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Parallel events
(First week 1 - 5 March 2010)
Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday (Click here to go to the second week)
Monday 1 March 2010
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Philippines, United States Federation for Middle East Peace |
| Title |
HUMAN TRAFFICKING BEIJING+15 LESSONS LEARNED |
| Location |
Conference Room C (TNLB) |
| Time |
9:00 a.m. – 10:00 a.m. |
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Philippines, United States Federation for Middle East Peace |
| Title |
VIOLENCE AGAINST THE WORKING MOTHER |
| Location |
Conference Room C (TNLB) |
| Time |
10:00 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. |
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UNHABITAT, Huairou Commission, the Republic of Korea, Seoul Foundation of Women and Family, Women in Cities International, Women and Habitat Latin America |
| Title |
WOMEN AND SAFER CITIES |
| Location |
Conference Room C (TNLB) |
| Time |
11:30 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. |
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Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) |
| Title |
THE ROLE OF PARLIAMENTS ENFORCING LEGISLATION ON VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN (Download flyer) |
| Location |
Conference Room C (TNLB) |
| Time |
1:15 p.m. – 2:45 p.m. |
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Turkey, TURKCELL Communication Services Inc. |
| Title |
SNOWDROPS: A SUCCESS STORY FROM TURKEY; EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES FOR UNDERPRIVILEGED GIRLS IN EDUCATION SINCE 2000 |
| Location |
Conference Room 7 (TNLB) |
| Time |
1:15 p.m. – 2:30 p.m. |
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France, International Organization of la Francophonie |
| Title |
WORKSHOP ON BEIJING+15 |
| Location |
Conference Room 1 |
| Time |
1:15 p.m. – 2:45 p.m. |
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Spain, Austria, Portugal |
| Title |
GOOD GOVERNANCE AND WOMEN’S POLITICAL PARTICIPATION (Download flyer) |
| Location |
Conference Room 6 (TNLB) |
| Time |
1:15 p.m. – 2:45 p.m. |
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Japan, National Women's Committee of the United Nations NGOs in Japan |
| Title |
EDUCATION FOR THE GIRL CHILD AND BOY CHILD IN JAPAN |
| Location |
Conference Room C (TNLB) |
| Time |
3:00 p.m. – 4:30 p.m. |
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ESCWA center of women on gender equality |
| Title |
THE WORK OF ESCWA CENTER OF WOMEN IN PROMOTING GENDER EQUALITY AND WOMEN EMPOWERMENT AND THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE BEIJING PLATFORM FOR ACTION |
| Location |
Conference Room C (TNLB) |
| Time |
4:30 p.m. – 6:00 p.m. |
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Denmark, UAFC and CHANGE |
| Title |
FEMALE CONDOMS 4 ALL |
| Location |
UN Millennium Hotel |
| Time |
5:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m. |
Tuesday 2 March 2010
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UNDP, UNIFEM, Denmark and Egypt |
| Title |
TAKE ACTION NOW: THE PATHWAY FROM BEIJING TO 2015. PROGRESS ON MDG3. BREAKFAST DIALOGUE |
| Location |
Delegates Dining Room |
| Time |
8:15 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. |
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Germany |
| Title |
BRIEFING (Download flyer) |
| Location |
Mission of the Federal Republic of Germany
22nd floor
871 UN Plaza,
New York, NY 10017 |
| Time |
8:30 a.m. – 9:30 a.m. |
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Austria |
| Title |
ON THE WAY TO GENDER DEMOCRACY. A CRITICAL CONTRIBUTION FROM THE AUSTRIAN PERSPECTIVE (Download flyer) |
| Location |
Conference Room C (TNLB) |
| Time |
9:00 a.m. – 10:00 a.m. |
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Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU), DAW |
| Title |
THE ROLE OF PARLIAMENTS IN ENFORCING GENDER EQUALITY AND WOMEN’S RIGHTS, 15 YEARS AFTER BEIJING (Download flyer) |
| Location |
ECOSOC Chamber |
| Time |
10:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m. |
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Canada, Global Network of Women's Shelters |
| Title |
VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN AND THE ROLE OF SAFE SPACES FOR WOMEN |
| Location |
Conference Room C (TNLB) |
