Go back to CSW 43rd SessionFORTY-THIRD SESSION OF THE COMMISSION ON THE STATUS OF WOMEN
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THE SECOND SESSION OF THE PREPARATORY COMMITTEE FOR
THE SPECIAL SESSION: WOMEN 2000
1-12 March and 15-19 March 1999
SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
| Monday, 1 March | ||
| 7.00-8.00 | UNIFEM | Asia Caucus |
| 9.00-9.45 | Conference Room 2 | NGO Committee on the Status of Women/Division for the Advancement of Women Daily Briefing |
| 10.00-1.00 | Room B | African NGOs Consultation (UNDP Africa) |
| 1.15-2.45 | Conference Room 1 | Working Group on Girls Caucus European Women’s Lobby
Caucus Women’s National Machinery Caucus US Mission’s NGO Briefing |
| 1.15-2.45 | Conference Room 2 | Task Force on Health Caucus Task Force on Mental Health Caucus Task Force on National Machinery Caucus |
| 1.15-2.45 | Conference Room 6 | A Dialogue on Mental Health: Developing Interventions for
Asian Rural Women (NGO Committee on Mental Health) |
| 1.15-2.45 | Room A | African Women’s Caucus |
| 1.15-2.45 | Room B | Asia/Pacific Delegates Briefing(UNIFEM) |
| 1.15-2.45 | Dag Hammarskjöld Library Auditorium |
Workshop on Women’s Health in the Nuclear Age (Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom) |
| 3.00-4.30 | Room B | Workshop on Entrepreneurship and Rural Women (Rural Development Leadership Network) |
| 6.15-7.45 | Conference Room 5 | Panel Discussion on Gender Concerns and HIV/AIDS (NGO Committee on the Status of Women/UNAIDS) |
| Tuesday, 2 March | ||
| 7.00-8.00 | UNIFEM | Asia Caucus |
| 9.00-9.45 | Conference Room 2 | NGO Committee on the Status of Women/Division for the Advancement of Women Daily Briefing |
| 1.15-2.45 | Conference Room 1 | Working Group on Girls Caucus European Women’s Lobby Caucus Women’s National Commission Caucus US Mission’s NGO Briefing |
| 1.15-2.45 | Conference Room 2 | Panel on "Living Positively in Changing
Demographies" Speakers: Ramesh Venkataraman Monalisa Mishra Elizabeth Xaba Esther Guzha Laine Alston Chair: Peter Piot (Director, UNAIDS) (UNAIDS/DAW/UNIFEM/UNDP/UNFPA/UNICEF) |
| 1.15-2.45 | Conference Room 6 | Panel on "From Platform to Action: Strategies for
Implementing Equality through Institutional Mechanisms" Speakers: Diane Elson Pregs Govendar Joan Smyth Ermie Valdeadilla Chair: Andrea Murray (British Council) (DAW/UNIFEM/British Council) |
| 1.15-2.45 | Conference Room 9 | Task Force on Health Caucus Task Force on National Machinery Caucus |
| 1.15-2.45 | Room A | African Women’s Caucus |
| 1.15-2.45 | Room B | Discussion on Beijing+5 NGO Activities (CONGO/NGO Committee on the Status of Women) |
| 1.15-2.45 | Room E | Panel on "Abortion and Women’s Health: A Critical
Area of Concern" Speakers: Dr. Khama Rogo Stanley Henshaw Mabel Bianco (Ipas) |
| 3.00-6.00 | Room B | Workshop on Information Technology (Knowledge Sharing Program/IIAV) |
| 6.15-7.45 | Conference Room 5 | Consultation: "Focus on Advocacy: Women and Health
Post-Beijing" Speakers: Mabel Bianco Leyla Gulcur Pricilla Misihairabwe Wanda Nowicka Daphne D. Roxas Elaine Wolfson Moderator: Anika Rahman (DAW/Centre for Reproductive Law and Policy) |
| 6.15-7.45 | Room B | Building Capacity for Better Health: The Role of Men in Gender Advocacy (UNDP-GIDP) |
| Wednesday, 3 March | ||
| 7.00-8.00 | UNIFEM | Asia Caucus |
| 9.00-9.45 | Conference Room 2 | NGO Committee on the Status of Women/Division for the Advancement of Women Daily Briefing |
