NGO Committee on the Status of Women, Geneva

12:30 to 14:00 in the meeting room at 11 av. de la Paix

• Reminder: Everyone brings their own lunch and WWSF will serve coffee and tea.
• Purpose: An occasion to share informally (no minutes) where friends speak of their work, dreams and challenges.
• Requirement: A willingness to create a circle of friendship and partnerships; sharing support and caring for each other.

Please confirm your attendance for organizational matters.
wwsf at wwsf.ch – Mobile: 079 47 61 784 – Office 022 738 66 19

12:30 to 14:00 in the meeting room at 11 av. de la Paix

Tuesday 26 March – 9:30 – 12:00
Meeting Room at 11 av. de la Paix (courtesy of WWSF)

2013 Theme:  The gender agenda: gaining momentum

Members activities in Geneva for IWD

WWSF: Breaking the chain of silence on 8 March (Flyer)

WILPF: seminar on Preventing gender based violence through the Arm Trade Treaty on 11 March  (Flyer)

10:00 to 12:30, at the meeting room of 11 av. de la Paix, courtesy of WWSF.

Downloads:

• Draft Agenda
• CSW57 Draft Agreed Conclusions
• CSW57 Draft Resolution on Beijing+20
• Minutes of the meeting

CSW57 webpage: www.un.org/womenwatch/daw/csw/57sess.htm 

Planned events by Committee member organization during the next Commission on the Status of Women in February in New York:

• BKWSU event:
  Both Men and Women Using their Inner Resources to Bring Change: Relearning Peace
  More information here

• ICJW events:
  - Stop the cycle: strategies to prevent violence against girls on Thursday 7 March
  - Profiles in courage: HR defneders in the struggle to end VaW on Monday 4 March

• World YWCA events :
  - The Future Young Women Want: Putting women’s rights at the heart of the post-2015 development agenda
  on 5 March
  - Human rights, security and young women: Strengthening protection and leadership on UNSCR 1325
  on 6 March (joint event with WILPF)
  see flyer1 and flyer2 for more information

• ZONTA / Ius Primi VIri event:
  Information and Education to defeat violence against women on 7th March
  see flyer for more information

• WFWP int. event:
  Women standing up to violence: finding ways through with hope and connections on 4 March
  see flyer for more information

• IAC / WUNRN event:
  Harmful traditional practices – Violence against Women and Girls – Laws vs. Practices: Rhetoric vs. Reality on 8 March
  see flyer for more information

Written statements submitted for the 57th session of the Commission on the Status of Women by members organizations of the NGO CSW Geneva :

• Statement on VAW submitted by the African Women’s Development and Communication Network (FEMNET), Eastern African Sub-Regional Support Initiative for the Advancement of Women (EASSI), Femmes Africa Solidarite (FAS) & Women in Law and Development in Africa (WiLDAF-WA)

• IAW Statement on the effects of the economic crisis on gender-based violence

• Soroptimist International Statement: “Soroptimist International brings 90,000 voices to the 57th Session of the Commission on the Status of Women to ask one very basic question – how have we so blatantly failed half of the world’s population?

• Make Mothers Matter / Mouvement Mondial des Mères International Statement

Oral Statements:

• IAW Statement on VAW as a Human Rights Issue – All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights

Others:

• World YWCA Petition for a special resolution to end child marriage : this petition will be submitted to the 57th Session of the UN Commission on the Status of Women on March 7th, 2013. The petition calls upon Member States to: Commit towards ending child marriage by 2030; including the eradication of child marriage as a key indicator in the post 2015 development agenda; investing in education and economic empowerment of girls and young women as critical measures for preventing child marriage; scaling-up legislative, administrative and financial efforts for impactful interventions at community levels focused on preventing child marriage, protecting girls at risk and supporting adolescent girls in marriage; and calling for similar commitments to be made at all levels, including the Human Rights Council, the ECOSOC and regional intergovernmental bodies.
  More information and online signature :  http://www.worldywca.org/Take-Action/SIGN-THE-PETITION

10:00 – 12:30
in the conference room at 11 av. de la Paix, Geneva

Downloads:

• Draft agenda
• Draft revised rules – 3 December 2012
• Statuts Les Amis révision prop le 3.12.2012
• Minutes of the meeting
  

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3 October 4:30 PM – Room XVI

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20 September – 16:00-18:00
Room XVII – Palais des Nations

This 67-minutes film portrays the lives of women of a remote village of the Indian Himalayas, notably following a young lady called Hema. Avani, a local NGO, has proposed to install solar panels and thus bring modernity to the village. In order to finance this modernization, Avani encourages women to restart weaving, a traditional craft that is thus revived and that changes the life of these women…

The film will be presented by Catherine Addor-Confino, filmmaker. Over the past 13 years, Catherine has spent half of her time in this region, immersing herself in the local culture and slowly building strong relationships with these women.

The film projection will be followed by an interactive discussion on women’s empowerment in a context of poverty, modernization and rural exodus.

Co-Sponsors: International Council of Women (ICW) & Make Mothers Matter International (MMM Int.)

Downloads:

• Event’s Flyer
• IMMM Int. Introduction to the discussion

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