)
Archived webcast

in parallel with
Informal consultations (Agreed conclusions)

Panel 4:
Emerging issues, trends and new approaches to issues affecting the situation of women or equality between women and men

Gender equality and sustainable development
Archived webcast

3.00 pm: deadline for submission of draft proposals

Informal consultations (Agreed conclusions)

Follow-up to the Economic and
Social Council resolutions and
decisions (Item 5) - introduction and discussion

followed by:
Introduction of draft proposals

in parallel withInformal consultations (Agreed conclusions)

Action on draft proposals

1 – 3 p.m.

3.00 – 6.00 p.m.

Informal consultations (Agreed conclusions)

Panel 5:
Elimination of preventable maternal mortality and morbidity and the empowerment of women
(CSW resolution 54/5)
Archived webcast

Closed meeting to consider the report of the Working Group on Communications (Item 4)

followed by:
Informal consultations (Agreed conclusions)

Informal consultations (Agreed conclusions)

-Action on draft proposals
-Provisional agenda for the 56th session of CSW (Item 6)
-Adoption of the draft report of the CSW on its 55th session (Item 7)
-Closure of the 55th session followed by-Opening of the 56th session, for the sole purpose of electing the Chair and other Members of the Bureau

High-level roundtable A
Access and participation of women and girls in education, training, science and technology, including for the promotion of women’s equal access to full employment and decent work

Tuesday, 22 February 2011, 3 - 6 p.m.
Conference Room 3, North Lawn Building

List of delegations

• Archived webcast
  
• Moderator's summary [ A C E F R S ]
• Chair: H.E. Mr. Garen Nazarian, Chair of the Commission (Armenia)
  
  
• Keynote speaker: Mr. Fortunato de la Peña, Vice-Chair of the United Nations Commission on Science and Technology for Development and Undersecretary for Science and Technology, Philippines [ Paper ]
• United Nations response: Ms. Barbara Bailey, Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women [ Paper ]
• NGO response: Ms. Joy Carter, International Federation of University Women

Discussion guide [ A C E F R S ]

High-level roundtable B
Access and participation of women and girls in education, training, science and technology, including for the promotion of women’s equal access to full employment and decent work

Tuesday, 22 February 2011, 3 - 6 p.m.
Conference Room 4, North Lawn Building

List of delegations

• Archived webcast
• Moderator's summary [ A C E F R S ]
• Chair: H.E. Mr. Kazuo Kodama, Deputy Permanent Representative of Japan
  
  
• Keynote speaker: Ms. Josefina Vázquez Mota, Member of Parliament and former Minister of Education, Mexico [ Paper ]
• United Nations response: Ms. Jane Hodges, ILO
• NGO response: Ms. Deepali Sood, Plan International

Discussion guide [ A C E F R S ]

Panel 1
Key policy initiatives and capacity-building on gender mainstreaming: focus on science and technology

Wednesday, 23 February 2011, 10 a.m. - 1 p.m.
Conference Room 3, North Lawn Building

• Archived webcast
• Moderator's summary [ A C E F R S ]
• Moderator: Ms. María Luz Melon, Vice-Chair of the Commission (Argentina)

Panellists

• Ms. Sesae Mpuchane, Professor, University of Botswana, Botswana
  [ Paper | Presentation]
• Ms. Hagit Messer, President, Open University, Israel
  [ Paper | Presentation]
• Ms. Londa Schiebinger, Professor, Stanford University, USA
  [ Paper | Presentation]
• Mr. Bunker Roy, Founder and Director, Barefoot College, India
  [ Paper | Presentation]
• Ms. Anne Miroux, Director, Technology and Trade Logistics Division, UNCTAD
  [ Paper | Presentation]

Secretary-General's report E/CN.6/2011/3 [ A C E F R S ]

Panel 2
Key policy initiatives and capacity-building on gender mainstreaming: focus on education and training

Wednesday, 23 February 2011, 3 - 6 p.m.
Conference Room 3, North Lawn Building

• Archived webcast
• Moderator's summary [ A C E F R S ]
• Moderator: Mr. Tetsuya Kimura, Vice-Chair of the Commission (Japan)