| 10.00-11.00 | Room B | Presentation on the Central and Eastern European Report on Institutional Mechanisms for the Advancement of Women (Federation for Women and Family Planning) |
| 11.00-1.00 | Room B | African NGOs Consultation (UNDP Africa) |
| 11.30-12.30 | Dag Hammarskjöld Library Auditorium |
Women’s International Forum Extraordinary Meeting "Feeding the Hungry: How the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) Meets the Challenge" Speaker: Catherine Bertini (Executive Director, WFP) (Women’s International Forum) |
| 12.30-3.00 | Delegates Dining Room |
Intersectoral Seminar and Luncheon Honouring Dr. Gro Brundtland Other Speakers: Wanda Jones Moderator: Pnina Herzog |
| 1.15-2.45 | Conference Room 1 | Working Group on Girls Caucus European Women’s Lobby Caucus Women’s National Commission Caucus US Mission’s NGO Briefing |
| 1.15-2.45 | Conference Room 2 | Task Force on Mental Health Caucus Task Force on National Machinery Caucus Task Force on Older Women Caucus |
| 1.15-2.45 | Conference Room 6 | Panel Discussion on Mental Health (NGO Committee on the Status of Women Mental Health Task Force) |
| 1.15-2.45 | Conference Room 9 | Panel on Building Capacity for Gender Mainstreaming (UNDP-GIDP) |
| 1.15-2.45 | Room A | African Women’s Caucus |
| 1.15-2.45 | Room B | Meeting of Coalition Against Trafficking in Women (Coalition Against Trafficking in Women-Asia Pacific/Coalition Against Trafficking in Women-Latin America/IAF) |
| 4.00-5.00 | Room B | Briefing by International Union of Local Authorities |
| 5.30-7.00 | Room B | Panel Discussion on "Grassroots Women’s Leadership in Local
Governance: Partnership Strategies for Linking Local Authorities and Parliamentarians to
Sustain Grassroots Women’s Participation" (Huairou Commission/UNDP-MDGD/UNIFEM) |
| 6.00-8.30 | Church Center Reception 3rd floor | (International Women’s Tribune Centre/UNIFEM/ UNDP-GIDP) |
| 6.15-7.45 | Conference Room 5 | Informal Consultation on National (DAW/Baha’i International Community) |
| 6.15-8.30 | Dag Hammarskjöld Library Auditorium |
Film Screening of "The Selling of Innocence" followed by Panel Discussion on Trafficking Speakers: Ruchira Gupta (Film Maker) Betty King Theresa Loar Nancy Rubin (Women in International Security/President’s Interagency Council on Women/Global Fund for Women) |
| Thursday, 4 March | ||
| 7.00-8.00 | UNIFEM | Asia Caucus |
| 9.00-9.45 | Conference Room 2 | NGO Committee on the Status of Women/Division for the Advancement of Women Daily Briefing |
| 10.00-12.00 | Trusteeship Council Chamber |
International Women’s Day 1999 "Equality for Women" Addresses by: Kofi Annan Hilary Rodham Clinton Panellists: Agnès Marcaillou Performance by: ULALI a cappella singers |
| 10.00-12.30 | Room B | An Intersectoral Roundtable on "Mother-Child Transmission of HIV/AIDS: Policies, Choices and Women Health" (Global Alliance for Women’s Health) |
| 12.30-2.30 | Delegates Dining Room | Luncheon by Metropolitan New York Chapter’s US Committee for UNIFEM Speakers: Kathryn J. Rodgers |
| 1.15-2.45 | Conference Room 2 | Task Force on Health Caucus Working Group on Girls Caucus European Women’s Lobby Caucus Women’s National Commission Caucus |
| 1.15-2.45 | Conference Room 6 | Workshop on "Perspectives on Adolescent Health" Presenters: Delia Barcelona Jennifer Chiwela Nancy Johnson Nichola Bull Moderator: Helen Stahlin |
| 1.15-2.45 | Room 9 | African Women’s Caucus |
| 1.15-2.45 | Room to be announced | Briefing for NGOs on National Machineries (Mission of Norway) |
