NGO Committee on the Status of Women, Geneva

In her many years as the UN representative for the International Federation of University Women – IFUW (from 1994 to 2011!), former NGO CSW Geneva President Conchita Poncini has been a determined advocate for the human rights of women. Over the years, she has written dozens of statements, oral and written, submitted to the Commission on Human Rights, the Human Rights Council, the Commission on the Status of Women and many other UN instances. Many of these statements have been co-signed by Committee members and submitted as joint statements.

To commemorate the 2nd anniversary of her death in May 2011, “a few” of these statements have been recovered and are listed below. They all bring the many issues around women’s human rights; and many are still valid today.

• 2001-03 CHR57 Tolerance and Respect
• 2001-05 LDC3 in Brussel
• 2002-08 Sub-CHR58 Women’s Human Rights
• 2003-02 WG Right to dvt
• 2003-03 CSW47 ICT and WSIS
• 2003-04 CHR59 Women’s ESC Rights
• 2003-07 WSIS gender-caucus
• 2003-07 WSSD GHS chemical labelling
• 2005-03 CHR61 ESC Rights
• 2005-04 CHR61 Tech Advisory Services
• 2005-04 CHR61 functionning HR mechanism
• 2005-08 Sub-CHR57 Right to dvt
• 2005-08 Sub-CHR57 Women’s Human Rights
• Date?  CHR  Gender Mainstreaming and Women’s Human Rights
• 2006-06 HRC1 preparation
• 2006-09 HRC2 Women Rights
• 2006-10 HRC2 Mandates of Special Procedures
• 2006-10 HRC2 UPR
• 2006-12 HRC3 Expert Advisory body
• 2007-03 CSW52 gender approach right to peace
• 2007-06 UNECE CES Unpaid work
• 2007-09 Panel gender perspective in work of HRC
• 2007-09 HRC6 Human Rights Education & Learning
• 2007-10 HRC-Special-5 Myanmar
• 2007-12 CoNGO roundtable gender equality & gender justice
• 2008-03 HRC7 Children are our future generation
• 2008-06 HRC8 VaW
• 2008-06 ILC97
• 2008-09 Freedom of Expression and Interreligious Dialogue
• 2008-09 HRC9 Vienna Declaration
• 2008-09 HRC9 Panel Women’s Rights
• 2008-11 CSW53 Sharing family responsibilities
• 2009-03 HRC10 Economic Crisis
• 2009-03 CSW53
• 2009-04 Durban Review
• 2009-09 HRC12 Gender Perspective Integration
• 2010-02 CSW54 traditional practices
• 2010-03 HRC13 Traditional Values
• 2011-03 HRC16 Afghan Women and Girls

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.

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

278 members from Zonta International (nicknamed “Zontiennes”) gathered in the Palais des Nations in Geneva on 21 March for a side-event on “Women in the labour market, Strategy for equality between women and men”. An an expected result:  ”women occupy UNOG” !