Subject: [fem-women2000 307] 6/5-6/9 UNIFEM B+5 Activities
From: Liz Probert <liz@gn.apc.org> (by way of lalamaziwa)
Date: Sat, 3 Jun 2000 03:59:56 +0900
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>Date: Tue, 23 May 2000 18:15:14 +0200
>Originator: b5ngonews@lists.sn.apc.org
>Subject: [B5NGONEWS] Schedule of the UNIFEM B+5 Activities

forwarding from: Susana Fried <unifem.beijing5@undp.org>

Attached please find the UPDATED list of UNIFEM Activities for Beijing +5 in 
New York, June 5-9.

DRAFT SCHEDULE OF UNIFEM PANELS FOR UNGASS "WOMEN 2000: GENDER EQUALITY,
DEVELOPMENT AND PEACE FOR THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY"

DATE: 5-25 June
TIME/LOCATION: Daily/UN Visitor's Lobby
TITLE: Art Exhibition: Progress of the World's Women
DESCRIPTION: Art exhibit will display pieces by women artists throughout
the world, depicting women's progress toward gender equality.
HIGHLIGHTS: Opening reception on 5 June.
CONTACT NAME: Jessica Humphreys (212) 906-5538

DATE: 5 June
TIME/LOCATION: 1:15 - 3:00 p.m. Conf. Rm. 3 Secretariat Bldg.
TITLE: Microcredit: More than Access to Money
DESCRIPTION: This accountability panel will highlight the progress and the
lessons learned of reaching 100 million of the world's poorest families,
especially the women of those families with credit and other financial
services.  This goal was initially announced by four of these panelist at
the Beijing World Conference on announced by four of these panelists at
the Beijing World Conference on Women in 1995 and followed up by the
Microcredit Summit Campaign.  Co-sponsored by the ILO and the Microcredit
Summit Campaign.
HIGHLIGHTS: Speakers will include: Hillary Rodham Clinton; Noeleen Heyzer,
Executive Director, UNIFEM; Mr. Mohammad Yunus, founder of the Grameen
Bank (Bangladesh); Ms. Ela Bhatt, Self-Employed Women's Association
(India); Sam Daley-Harris, Director, Microcredit Summit Campaign (USA);
Mark Malloch Brown, UNDP Administrator.
CONTACT NAME: Susana Fried (212) 906-6045, Micol Zarb (212) 906-5463

DATE: 5 June 
TIME/LOCATION: 3:30 - 5 p.m. Conf. Rm. 3 Secretariat Bldg.
TITLE: Progress of the World's Women
DESCRIPTION: This high-level panel will launch UNIFEM's new biennial
report, and examine women's progress and sets back on the road to
empowerment.  UNFPA invited to co-sponsor.
HIGHLIGHTS: Invited speakers include: Speciosa Wandira Kazibwe, Vice
President of Uganda (invited); Hon. E.L. Herfkens, Minister for
Development Cooperation, the Netherlands; Baroness Valerie Amos, UK House
of Lords, Government Spokesperson on Women's & International Development
Issues; Hon. Benedita da Silva, Vice-Governor, State of Rio de Janeiro
(Brazil); Ms. Gita Sen, Development Alternatives with Women for a New Era
(DAWN/India); Noeleen Heyzer, Executive Director, UNIFEM; Diane Elson,
Coordinator, Progress of the World's Women,UNIFEM.
CONTACT NAME: Susana Fried (212) 906-6045, Micol Zarb (212) 906-5463

DATE: 5 June
TIME/LOCATION: 3:15- 4:45 p.m. Location TBA
TITLE: Seminar and video presentation on Women and Secure Tenure
DESCRIPTION: This seminar will discuss issues of women, land rights and
secure tenure.  Co-sponsored with UNCHS (Habitat), FAO, UNDP and the
Huairou Commission
HIGHLIGHTS: TBA
CONTACT NAME: Diana Lee Smith Diana.LeeSmith@unchs.org

DATE: 6 June
TIME/LOCATION: 1:15 - 2:45 Alphabet Room, Secretariat Bldg.
TITLE: Demonstration and discussion of Good Practices and Gender Training
collections.
DESCRIPTION: Presentation and demonstration of interagency databases on
good practices in gender mainstreaming and other gender resources.
Co-sponsored with IACWGE, UNICEF, UNDP, UNFPA, and UNCHS (Habitat).
HIGHLIGHTS: TBA
CONTACT NAME: Jessica Humphreys (212) 906-5538