| Time |
10:00 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. |
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UNAIDS, Botswana, Brazil, Ireland, Mexico, the Netherlands, Philippines and South Africa |
| Title |
THE LAUNCH OF THE AGENDA FOR ACCELERATED COUNTRY ACTION FOR WOMEN, GIRLS, GENDER EQUALITY AND HIV (Download flyer) |
| Location |
Conference Room 4 (TNLB) |
| Time |
10:00 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. |
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UNIFEM |
| Title |
DELIVERING AS ONE IN GENDER EQUALITY– MYTH OR REALITY? EXPERIENCES FROM THE ONE UN PILOT |
| Location |
Landmark View, 29th Floor, Millennium UN Plaza Hotel
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| Time |
11:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. |
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IFAD |
| Title |
PROMOTING GENDER EQUALITY IN AGRICULTURE IN 2010 AND BEYOND (Download flyer) |
| Location |
IFAD Liaison Office to the UN, DC-2, Room 1122 |
| Time |
11:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. |
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UNDP, UNEP, Global Gender and Climate Alliance (GGCA), the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), Women’s Environment and Development Organization (WEDO) |
| Title |
GENDER EQUALITY AND CLIMATE CHANGE - OPPORTUNITIES AND CHALLENGES FOR THE MDGS |
| Location |
Conference Room C (TNLB) |
| Time |
11:30 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. |
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Australia and Pacific Islands |
| Title |
PACIFIC WOMEN DECISION-MAKERS IN ACTION |
| Location |
Conference Room C (TNLB) |
| Time |
1:15 p.m. – 2:45 p.m. |
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UNIFEM |
| Title |
SAY NO – UNITE: COUNTING TOWARDS ENDING VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN |
| Location |
Conference Room 6 (TNLB) |
| Time |
1:15 p.m. – 2:45 p.m. |
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France, United States of America |
| Title |
FIGHT AGAINST DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN |
| Location |
Conference Room 7 (TNLB) |
| Time |
1:15 p.m. – 2:45 p.m. |
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UNITAR |
| Title |
MIGRATION AND DEVELOPMENT SERIES: BRIEFING ON FEMALE MIGRATION |
| Location |
Conference Room E (TNLB) |
| Time |
1:15 p.m. – 2:45 p.m. |
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UNIFEM |
| Title |
PROGRESS OF THE WORLD’S WOMEN: ACCESS TO JUSTICE |
| Location |
Landmark View, 29th Floor, Millennium UN Plaza Hotel
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| Time |
1:15 p.m. – 2:45 p.m. |
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Denmark |
| Title |
MINISTERIAL LEVEL PANEL DISCUSSION - BEIJING +15: ACHIEVEMENTS AND CHALLENGES FOR GENDER EQUALITY - A POLITICAL APPROACH |
| Location |
Conference Room C (TNLB) |
| Time |
3:00 p.m. – 4:30 p.m. |
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UNIFEM, World Association of Christian Communication (WACC) |
| Title |
WHAT HAPPENED TO SECTION J? GENDER EQUALITY IN THE WORLD’S MEDIA |
| Location |
Landmark View, 29th Floor, Millennium UN Plaza Hotel
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| Time |
3:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. |
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Netherlands |
| Title |
HUMAN DIGNITY FOR LBT WOMEN |
| Location |
Conference Room C (TNLB) |
| Time |
4:30 p.m. – 6:00 p.m. |
Wednesday 3 March 2010
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Israel, Inter-American Commission of Women of the Organization of American States (IACW/OAS) |
| Title |
WORKING BREAKFAST - WOMEN IN LEADERSHIP: EMPOWERING A WORLD OF EQUALITY |
| Location |
Delegates dinning
room |
| Time |
8:30 a.m. – 10:00 a.m. |
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UNIFEM, KARAMA |
| Title |
LEVERAGING ARAB WOMEN'S POWER |
| Location |
Riverview Room, Millennium UN Plaza Hotel
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| Time |
9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. |
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South Africa |
| Title |
THUTUZELA INTERNATIONAL NETWORK: RESTORING THE DIGNITY OF VICTIMS AND SURVIVORS OF GENDER BASED VIOLENCE |
| Location |
Conference Room C (TNLB) |
| Time |
9:00 a.m. – 10:00 a.m. |
