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Parallel events (First week, 22 - 25 February 2011)

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Tuesday, 22 February

	United Nations Non-Governmental Liaison Service (UN-NGLS)
Title	Climate Adaptation Challenges from a Gender Perspective
Location	Conference Room A
Time	11:30 a.m. – 12:45 p.m.
Contact	liane@boell.org

	International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), World Bank
Title	gender, science and technology in agriculture
Location	Conference Room B
Time	11:30 a.m. – 12:45 p.m.
Contact	m.hartl@ifad.org

	GERMANY
Title	BRIEFING (DOWNLOAD FLYER ENGLISH | GERMAN)
Location	Mission of the Federal Republic of Germany, 871 UN Plaza, 22nd floor
Time	1:00 p.m. – 2:30 p.m.
Contact	pol-s2-vn@newy.auswaertiges-amt.de

	OneVoice, WILPF, UN Women
Title	Gender, Technology & Peacebuilding: Bridging the Israel-Palestine Divide (Download FLYER)
Location	Permanent Mission of Ireland to the UN (885 2nd Av, flr 19)
Time	1:15 p.m. – 2:45 p.m.
Contact	Closed event

	Australia
Title	National human rights institutions' role and status at CSW
Location	Conference Room A
Time	1:15 p.m. – 2:30 p.m.
Contact	None

	Sweden
Title	Beyond MDG 2 - What next? Enhance quality of education to achieve gender equality and development (Download FLYER)
Location	Conference Room B
Time	1:15 p.m. – 2:30 p.m.
Contact	Fully booked

	Turkey
Title	WOMANist: Conclusions and the Follow-up
Location	Conference Room 3
Time	1:15 p.m. – 2:30 p.m.
Contact	mustafa.yildirim@mfa.gov.tr

	Austria
Title	Because I am a girl: urban and digital frontiers
Location	Conference Room A
Time	4:30 p.m. – 5:45 p.m.
Contact	kbojin@plancanada.ca

Wednesday, 23 February

	Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA) / UN Programme on Youth
Title	The two sides of gender: gender equality through youth education
Location	Conference Room B
Time	10:00 a.m. – 11:15 a.m.
Contact	pewitt@un.org

	Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU)
Title	Women in science and technology: the role of parliaments
Location	Conference Room 6
Time	10:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. & 3:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.
Contact	Closed event

	Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Title	Food Security, Agriculture and Rural Women: Challenges and Prospects
Location	Conference Room A
Time	11:30 a.m. – 12:45 p.m.
Contact	sotol@un.org

	United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF), Plan International, United Nations Girls’ Education Initiative (UNGEI)
Title	Empowering Girls: Education and Technology (Download flyer)
Location	Danny Kaye Visitors Center, UNICEF House, 3 UN Plaza
Time	12:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m.
Contact	ddoogan@unicef.org

	United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
Title	Rebuilding the Global Economy: Towards sustainable and gender equitable development
Location	Conference Room B
Time	11:30 a.m. – 12:45 p.m.
Contact

	GERMANY
Title	EQUAL PAY DAY (DOWNLOAD FLYER)
Location	Mission of the Federal Republic of Germany, 871 UN Plaza, 22nd floor
Time	1:00 p.m. – 2:30 p.m.
Contact	To attend please register by email with “EPD Workshop” in the subject line to: presidents.office@bpwinternational.org

	NEPAL, NORWAY, UN Women
Title	Women, Peace and Security in Nepal: Multi-stakeholder & inclusive processes as keys to success (Download FLYER)
Location	Landmark View, Millennium Plaza Hotel (44th St btwn 1st& 2nd Av)
Time	1:15 p.m. – 2:45 p.m.
Contact	Closed event

	United Nations Secretary-General Campaign UNiTE to End Violence against Women
Title	Using technology to end violence against women and girls (DOWNLOAD FLYER)
Location	Conference Room A
Time	1:15 p.m. – 2:30 p.m.
Contact	cortesp@un.org

	UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
Title	Changing Mindsets: New Approaches to Advance Women and Girls in Science
Location	United States Mission to the UN (45 St. & 1st Ave.)
Time	1:15 p.m. – 2:30 p.m.
Contact	newmankj@state.gov

	Senegal
Title	Parity, Peace and Security
Location	Conference Room 6
Time	1:15 p.m. – 2:30 p.m.
Contact	mcis1980@yahoo.fr

	United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), International Labour Organization (ILO)
Title	Quality education for girls leads to decent jobs for women
Location	Conference Room B
Time	1:15 p.m. – 2:30 p.m.
Contact	m.freeouf@unesco.org