Panellists

• Ms. Diana Serafini, Vice Minister for Educational Management, Ministry of Education and Culture, Paraguay [ Paper | Presentation ]
• Ms. Subhangi Herath, Senior Lecturer, University of Colombo, Sri Lanka
  [ Paper | Presentation ]
• Ms. Aicha Barki, Founder and President, Algerian Literacy Association (IQRAA), Algeria [was unable to attend] [ Paper ]
• Ms. Ilze Trapenciere, Advisor, Latvian Trade Union of Education and Science Employees (LIZDA), Latvia
• Ms. S. Gülser Corat, Director, Division for Gender Equality, UNESCO [Paper]

Secretary-General's report E/CN.6/2011/5 [ A C E F R S ]

Panel 3
Evaluation of progress in the implementation of the agreed conclusions on “The elimination of all forms of discrimination and violence against the girl child”

Friday, 25 February 2011, 10 a.m. - 1 p.m.
Conference Room 3, North Lawn Building

• Archived webcast
• Issues paper
• Moderator's summary [ A C E F R S ]
• Moderator: Mr. Filippo Cinti, Vice-Chair of the Commission (Italy)

Panellists

• Mr. Saad Houry, Deputy Executive Director, UNICEF [ Paper ]
• Three young women: Lil Shira, Ika and Ya Marie

Panel 4
Gender equality and sustainable development

Tuesday, 1 March 2011, 10 a.m. - 1 p.m.
Conference Room 3, North Lawn Building

• Archived webcast
• Issues paper
• Moderator's summary [ A C E F R S ]
• Moderator: Ms. Leysa Sow, Vice-Chair of the Commission (Senegal)

Panellists

• Ms. Henrietta Elizabeth Thompson, Executive Coordinator of the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development
• Ms. Monique Essed-Fernandes, Interim Executive Director, Women's Environment & Development Organization (WEDO) [ Paper ]
• Mr. Robert Freling, Executive Director of the Solar Electric Light Fund (SELF)
  [ Paper ]
• Ms. Albina Ruiz, Founder and President of Grupo Ciudad Saludable (Health Cities Group) [ Paper ]

Panel 5
Elimination of preventable maternal mortality and morbidity and the empowerment of women

Tuesday, 1 March 2011, 3 - 6 p.m.
Conference Room 3, North Lawn Building

• Archived webcast
• Issues paper
• Chair: H.E. Mr. Garen Nazarian, Chair of the Commission (Armenia)
• Chair’s summary [ A C E F R S ]
• Moderator: Ms. Michelle Bachelet, Executive Director, UN Women

Panellists

• Dr. Babatunde Osotimehin, Executive Director, UNFPA
• Ms. Kyung-wha Kang, Deputy High Commissioner for Human Rights
• Mr. Christoph Benn, Director of External Relations and Partnerships, Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Malaria and Tuberculosis
• Ms. Mayra Buvinic, Sector Director, Gender and Development Group, World Bank
• Mr. Werner Obermeyer, Executive Director ad interim, WHO New York Office
• Dr. Julia Kim, Cluster Leader for Mainstreaming HIV & Health, and MDGs, UNDP
• Ms. Diane Summers, Senior Specialist, Global Alliance on Vaccines and Immunizations

Panel on the priority theme of CSW 56 (2012)
The empowerment of rural women and their role in poverty and hunger eradication, development and current challenges

Thursday, 24 February 2011, 1.15 - 2.45 p.m.
Conference Room 3, North Lawn Building

• Archived webcast
• Flyer
• Issues paper
• Moderator's summary [ E ]
• Moderator: Ms. María Luz Melon, Vice-Chair of the Commission (Argentina)
• Opening comments: Ms Michelle Bachelet, Executive Director, UN Women

Panellists

• Ms. Emma Siliprandi, Researcher, Center for Food Research (NEPA), Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Brazil [Paper | Presentation]
• Ms. Marzia Fontana, Research Fellow, Institute of Development Studies, University of Sussex, UK [Paper | Presentation]
• Ms. Godavari Dange, Secretary, Sakhi Federation, India [Paper]
• Ms. Marcela Villarreal, United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) [Paper]

Joint event of the Commission on the Status of Women and the Statistical Commission to exchange views on issues of common interest

Gender statistics: Challenges and new directions

Friday, 25 February 2011, 1.15 - 2.30 p.m.
Conference Room 3, North Lawn Building

• Flyer
• Co-Chairs’ summary
• Co-Chair: H.E. Mr. Garen Nazarian, Chair of the Commission on the Status of Women (Armenia)
• Co-Chair: Ms. Anna Majelantle, Rapporteur, Statistical Commission

Introductory presentation

• Ms. Grace Bediako, Government Statistician, Ghana