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South Africa, Cape Verde and Portugal |
| Title |
HUMAN TRAFFICKING AND 2010 WORLD CUP |
| Location |
Conference Room C (TNLB) |
| Time |
10:00 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. |
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WHO |
| Title |
WHO CALLS FOR ACTION TO IMPROVE THE HEALTH OF WOMEN AND GIRLS: WHAT WOULD IT TAKE TO MAKE HEALTH SYSTEMS WORK BETTER FOR WOMEN? (Download flyer) |
| Location |
Millennium UN Plaza Hotel, Manhattan Room, New York |
| Time |
10:50 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. |
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UNDP, UNIFEM |
| Title |
THE PRICE OF PEACE; FINANCING GENDER EQUALITY IN POST-CONFLICT RECOVERY AND RECONSTRUCTION |
| Location |
Conference Room C (TNLB) |
| Time |
11:30 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. |
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UNICEF |
| Title |
HAVE WOMEN FORGOTTEN GIRLS? BRINGING GIRLS TO THE HEART OF BEIJING |
| Location |
Danny Kaye Visitors Center, UNICEF House, New York, (3 UN Plaza, on 44th Street between 1st and 2nd Avenues) |
| Time |
1:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. |
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Sweden |
| Title |
GENDER EQUALITY AND SRHR - A WAY TO MOVE FORWARD ON MDG5 (Download flyer) |
| Location |
Conference Room C (TNLB) |
| Time |
1:15 p.m. – 2:45 p.m. |
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OSAGI |
| Title |
THE REPRESENTATION OF WOMEN: A FIFTEEN YEAR RETROSPECT AND HOPES FOR THE FUTURE (Download flyer) ( Webcast: Archived video) |
| Location |
Conference Room 1 |
| Time |
1:15 p.m. – 2:45 p.m. |
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Egypt, Italy and Senegal |
| Title |
ENDING FEMALE GENITAL MUTILATION: ADDRESSING SOCIAL NORMS HARMFUL TO GIRLS AND WOMEN (Download flyer) |
| Location |
Conference Room 6 (TNLB) |
| Time |
1:15 p.m. – 2:45 p.m. |
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DSPD/DESA, International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), International Indigenous Women's Forum (IIWF) |
| Title |
15 YEARS AFTER BEIJING: THE BEIJING PLATFORM FOR ACTION AND THE RIGHTS OF INDIGENOUS WOMEN (Download flyer English | Spanish) |
| Location |
Conference Room 7 (TNLB) |
| Time |
1:15 p.m. – 2:45 p.m. |
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Greece, Socialist International Women |
| Title |
BEIJING+15 WHAT NEXT |
| Location |
Conference Room C (TNLB) |
| Time |
3:00 p.m. – 4:30 p.m. |
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Haiti, UNIFEM, UNDP |
| Title |
VOICES OF HAITIAN WOMEN: ENSURING WOMEN’S EQUITABLE PARTICIPATION & LEADERSHIP IN RELIEF THROUGH RECONSTRUCTION |
| Location |
Millennium UN Plaza, Landmark View, 29th floor |
| Time |
3:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. |
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UNIFEM |
| Title |
UNIFEM REGIONAL CONSULTATION ON STRENGTHENING SUPPORT TO GENDER EQUALITY IN THE CEE/CIS REGION |
| Location |
Turkish Center,
821 UN Plaza
(1st Avenue and 46th Street) |
| Time |
4:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m. |
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Canada, Nicaragua, UNDP, International Development Research Centre (IDRC) |
| Title |
VISION FOR A BETTER WORLD: FROM ECONOMIC CRISIS TO EQUALITY |
| Location |
Conference Room C (TNLB) |
| Time |
4:30 p.m. – 6:00 p.m. |
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UNFPA, UNICEF, UNIFEM, UNESCO, WHO and UN Foundation |
| Title |
RECEPTION BY UN INTERAGENCY TASK FORCE ON ADOLESCENT GIRLS: TO LAUNCH A JOINT STATEMENT ON INVESTING IN ADOLESCENT GIRLS AND TO INTRODUCE THE UNF GIRL FUND |
| Location |
Millennium UN Plaza Hotel |
| Time |
6:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. |
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No Peace Without Justice, Burkina Faso and Uganda |
| Title |
RECEPTION AND CONCERT (Download flyer) |
| Location |
Delegate Dinning Room |
| Time |
6:30 p.m. – 8:30 p.m. |
Thursday 4 March 2010
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Chile, WHO, Pan American Health Organization(PAHO) |
| Title |
EQUIDAD DE GÉNERO EN SALUD EN LAS AMÉRICAS |
| Location |
Conference Room C (TNLB) |
| Time |
9:00 a.m. – 10:00 a.m. |