| 1.15-2.45 | Room B | Panel on Gender and HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) |
| 3.00-6.00 | Room B | Meeting by European Women’s Lobby |
| 6.15-7.45 | Conference Room 5 | Informal Consultation on "Measuring and Valuing Unwaged Work" (DAW/International Women Count Network) |
| 6.15-7.45 | Conference Room 8 | Briefing on Activities including Beijing+5 Campaign (Equality Now) |
| 6.15-7.45 | Room B | Debunking Microcredit: Women & Community Empowerment Focused Alternatives (GROOTS International/Huairou Commission/UNDP- GIDP/UNDP-TCDC/UNIFEM) |
| Friday, 5 March | ||
| 7.00-8.00 | UNIFEM | Asia Caucus |
| 9.00-9.45 | Conference Room 2 | NGO Committee on the Status of Women/Division for the Advancement of Women Daily Briefing |
| 10.00-12.00 | Room B | Panel on "Grassroots Women’s Exchanges and Transfers" (GROOTS International/UNDP-GIDP/UNDP-TCDC/ UNDP-MDGD/UNCHS) |
| 1.15-2.45 | Conference Room 1 | Working Group on Girls Caucus European Women’s Lobby Caucus Women’s National Commission Caucus US Mission’s NGO Briefing |
| 1.15-2.45 | Conference Room 2 | Task Force on Mental Health Caucus Task Force on Older Women Caucus |
| 1.15-2.45 | Conference Room 5 | "Gender and Health: Voices from the Regions"(UNDP-GIDP/UNDP Africa) |
| 1.15-2.45 | Conference Room 6 | A Seminar on "Women’s Health: A Common Agenda for Women Health Service Users and Women Workers" (Public Services International/International Confederation of Free Trade Unions) |
| 1.15-2.45 | Conference Room 9 | African Women’s Caucus |
| 1.15-2.45 | Room B | Workshop on "Women’s Health Across the
Lifespan" (Medical Women’s International Association) |
| 3.00-5.00 | Room B | "Opinionnaires - Sexual Trafficking of Girls in
Russia" (MiraMed Institute) |
| 6.00-8.00 | Room B | World Premier: "An Eight-Part Video Series for the
Learning and Training about CEDAW" Presenters: Susana Chiarotti Shulamith Koenig (People’s Decade of Human Rights Education) |
| 6.30-8.00 | UNIFEM | Reception (UNDP Africa/Huairou Commission) |
| Monday, 8 March | ||
| 7.00-8.00 | UNIFEM | Asia Caucus |
| 9.00-9.45 | Conference Room 2 | NGO Committee on the Status of Women/Division for the Advancement of Women Daily |
| 9.30-11.00 | General Assembly | A Global Interagency Videoconference on"A World Free from Violence against Women"(UNIFEM) |
| 1.00-3.00 | Delegates Dining Room |
International Women’s Day Luncheon(Group on Equal Rights for Women in the UN) |
| 1.15-2.45 | Conference Room 1 | Working Group on Girls Caucus European Women’s Lobby Caucus Women’s National Machinery Caucus US Mission’s NGO Briefing |
| 1.15-2.45 | Conference Room 2 | Task Force on Health Caucus Task Force on Mental Health Caucus Task Force on Older Women Caucus |
| 1.15-2.45 | Conference Room 6 | Briefing on Gender and Strategies of UNDP Africa(UNDP Africa) |
| 1.15-2.45 | Conference Room 8 | Briefing on the Work of INSTRAW(INSTRAW) |
| 1.15-2.45 | Room B | Women’s Linkage Caucus(WEDO) |
| 1.15-2.45 | Room D | African Women’s Caucus |
| 3.00-5.00 | Room B | "Opinionnaires - Sexual Trafficking of Girls in Russia"(MiraMed Institute) |
| Tuesday, 9 March | ||
| 7.00-8.00 | UNIFEM | Asia Caucus |
| 9.00-9.45 | Conference Room 2 | NGO Committee on the Status of Women/Division for the Advancement of Women Daily Briefing |
| 10.00-1.00 | Room B | Workshop by Wages for Housework Campaign(Wages for Housework Campaign) |
| 1.15-2.45 | Conference Room 1 | Working Group on Girls Caucus European Women’s Lobby Caucus Women’s National Commission Caucus US Mission’s NGO Briefing |
