See below a list of the top youth-related side events happening around the 61st Session of the Commission on the Status of Women that may be of interest to you.
For a full list of all side events organized in parallel to the CSW look here: http://www.unwomen.org/en/csw/csw61-2017/side-events/calendar-of-side-events
Empowering Young Women Entrepreneurs in Africa through ICTs: Mobile App Solutions for Sustainable Development and the Changing World of Work, UNESCO
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) and Senegal
13 March, 3:00 PM-4:15 PM
Ex-Press Bar – GA Building (max. capacity: 80)
Women in Engineering – One Million Girls in STEM Campaign
Senegal, United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), WomEng
13 March, 3:00 PM-4:15 PM
Conference Room A – Conference Building (max. capacity: 53)
Empowering Women, Families and Communities for Health & Wellbeing and Sustainable Development for All
Every Woman Every Child
14 March, 10:00 AM-11:15 AM
Trusteeship Chamber – Conference Building (max. capacity: 673)
Addressing the Harmful Practice of Son Preference and the under valuing of girls
United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) and the European Union (EU)
14 March, 11:30 AM-12:45 PM
Ex-Press Bar – GA Building (max. capacity: 80)
Teachers, Schools and Decent Work: The Imperative to End School-Related Gender-Based Violence
United Nations Girls’ Education Initiative, The Government of Norway, Education International
14 March, 12:00 PM – 02:30 PM
Danny Kaye Visitors Centre, UNICEF House, 3 United Nations Plaza, 44th street between 1st and 2nd New York City
Autonomisation des adolescentes et des filles dans les pays francophones | Empowerment of adolescents and girls in Francophone countries
International Organisation of La Francophonie, Francophone network for gender parity
14 March, 6:30 PM-7:45 PM
Conference Room A – Conference Building (max. capacity: 53)
Implementing our commitments: CSW 60/2 on Women, the girl child and HIV
Southern African Development Community (SADC), Member States (tbc), Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS), UN Women, United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) and womens organisations
14 March, 6:30 PM-7:45 PM
Conference Room 7 – GA Building (max. capacity: 114)
The Nordic Model on prostitution: a key step to ensure girls and young women’s economic empowerment
Belgium, European Women’s Lobby
15 March, 08:15 AM – 09:30 AM
Conference Room 8 – GA Building, United Nations
Social Norms, Gender Equality and the Economic Empowerment of Young People
United Kingdom, Denmark
15 March, 3:00 PM-4:15 PM
Conference Room 8 – GA Building (max. capacity: 96)
The Lifecycle of Economic Empowerment: Enabling Environments for Girls and Young Women
The Government of Denmark, Plan International, Accenture
16 March, 11:00 AM – 12:30 PM
Japan Society, 47th Street between 1st and 2nd Avenue
Achieving Women’s Economic Empowerment: Employment, Policy Implementation and the Well being of Rural Women and Youth Participation
Angola
16 March, 11:30 AM-12:45 PM
Ex-Press Bar – GA Building (max. capacity: 80)
Girls forced to be mothers: an obstacle to the empowerment of the Americas | Niñas forzadas a ser madres: un óbstaculo para el empoderamiento de las Américas CLADEM – URUGUAY
Uruguay, Comité de América Latina y el Caribe para la Defensa de los Derechos de la Mujer – CLADEM
16 March, 11:30 AM-12:45 PM
Conference Room B – Conference Building (max. capacity: 53)
Breaking the Cycle of Violence against Girls and Boys: The Role of Parliamentarians
UNICEF, Bulgaria, Panama, Inter-Parliamentary Union
16 March, 03:00 PM – 04:30 PM
UNICEF House, New York
The role of young female leaders in the decision making process
Organization of Islamic Cooperation OIC
17 March, 11:30 AM-12:45 PM
Conference Room B – Conference Building (max. capacity: 53)
The Family, child well-being and the employment of girls
Belarus on behalf of the Group of Friends of the Family
17 March, 4:45 PM-6:00 PM
Conference Room B – Conference Building (max. capacity: 53)
PATHWAYS TO ECONOMIC JUSTICE FOR ADOLESCENT GIRLS AND YOUNG WOMEN
Zambia and International Women’s Health Coalition
20 March, 10:00 AM-11:15 AM
Conference Room B – Conference Building (max. capacity: 53)
Gender-based violence, health and well-being: Addressing the needs of women and girls living in crisis affected contexts
United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
20 March, 01:15 PM – 02:45 PM
Korean Permanent Mission, 335 E 45th Street
Challenging harmful social norms and stereotypes to empower girls and young women
WAGGGS, Germany, UN Inter-agency Network on Youth Development’s Working Group Youth and Gender Equality
21 March, 11:30 AM-12:45 PM
Conference Room 11 – GA Building (max. capacity: 131)
Expanding women’s and adolescents’ health: Integrating noncommunicable diseases through a lifecourse approach
Colombia, World Health Organization, Every Woman Every Child, United Nations International Children’s Fund (UNICEF), NCD Child, Conference of NGOs in consultative relationship with the UN (CoNGO), The Taskforce on Women and NCDs
21 March, 1:15 PM-2:30 PM
Conference Room 7 – GA Building (max. capacity: 114)
Young Women’s Leadership and Voices at the United Nations
United Nations Department of Public Information (DPI), DPI/NGO Relations and the American Association of University Women (AAUW)
21 March, 3:00 PM-4:45 PM
Conference Room 11 – GA Building (max. capacity: 131)
Women’s Economic empowerment: “Innovative Measures to Support Women and Female Youth to Access Credit in Uganda”
Uganda
23 March, 11:30 AM-12:45 PM
Conference Room B – Conference Building (max. capacity: 53)
Youth Partnerships and the SDGs: Economic Empowerment of Women and Girls
United Nations Department of Public Information (DPI), DPI/NGO Relations and the DPI/NGO Youth Steering Committee
23 March, 4:45 PM-6:00 PM
Conference Room 11 – GA Building (max. capacity: 131)