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Finland, UNIFEM, National Committee for UNIFEM in Finland |
| Title |
V INTERNATIONAL HELVI SIPILÄ SEMINAR – WOMEN IN POWER |
| Location |
Conference Room C (TNLB) |
| Time |
10:00 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. |
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Argentina, Center for Health and Gender Equity (CHANGE) |
| Title |
WOMEN & AIDS: BRINGING VISIBILITY TO WOMEN'S AND GIRLS' PERSPECTIVES |
| Location |
Conference Room 6 (TNLB) |
| Time |
10:00 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. |
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UNIFEM, AWID, IAFFE, CWGL, DAWN, UNGLS , WWG-FfD |
| Title |
GENDER EQUALITY IN ECONOMIC CRISIS AND RECOVERY:
GETTING THE MACROECONOMIC POLICIES RIGHT
(Session 1) |
| Location |
Landmark View, 29th Floor, Millennium UN Plaza Hotel
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| Time |
10:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. |
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DSPD/DESA, Secretariat for the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities |
| Title |
CROSS-SECTIONALITIES OF GENDER AND DISABILITY: TOWARDS EQUALITY FOR WOMEN AND GIRLS WITH DISABILITIES |
| Location |
Conference Room C (TNLB) |
| Time |
11:30 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. |
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Ghana |
| Title |
INSTITUTIONAL MECHANISMS FOR PROMOTING GENDER EQUALITY AND EMPOWERMENT OF WOMEN: THE CASE OF GHANA |
| Location |
Conference Room 6 (TNLB) |
| Time |
11:30 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. |
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UNIFEM, International Alliance of Women, Global Gender and Climate Alliance, NGO/CSW/NY Subcommittee on Women and Climate Change, Women’s Climate Initiative, Women’s Environment and Development Organization, and the World Health Organization |
| Title |
GENDER AND CLIMATE CHANGE – THE UNTOLD STORY OF COPENHAGEN |
| Location |
Salvation Army Auditorium,221 52nd Street
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| Time |
12:00 p.m. – 1:30 p.m. |
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Norway, South Africa (TBC), Sweden, the MenEngage Alliance |
| Title |
ENGAGING MEN FOR GENDER EQUALITY AND WOMEN’S RIGHTS: PUTTING THE WORDS INTO PRACTICE A LUNCHEON SEMINAR |
| Location |
The Grand Hyatt – New York City |
| Time |
12:30 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. |
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Norway, UNIFEM, World Bank |
| Title |
WOMEN’S BUSINESS INCUBATORS - INNOVATION & RESULTS (Download flyer) |
| Location |
Millennium United Nations Plaza Hotel
44th Street between 1st and 2nd Avenue, New York, NY |
| Time |
12:30 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. |
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UNFPA and UNICEF |
| Title |
SIDE EVENT ON BOYS AND MEN: PARTNERS FOR GENDER EQUALITY |
| Location |
Danny Kaye Visitors Centre, 3 UN Plaza, 44th Street and 1st Avenue |
| Time |
1:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. |
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European Commission, Belgium, Spain and Sweden |
| Title |
BEIJING +15: EUROPEAN UNION ACTION AGAINST GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE |
| Location |
Conference Room C (TNLB) |
| Time |
1:15 p.m. – 2:45 p.m. |
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Republic of Korea |
| Title |
THE BEIJING PLATFORM FOR ACTION AND THE ROLE OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT |
| Location |
Conference Room E (TNLB) |
| Time |
1:15 p.m. – 2:45 p.m. |
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Sierra Leone, Canada, The Global Network of Women's Peacebuilders (GNWP) and Cordaid |
| Title |
RESOLUTIONS 1325 & 1820 - THE SIERRA LEONE EXPERIENCE |
| Location |
Conference Room 6 (TNLB) |
| Time |
1:15 p.m. – 2:45 p.m. |
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CSW |
| Title |
ACCESS AND PARTICIPATION OF WOMEN AND GIRLS TO EDUCATION, TRAINING, SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, INCLUDING FOR THE PROMOTION OF WOMEN’S ACCESS TO FULL EMPLOYMENT AND DECENT WORK (Download flyer) |
| Location |
Conference Room 1 |
| Time |
1:15 p.m. – 2:45 p.m. |
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ILO, Norway |
| Title |