| 1.15-2.45 | Conference Room 2 | Task Force on National Machinery Caucus |
| 1.15-2.45 | Conference Room 5 | Panel Discussion on "Engendering the Political Agenda: Examples from Dominican Republic, Romania and South Africa"(INSTRAW) |
| 1.15-2.45 | Conference Room 7 | Panel Discussion on "Grassroots Women: Combatting HIV/AIDS and Fighting Poverty"(UNDP Africa) |
| 1.15-2.45 | Room B | "Measuring Progress Towards Gender Equality"(UNDP-GIDP) |
| 1.15-2.45 | Room D | African Women’s Caucus |
| 3.00-6.00 | Room B | Panel on "Health Status of the Afghan Women in Afghanistan and in the refugee camps in Peshawar, Pakistan"(Women’s Alliance for Peace and Human Rights in Afghanistan) |
| 6.15-7.45 | Room B | Panel Discussion on "Women and Health: The Mind Body Connection" (International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies/ American Medical Women’s Association) |
| Wednesday, 10 March | ||
| 7.00-8.00 | UNIFEM | Asia Caucus |
| 9.00-9.45 | Conference Room 2 | NGO Committee on the Status of Women/Division for the Advancement of Women Daily Briefing |
| 10.00-12.00 | Room B | Briefing and Discussion on Institutional Mechanism for the Advancement of Women(FEMME AVENIR) |
| 1.00-2.30 | UNIFEM | Asia Panel on Violence against Women(UNIFEM) |
| 1.15-2.45 | Conference Room 1 | Working Group on Girls Caucus European Women’s Lobby Caucus Women’s National Commission Caucus US Mission’s NGO Briefing |
| 1.15-2.45 | Conference Room 2 | Task Force on Health Caucus Task Force on Mental Health Caucus Task Force on National Machinery Caucus Task Force on Older Women Caucus |
| 1.15-2.45 | Conference Room 5 | Presentation on "Implementing the Platform for Action:Collaboration Between National Institutions and UNV Gender Specialists(UNDP-GIDP/UNIFEM) |
| 1.15-2.45 | Conference Room 6 | "Trauma and Everyday Inequalities: Personal Narratives As Political Action"(NGO Committee on Mental Health/WHO) |
| 1.15-2.45 | Conference Room 7 | Panel and Presentation on a Research Work on Social Risk Impact on Women in Senegal(Gruppo CERFE) |
| 1.15-2.45 | Room B | Panel Discussion on "Health and the Environment" (NGO Task Force on Women and the Environment/MOA Foundation/International Sustainable Socio- Economic Responses) |
| 1.15-2.45 | Room D | African Women’s Caucus |
| 5.15-7.00 | Dag Hammarskjöld | "Managing Democratic Transition: Women’s Leadership in the Political Process" (UNDP-GIDP) |
| Thursday, 11 March | ||
| 7.00-8.00 | UNIFEM | Asia Caucus |
| 9.00-9.45 | Conference Room 2 | NGO Committee on the Status of Women/Division for the Advancement of Women Daily Briefing |
| 10.00-12.30 | Dag Hammarskjöld Library Auditorium |
Panel on the Demographics of Ageing Speakers: H.E. Sra. Julia Tavares de Alvarez Gary Andrews Helen Hamlin Mary-Beth Weinberger (DPI NGO Section) |
| 11.30-1.00 | Room B | Workshop by Il Cenacolo |
| 1.15-2.45 | Conference Room 1 | Working Group on Girls Caucus European Women’s Lobby Caucus Women’s National Commission Caucus US Mission’s NGO Briefing |
| 1.15-2.45 | Conference Room 2 | Task Force on Mental Health Caucus Task Force on National Machinery Caucus |
| 1.15-2.45 | Conference Room 7 | "Globalization, Gender and Macroeconomic Crises" (UNDP-GIDP) |
| 1.15-2.45 | Room B | "Strengthening Women’s Leadership and Organization" (UNIFEM/International Women’s Tribune Centre/ Centre for Women’s Global Leadership) |
| 1.15-2.45 | Room D | African Women’s Caucus |
| Friday, 12 March | ||
| 7.00-8.00 | UNIFEM | Asia Caucus |