	Secretariat for the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities of the Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA)
Title	STEM: Expanding Opportunities for Women and Girls with Disabilities in Education and Employment
Location	Conference Room 4
Time	1:15 p.m. – 2:30 p.m.
Contact

	PORTUGAL
Title	National implementation of SC res 1325 (Download flyer)
Location	Conference Room 7
Time	1:15 p.m. – 2:30 p.m.
Contact	tvalente@missionofportugal.org

	UN Women
Title	Gender Media Monitoring during Elections (Download flyer)
Location	Conference Room A
Time	3:00 p.m. – 4:15 p.m.
Contact	marta.val@unwomen.org

	FINLAND
Title	Why access and participation of girls and boys to education pays off - a Nordic perspective
Location	Consulate General of Finland, 866 United Nations Plaza (at 48 street between 1st Avenue and FDR), Suite 250
Time	3:15 p.m. – 4:45 p.m.
Contact	RSVP to rsvp.yke@formin.fi. Ann-Mari Fröberg, Mission of Finland, 212-821 0241

Thursday, 24 February

	United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD), UN Women
Title	Making Gender Statistics Meaningful on the Ground (DOWNLOAD FLYER)
Location	Conference Room D
Time	8:30 a.m. – 9:45 a.m.
Contact	dalexander@unfpa.org

	Department of Peacekeeping Operations (DPKO)
Title	Sustaining Women's Participation in Post-conflict Institutions: Peacekeeping and beyond
Location	Conference Room A
Time	10:00 a.m. – 11:15 a.m.
Contact	917-367-2499

	BARBADOS, MEXICO, Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), UN Women
Title	Noncommunicable diseases (NCDs): A Women's Health Priority (DOWNLOAD FLYER)
Location	Conference Room B
Time	10:00 a.m. – 11:15 a.m.
Contact	jklimas@whoun.org

	FRANCE
Title	Gender Violence and its impact on girls education (Download flyer)
Location	Conference Room 6
Time	10:00 a.m. – 11:15 a.m.
Contact	helene.guilhot@diplomatie.gouv.fr

	Bangladesh
Title	Women and Human Rights to Peace
Location	Conference Room A
Time	11:30 a.m. – 12:45 p.m.
Contact	rozana.sm@gmail.com

	Italy
Title	Female Genital Mutilation / Cutting
Location	Conference Room 6
Time	11:30 a.m. – 12:45 p.m.
Contact	filippo.cinti@esteri.it

	Holy See
Title	Advancing the Health and Education of Women and Children
Location	Conference Room B
Time	11:30 a.m. – 12:45 p.m.
Contact	mmader@holyseemission.org

	European Union Delegation at the United Nations
Title	EU event - New skills for green jobs: where are the women?
Location	Conference Room A
Time	1:15 p.m. – 2:30 p.m.
Contact	jelena.vujic@eeas.europa.eu,

	New Zealand
Title	Access to Education = Success in Employment?
Location	Conference Room B
Time	1:15 p.m. – 2:30 p.m.
Contact

	Commission on the Status of Women
Title	The empowerment of rural women and their role in poverty and hunger eradication, development and current challenges
Location	Conference Room 3
Time	1:15 p.m. – 2:30 p.m.
Contact	maribel.derjani-bayeh@unwomen.org

	Czech Republic
Title	Democratic Transition & Gender Equality in Central Europe (DOWNLOAD FLYER)
Location	Conference Room A
Time	3:00 p.m. – 4:15 p.m.
Contact	un.czechmission@gmail.com

	Ireland, ZAMBIA
Title	Girls' Voices - Promises Made: A Review of CSW 51
Location	Conference Room A
Time	4:30 p.m. – 5:45 p.m.
Contact	anne.kane@dfa.ie

Friday, 25 February

	FINLAND, KENYA, NEPAL
Title	High-Level breakfast meeting organised by the Permanent Missions of Finland, Kenya and Nepal: Security, development and gender: partners in implementing Resolution 1325 on women, peace and security (Download flyer)
Location	Permanent Mission of Finland, 866 United Nations Plaza (at 48 street between 1st Avenue and FDR), Suite 250
Time	8:30 a.m. – 10:15 a.m.
Contact	RSVP invitations have been addressed to Heads of Delegations

	United Nations Adolescent Girls Task Force
Title	Invest in the Future: Empower Adolescent Girls now
Location	Delegates Dining Room
Time	8:30 a.m. – 9:30 a.m.
Contact	Closed event