DATE: 6 June
TIME/LOCATION: 1:15 - 2:45 Conf. Rm. 3, Secretariat Bldg.
TITLE: The Role of Men and Boys in Ending Gender-Based Violence
DESCRIPTION: This panel is sponsored by the Bureau of the PrepCom, in
collaboration with the OSAGI, DAW, UNICEF, UNDP, UNIFEM and the UN Men's
Group for Gender Equality.
HIGHLIGHTS: The panel is to be chaired by Richard Jolly, Special Adviser,
UNDP HDR.  Invited speakers include: Mr. Phillipe Thigo, Youth Caucus and
member of Kenya Delegation for B+5; Mr. Mufti Ziauddin, human rights
lawyer, (Pakistan); Dr. Michael Kaufman,  International Director, White
Ribbon Campaign (Canada); Noeleen Heyzer, Executive Director, UNIFEM; Mr.
Peter Piot, Executive Director, UNAIDS. 
CONTACT NAME: DAW (212) 963-8034

DATE: 6 June
TIME/LOCATION: 3:00 - 4:00 p.m. Alphabet Room, Secretariat Bldg.
TITLE: Book Launch: Gender Mainstreaming in the United Nations:
Experiences of UNDP/UNIFEM/UNV Gen0der Specialists in the Field 
DESCRIPTION: Four Gender Specialists, working in Cambodia, Kyrgyzstan,
Morrocco, and Vietnam will discuss their experiences and good practices in
gender mainstreaming. Co-sponsored with UNDP and UNV.
HIGHLIGHTS: The launching is to be chaired by Aster Zaoude, Manager,
Gender in Development Programme, UNDP.  Panelists will include: Jyotsna
Roy, Gender Specialist/UNV (Cambodia); Dona Abdurazaova, Gender
Specialist/ UNV (Kyrgyzstan); Suzette Mitchell, Programme Consultant/UNV
(Vietnam); Zazie Schater, Gender Specialist/UNV (Morocco).
CONTACT NAME: Susana Fried (212) 906-6045, Micol Zarb (212) 906-5463

DATE: 6 June
TIME/LOCATION: 3:00 - 5:00 p.m. Hank Shannon Conf. Room/ DC-I (21st Floor)
TITLE: Technical Workshop on Micro-finance and Women's Empowerment
DESCRIPTION: The panel will examine how women are being empowered or
otherwise through micro-finance programmes.  Co-sponsored with the ILO and
the MCSC.
HIGHLIGHTS: TBA
CONTACT NAME: Susana Fried (212) 906-6045, Micol Zarb (212) 906-5463

DATE: 6 June
TIME/LOCATION: 6:00 - 8:00 p.m. DHL Auditorium, Secretariat Bldg.
TITLE: Overcoming Women's Poverty: Linking Beijing +5 and WSSD +5
DESCRIPTION: This panel will look at the links between B+5 and WSSD +5,
emphasizing issues of gender, economic justice and globalization.
Co-sponsored with UNDP, ILO and WICEJ (Women's International Coalition for
Economic Justice).
HIGHLIGHTS: Invited Speakers include: Pam Rajput, South Asia Watch
(India); Oksana Kisselyova, MAMA86 (Ukraine); La Doris Payne,
WomenSpirit/National Congress of Neighborhood Women (USA); Njoki Njeru, 50
Years is Enough/Jubilee 2000 (Kenya) 
CONTACT NAME: Susana Fried (212) 906-6045, Micol Zarb (212) 906-5463

DATE: 6 June
TIME/LOCATION: Evening 
TITLE: Reception and Book Launch
DESCRIPTION: Co-sponsored with the International Women's Tribune Centre
CONTACT NAME: Susana Fried (212) 906-6045

DATE: 7 June
TIME/LOCATION: 1 - 2:30 p.m. Location TBA
TITLE: Panel discussion on the impact of microcredit on the poorest
families, especially women in those families.
DESCRIPTION: This panel will discuss the impact of microcredit on the
poorest families, with particular attention to the women of those
families.  Co-sponsored with ILO and MCSC.  
HIGHLIGHTS: TBA
CONTACT NAME: Soyoung Chon (212) 906-6536

DATE: 7 June
TIME/LOCATION: 3 - 4:45 p.m. DHL Auditorium, Secretariat Bldg.
TITLE: Engendering Peacemaking Processes: Emerging Challenges and
Opportunities
DESCRIPTION: This panel will review progress made in the post-Beijing
period to enhance women's leadership in peacemaking, and will present a
forward-looking strategy to launch a Security Council session on women and
armed conflict.  Co-sponsored with UNDP and International Alert.
The panel is to be chaired by Noeleen Heyzer, Executive Director, UNIFEM;
and Zephirin Diabre, UNDP Associate Administrator. Introductory remarks
from International Alert. 
HIGHLIGHTS: Invited speakers include: Ambassador Karim Chowdury, Security
Council (Bangladesh); Hon. Mu Sochua, Ministefr for Women's and Veteran's
Affairs (Cambodia); Amy Smythe, former Minister of Women's and Children's
Affairs, (Sierra Leone); Angela King, Special Advisor to the
Secretary-General on Gender Issues and the Advancement of Women; Luz
Mendez, National Union of Women of Guatemala.  
CONTACT NAME: Susana Fried (212) 906-6045, Micol Zarb (212) 906-5463