| 9.00-9.45 | Conference Room 2 | NGO Committee on the Status of Women/Division for the Advancement of Women Daily Briefing |
| 11.30-1.00 | Room B | Workshop by Il Cenacolo |
| 1.15-2.45 | Conference Room 1 | Working Group on Girls Caucus European Women’s Lobby Caucus Women’s National Commission Caucus US Mission’s NGO Briefing |
| 1.15-2.45 | Conference Room 2 | Task Force on Health Caucus Task Force on Older Women Caucus |
| 1.15-2.45 | Conference Room 6 | Panel on "Globalization, Women’s Work and Human Rights" (Centre for Women’s Global Leadership/UNIFEM/ NGLS) |
| 1.15-2.45 | Room B | Women’s Linkage Caucus(WEDO) |
| 1.15-2.45 | Room D | African Women’s Caucus |
| 6.15-7.45 | Room B | "Bringing Equality Home - Implementing CEDAW"(UNIFEM) |
| Monday, 15 March | ||
| 7.00-8.00 | UNIFEM | Asia Caucus |
| 9.00-9.45 | Conference Room 2 | NGO Committee on the Status of Women/Division for the Advancement of Women Daily Briefing |
| 1.15-2.45 | Room B | Working Group on Girls Caucus (2, if available) European Women’s Lobby Caucus Women’s National Commission Caucus US Mission’s NGO Briefing |
| 12.00-2.00 | UNIFEM | "Progress of the World’s Women" (UNIFEM) |
| 1.15-2.45 | Room E | African Women’s Caucus |
| Tuesday, 16 March | ||
| 7.00-8.00 | UNIFEM | Asia Women’s Caucus |
| 9.00-9.45 | Conference Room 2 | NGO Committee on the Status of Women/Division for the Advancement of Women Daily |
| 1.15-2.45 | Conference Room 2 | Working Group on Girls Caucus European Women’s Lobby Caucus Women’s National Commission Caucus US Mission’s NGO Briefing |
| 1.15-2.45 | Conference Room 6 | Women’s Linkage Caucus(WEDO) |
| 1.15-2.45 | Room B | "Strengthening Women’s Leadership and Organization" (UNIFEM/International Women’s Tribune Centre/Centre for Women’s Global Leadership) |
| 1.15-2.45 | Room E | African Women’s Caucus |
| Wednesday, 17 March | ||
| 7.00-8.00 | UNIFEM | Asia Caucus |
| 9.00-9.45 | Conference Room 2 | NGO Committee on the Status of Women/Division for the Advancement of Women Daily Briefing |
| 1.15-2.45 | Conference Room 2 | Working Group on Girls Caucus European Women’s Lobby Caucus Women’s National Commission Caucus |
| 1.15-2.45 | Conference Room 3 | Briefing by the US Mission (US Mission) |
| 1.15-2.45 | Conference Room 6 | Dialogue on the DAW Regional Africa Project Activities(DAW) |
| 1.15-2.45 | Room B | Presentation on the Work of U.S. Women Connect (U.S. Women Connect/Baha’is of the U.S./InterAction) |
| 1.15-2.45 | Room E | Africa Women’s Caucus |
| Thursday, 18 March | ||
| 7.00-8.00 | UNIFEM | Asia Caucus |
| 9.00-9.45 | Conference Room 2 | NGO Committee on the Status of Women/Division for the Advancement of Women Daily Briefing |
| 10.00-12.30 | Conference Room 1 | Panel on "Women’s Rights to Health and
Development" Speakers: Dr Joyce Braak Minister Gladys Guttierez Dr Sorosh Roshan Nafis Sadik (DPI NGO Section) |
| 1.15-2.45 | Room B | Working Group on Girls Caucus(2, if available) European Women’s Lobby Caucus Women’s National Commission Caucus US Mission’s NGO Briefing |
| 1.15-2.45 | Room E | Africa Women’s Caucus |
| Friday, 19 March | ||
| 7.00-8.00 | UNIFEM | Asia Caucus |
| 9.00-9.45 | Conference Room 2 | NGO Committee on the Status of Women/Division for the Advancement of Women Daily Briefing |
| 1.15-2.45 | Room B | Working Group on Girls Caucus(2, if available) European Women’s Lobby Caucus Women’s National Commission Caucus US Mission’s NGO Briefing |
| 1.15-2.45 | Room E | Africa Women’s Caucus |
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