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AROUND THE WORLD
International Women’s Day celebrations organized by the United Nations
Argentina:
On 10 March, UN Country Team with United Nations Information Centre Buenos Aires will host an International Women’s Day high-level panel discussion featuring Minister for Foreign Affairs Jorge Taiana, Supreme Court Member Justice Elena Highton de Nolasco, and Vice President of the House of Representatives Patricia Vaca Narvaja.
Austria:
On 7 March, UN International School in Vienna will support an International Women’s Day discussion event. The event has been organized by the Austrian United Nations Association, the Centre for Legal Studies, the Vienna International Centre Women's Group and the Academic Forum for Foreign Policy and will be held at the Austrian National Bank in Vienna.
Bahrain:
On 8 March, an International Women’s Day press conference and seminar “Investing on Women and Girls” will be held in the UN House, Manama. The event has been organized by the UN Information Centre Manama with UN Country Team, Labour Fund, Chamber of Commerce and Bahrain Business Women Society.
Bangladesh:
On 8 March, UN Information Centre Dhaka and the Lions Club will host an International Women’s Day seminar. There will also be an International Women’s Day discussion programme organized by Holy Cross College and UN Information Centre Dhaka on 13 March, along with a week-long International Women’s Day exhibition organized by the Ministry of Women Affairs, UN Country Team and UN Information Centre in Dhaka from 8-12 March. On 19 March, UN Country Team will host another International Women’s Day event in Dhaka.
Burkina Faso:
On 8 March, there will be an exhibit and a television programme on the occasion of International Women’s Day.
Burundi:
On 8 March, International Women's Day in Burundi will be observed through a rally, speeches and cultural shows in the Bubanza province. These activities will be coordinated by the UN Information Centre, the Ministry of Human Rights and Gender, United Nations Integrated Office in Burundi (BINUB), UNIFEM, UNFPA and non-government organizations, under the patronage of the Head of State. With BINUB's support, UN Information Centre Bujumbura will deliver International Women’s Day posters, T-shirts, press kit, banners, radio/TV public service announcements, messages/slogans in Kirundi and French, and media briefings.
Colombia:
On 4 March, UN Information Centre Bogota and UNIFEM will organize a press conference on the situation of women in the Colombian conflict.
Czech Republic:
UN Information Centre staff will introduce a movie on Liberia, and present the Secretary-General’s campaign on violence against women during an International Women’s Day panel on gender. This will be held prior to the screening of a documentary film on rapes in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Both initiatives will be held in Prague between 5-13 March.
Ghana:
International Women’s Day will be observed on 10 March.
India:
On 7 March, UN Information Centre New Delhi with the All India Women's Conference will host an International Women’s Day seminar “Investing in Women and Girls” with Chief Guest Mr. Hamid Ansari, Vice President of India. On 8 March, UN Information Centre Director will read out the Secretary-General’s International Women’s Day message at several events, and an official observance will be organized by the Ministry of Women and Child Development, Government of India.
Japan:
On 10 March, UN Information Centre with other UN offices in Japan will organize an International Women’s Day symposium at the UN House in Tokyo.
Peru:
On 6 March, UN Information Centre Lima will host an International Women’s Day media launch of a press contest named “Investing in Women is investing in Development”. The contest consisted of four categories: press, TV, radio and photo reports.
Republic of Congo:
On 10 March, UN Information Centre and UNFPA will host an International Women’s Day joint briefing on “Investing in women and girls” for a group of 70 university students from Institut de Management de Brazzaville.
Romania:
Between 5 -20 March, UN Information Centre Bucharest will sponsor an International Women’s Day photo exhibition at the UN House in Bucharest.
Russian Federation:
On 5 March, UN Information Centre Moscow and the UN Resident Coordinator will host a special International Women’s Day event focusing on the Secretary-General's campaign on violence against women.
South Africa:
On 6 March, UN Information Centre and UN Country Team will organize an International Women’s Day panel discussion with experts on “Investing in Women and Girls” in the UN Information Centre Library in Pretoria.
Sri Lanka:
On 7 March, an International Women’s Day observance will be organized by the UN Country Team, the Gender Working Group and UN Information Centre Colombo at the Cinnamon Grand Hotel in Colombo.
Tanzania:
On 8 March, UN Communications Group, including UN Information Centre Dar es Salaam, and the UN Clubs Tanzania Network will host a students' International Women’s Day gender conference on the need to invest in girls by educating them. The conference will be held at the Apeadu Conference Hall, UN Compound in Dar es Salaam.
Thailand:
On 7 March, UN International School will support the Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP)-UNIFEM’s International Women’s Day observance, which will include a panel discussion on “investing in women and girls”, an exhibition on UN agencies' work on women's issues and a film screening in Bangkok.
Ukraine:
On 4 March, UN Information Office and UNDP Ukraine, in partnership with the Human Rights Committee of the Parliament of Ukraine will host an International Women’s Day press breakfast in Kyiv with the theme "Investing to Women and Girls: Ukrainian Reality".
United States:
On 6 March, UN Information Centre Washington, the UN Foundation and the Women’s Foreign Policy Group will host an International Women’s Day luncheon featuring Congresswoman Barbara Lee and Department of Public Information’s Under Secretary-General Kiyotaka Akasaka at the Mayflower Hotel in Washington. The event will be attended by 200 guests.
Zambia:
On 8 March, UN Information Centre Lusaka with the Ministry of Gender, non-government organizations and civil society groups will organize an International Women’s Day observance event.