	SERBIA, International Telecommunications Union (ITU)
Title	Global Network of Women ICT Decision Makers (DOWNLOAD FLYER)
Location	Conference Room 4
Time	9:00 a.m. – 9:45 a.m.
Contact	vladimir.stankovic@mtid.gov.rs

	Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU)
Title	Parliaments and MDGs 4 & 5
Location	Conference Room A
Time	10:00 a.m. – 11:15 a.m.
Contact	ny-office@mail.ipu.org

	UNAIDS
Title	Women, Girls and HIV (DOWNLOAD FLYER)
Location	Conference Room B
Time	10:00 a.m. – 11:15 a.m.
Contact	Limited number of Special Event Tags will be available on a first come-first serve basis, 30 minutes prior to the event, at the UN Visitors’ Lobby

	Republic of Korea
Title	Girls' right to Education including Science and Technology
Location	Conference Room A
Time	11:30 a.m. – 12:45 p.m.
Contact	elisabeth_mn@hotmail.com

	Kenya
Title	Innovative Approaches to Empower Kenyan Women: Best Practices
Location	Conference Room B
Time	11:30 a.m. – 12:45 p.m.
Contact

	EUROPEAN UNION, UN Women
Title	Facilitating women’s participation in peace-building and conflict prevention (Download flyer)
Location	Delegation of the European Union to the United Nations 222 E 41st Street, 20th Floor
Time	1:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.
Contact	By invitation only

	United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF), United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA)
Title	Women's and Children's Rights: Making the Connection (Download flyer)
Location	Danny Kaye Visitors Center, UNICEF House, 3 UN Plaza
Time	1:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.
Contact	mgupta@unicef.org

	AUSTRIA, GERMANY, SWITZERLAND
Title	Effective instruments to decrease the Gender Pay Gap in business companies - Austria, Germany and Switzerland introduce softwarebased tools, income reports and further innovative measures fitting the operating schedule (Download flyer)
Location	»Deutsches Haus« Permanent Mission of the Federal Republic of Germany to the United Nations 871 United Nations Plaza, 2nd Floor (Auditorium)
Time	1:15 p.m. – 2:45 p.m.
Contact	pol-s2-vn@newy.diplo.de

	FINLAND
Title	Gender sensitive practices to eliminate all forms of violence against girls and boys (Download flyer)
Location	Consulate General of Finland, 866 United Nations Plaza (at 48 street between 1st Avenue and FDR), Suite 250 New Nordic Snacks will be served at the seminar.
Time	1:15 p.m. – 2:45 p.m.
Contact	RSVP to rsvp.yke@formin.fi. Ann-Mari Fröberg, Mission of Finland, 212-821 0241

	UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
Title	Developing & Using Technology: Women Leading the Way
Location	United States Mission to the UN (45 St. & 1st Ave.)
Time	1:15 p.m. – 2:30 p.m.
Contact	newmankj@state.gov

	ISRAEL, International Organization for Migration (IOM)
Title	Can education and training lead to decent work? The plight of underemployed and deskilled migrant women: A Global Perspective
Location	Conference Room A
Time	1:15 p.m. – 2:30 p.m.
Contact	IritZ@newyork.mfa.gov.il

	Turkey
Title	CDEG Council of Europe
Location	Conference Room 1
Time	1:15 p.m. – 2:30 p.m.
Contact	efe.kivanc@mfa.gov.tr

	GREECE, Socialist International Women (SIW)
Title	Access to Education and Decent Work: Investing in Girls and Young Women/ The Major Role of Science and Technology
Location	Conference Room B
Time	1:15 p.m. – 2:30 p.m.
Contact

	Commission on the Status of Women and Statistical Commission
Title	Joint event (DOWNLOAD FLYER)
Location	Conference Room 3
Time	01:15 pm – 02:30 pm
Contact	torresr@un.org

	UN Women
Title	Breaking New Ground: Arab Women and the Path to Democracy (Download flyer)
Location	Manhattan room, 2nd Floor, East wing, Millennium Plaza Hotel, One United Nations Plaza
Time	2:00 p.m. – 4:30 p.m.
Contact	A limited number of seats will be available on a first come - first serve basis. To watch the live webcast, please go to http://bit.ly/arabwomenanddemocracy

	Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU)
Title	Political Violence against Women
Location	Conference Room A
Time	3:00 p.m. – 4:15 p.m.
Contact	ny-office@mail.ipu.org

	United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
Title	Promoting Quality Systems for Gender Equality in the Private Sector: Latin American Experiences for Global Certification
Location	Conference Room A
Time	4:30 p.m. – 5:45 p.m.
Contact