DATE: 8 June
TIME/LOCATION: 8:30 - 10 a.m. Austrian Mission to the UN (by invitation
only)
TITLE: Voices of Change: Ending Violence Against Women
DESCRIPTION: Breakfast with donors to showcase good practices in ending
violence against women from grantees of UNIFEM's Trust Fund in Support of
Actions to Eliminate Violence Against Women.  
HIGHLIGHTS: Duska Andric-Ruzicic, Infoteka/Bosnia-Herzegovina and Nadera
Kevorkian, Women's Centre for Legal Aid Counseling (WCLAC)/Jerusalem.
CONTACT NAME: Susana Fried (212) 906-6045, Micol Zarb (212) 906-5463

DATE: 8 June
TIME/LOCATION: 1:15 - 2:45 p.m. DHL Auditorium, Secretariat Bldg.
TITLE: The Future of Women's Human Rights
DESCRIPTION: This panel will focus on the future challenges for the
realization of women's human rights, with presentations by independent
human rights experts in various areas of rights.  They will outline a
forward-looking agenda on the next frontier for the advancement,
protection and promotion of women's human rights.  Co-sponsored with the
Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights and UN/DAW.
HIGHLIGHTS: Invited speakers include: Mary Robinson, High Commissioner for
Human Rights (invited); Noeleen Heyzer, Executive Director, UNIFEM; Asma
Jahangir, UN Special Rapporteur on Extrajudicial, Arbitrary and Summary
Executions (invited); Gay MacDougall, Member of Committee for Racial
Discrimination; Navinathan Pillay, Int'l Criminal Tribunal on Rwanda
(invited); Chair: Zelmira Regazzoli, member of CEDAW Committee; among
others. 
CONTACT NAME: Susana Fried (212) 906-6045, Micol Zarb (212) 906-5463

DATE: 8 June 
TIME/LOCATION: 1:15-2:45 p.m. Church Center of the UN (44th St. &1stAve.)
TITLE: Widows and Widowhood: Myths, Rituals and Realities
DESCRIPTION: The panel will look at widows and widowhood, emphasizing
myths and realities within and across regions, and including issues of
HIV/AIDS.
HIGHLIGHTS: Margaret Owen, Empowering Widows in Development; 
Joanna Foster, Women Law & Development in Africa (WILDAF); 
Madhu Bala Nath, UNIFEM/ UNAIDs; Sarah Longwe, FEMNET; others to
announced.
CONTACT NAME: Susana Fried (212) 906-6045

DATE: 8 June
TIME/LOCATION: 3 - 4:45 p.m. Conf. Rm. 3, Secretariat Bldg.
TITLE: Gender and ICTs: Building new partnerships
DESCRIPTION: This panel will explore new and emerging partnerships to
increase women's access to information and communications technologies.
Co-sponsored with Cisco Systems and UNDP.
HIGHLIGHTS: Speakers will include: Dr. Ruth Cardoso (invited), First Lady
of Brazil; Mrs. Rawlings, First Lady of Ghana; Christine Hemrick, Senior
Vice President, Cisco Systems; Mark Malloch Brown, Administrator, UNDP;
Angela King, Special Advisor to the Secretary-General on Gender Issues and
the Advancement of Women; Noeleen Heyzer, Executive Director, UNIFEM;
Lalla ben Yarka, UN Economic Commission for Africa; others to be
announced.
CONTACT NAME: Rosemary Kalapurakal  (212)906-6442

DATE: 8 June
TIME/LOCATION: 6 - 8 p.m. Conf. Rm. 3, Secretariat Bldg.
TITLE: Gender and Forced Migration: Persisting Challenges and New
Realities
DESCRIPTION: The panel will seek to address three issue areas of concern
to women who are forced into exile.  1) Reproductive health and
gender-based violence in the land of displacement.  2) The impact and
emerging problems of internal displacement on women and girls.  3)
Building local capacities of refugee women and women's organizations and
their contribution to humanitarian assistance protection.  
HIGHLIGHTS: Speakers will include: Joyce Mends-Cole, Senior Coordinator
for Gender Equality and Refugee Women of UNHCR;
Mary Diaz, Director of Women's Commission for Refugee Women and Children;
Sydia Nduna, who ran Burundi sexual and gender-based program on
reproductive health; Amanda Romeo, Gender and internal displacement in
Colombia; and a representative from Bosnia Women's Initiatives.  
CONTACT NAME: Susana Fried (212) 906-6045





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