WORKING WOMEN'S EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES AND TREATMENT - FROM BEIJING TO MDGS TO REAL GENDER EQUALITY |
| Location |
Conference Room 7 (TNLB) |
| Time |
1:15 p.m. – 2:45 p.m. |
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UN Programme on Youth |
| Title |
EARLY PREGNANCIES: EXCLUSIVELY A PUBLIC HEALTH ISSUE? |
| Location |
DC2-1337 |
| Time |
1:15 p.m. – 2:45 p.m. |
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UNIFEM, AWID, IAFFE, CWGL, DAWN, UNGLS , WWG-FfD |
| Title |
GENDER EQUALITY IN ECONOMIC CRISIS AND RECOVERY:
GETTING THE MACROECONOMIC POLICIES RIGHT (Session 2) |
| Location |
Landmark View, 29th Floor, Millennium UN Plaza Hotel |
| Time |
2:30 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. |
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UN-INSTRAW, Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) |
| Title |
POLITICAL PARTICIPATION OF WOMEN IN LOCAL GOVERNANCE: NORTH AFRICA AND THE OBSERVATORY FOR GENDER EQUALITY IN LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN |
| Location |
Conference Room C (TNLB) |
| Time |
3:00 p.m. – 4:30 p.m. |
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UNIFEM, Spain |
| Title |
LAUNCH OF THE GLOBAL VIRTUAL KNOWLEDGE CENTER (By invitation only) |
| Location |
Ballroom,
Millennium UN Plaza Hotel
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| Time |
6:30 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. |
Friday 5 March 2010
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Delta Theta Sigma Sorority, Inc., Trinidad and Tobago |
| Title |
PROTECTING AND EMPOWERING WOMEN AND GIRLS AGAINST VIOLENCE |
| Location |
Millenium Plaza Hotel |
| Time |
9:00 a.m. – 2:30 p.m. |
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Global Coalition on Women and AIDS |
| Title |
MEETING ACCOUNTABILITIES TO WOMEN AND GIRLS IN THE CONTEXT OF AIDS: WHAT WILL IT TAKE TO REACH COMMITMENTS TO BEIJING, UNIVERSAL ACCESS, UNGASS AND THE MDGS? |
| Location |
Conference Room C (TNLB) |
| Time |
10:00 a.m. – 11.30 a.m. |
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Nordic Council of Ministers |
| Title |
EXPERT LEVEL PANEL DISCUSSION - BEIJING +15: ACHIEVEMENTS AND CHALLENGES FOR GENDER EQUALITY - A PRACTICAL APPROACH |
| Location |
Conference Room C (TNLB) |
| Time |
11:30 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. |
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UNIFEM, UNICEF |
| Title |
WOMEN’S RIGHTS IN AFGHANISTAN: PROGRESS AND CHALLENGES |
| Location |
UNICEF Building, 3 UN Plaza |
| Time |
1:30 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. |
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OHCHR, Equality Now |
| Title |
WOMEN CAN’T WAIT! ( Webcast: Archived video) |
| Location |
Conference Room 1 |
| Time |
1:15 p.m. – 2:45 p.m. |
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Mexico |
| Title |
BECAUSE I AM A GIRL: GIRLS IN THE GLOBAL ECONOMY |
| Location |
Conference Room 6 (TNLB) |
| Time |
1:15 p.m. – 2:45 p.m. |
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UNFPA, YWCA |
| Title |
SIDE EVENT HIGH LEVEL INTERGENERATIONAL DIALOGUE AROUND SEXUAL AND REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH AND RIGHTS, VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN AND HIV |
| Location |
Millennium UN Plaza Hotel, Landmark View Room |
| Time |
2:00 p.m. – 3:30 p.m. |
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Tunisia and the Tunisian Mothers' Association |
| Title |
TUNISIAN ARAB AFRICAN PANEL ON WOMEN, MOTHERS, AND FUTURE GENERATIONS EMPOWERMENT |
| Location |
Conference Room 3 (TNLB) |
| Time |
3:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. |
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UNIFEM, International Center for Research on Women (ICRW), MenEngage, Promundo, Sonke Gender Justice Network |
| Title |
ENGAGING MEN TO END VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN; RESEARCH AND RESPONSES. |
| Location |
Conference Room C (TNLB) |
| Time |
4:30 p.m. – 6:00 p.m. |
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Japan, UNDP, Huairou Commission |
| Title |
RESOURCING HOME-BASED CAREGIVERS: HIGHLIGHTING AFRICAN WOMEN’S ROLE IN COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT |
| Location |
Delegates Dining Room |
| Time |
6:15 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. |
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