[fem-women2000 616] CSW45 events week1 and week2 [lsit]

Subject: [fem-women2000 616] CSW45 events week1 and week2 [lsit]
From: lalamaziwa <lalamaziwa@jca.apc.org>
Date: Mon, 12 Mar 2001 01:32:54 -0500
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From: "leslie" <Leslie_Wright@msn.com>
Subject: Fw: What Happened to Women's History Month?
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Attached is information about activities planned for the meetings of the UN
Commission on the Status of Women. If you are not concerned with these
meetings or it is too expensive for you to download attachments, please
delete this message.

Unfortunately, I only found this message today, so the events for last week
are passed. I still include them for your information.
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CSW Calendar 2001*

Monday, March 5
Official UN Agenda - Official UN Holiday

NGO Events and other UN Events

9:00-5:00pm: NGO Orientation for NGO representatives attending the Commission on the Status of Women attending the Commission on the Status of Women. For more information call NGO Committee on the Status of Women fax (212)692-0724, ngo_csw_ny@hotmail.com, (NYU Medical School, 550 1st Avenue at 30th Street).
1:00-3:00pm: Women's International War Crimes Tribunal: Next Steps, sponsored by Peace Education Program-Teachers College Columbia University, Hague Appeal for Peace Global Campaign for Peace Education, Women's International Network on Gender and Human Security, For Details Call: 212-678-8116, (Teachers College, Columbia University).

Tuesday, March 6
Official UN Agenda
a.m.: Opening of the session; Item 1 Election of officers; Item 2 Adoption of the agenda and other organizational matters Introduction of reports followed by dialogue; Item 3 Follow-up to the Fourth World Conference on Women and to the special session of the General Assembly entitled "Women 2000: gender equality, development and peace for the twenty-first century": general discussion.
p.m.: Item 3 Continuation of general discussion.

NGO Events and other UN Events
9:30-6:00pm: Women, Ink. Bonzana Book Sale, (3rd Floor, Church Center United Nations, 777 UN Plaza).

11:00-12:15pm: Panel on Roman Catholic Women on Women's Human Rights, sponsored by Catholics for a Free Choice, (7th Floor, Church Center Floor).

1:15-2:45pm: Panel on HIV/AIDs: The great leadership challenge, sponsored by UNIFEM with UNAIDS, UNFPA, and UNDP, (Conference Room 2, United Nations).

4:00-6:00pm: NGO Orientation for NGO representatives attending the Commission on the Status of Women for the first time attending the Commission on the Status of Women. For more information call NGO Committee on the Status of Women fax (212)692-0724, ngo_csw_ny@hotmail.com.

3:00-5:00pm: Panel on Racism and Rural Women, sponsored by the Rural Development Leadership Network (Boss Room Church Center).

5:00-6:00pm: Screening of the documentary "Beijing +5 Actions, Not Words" produced by Kaisut Media, directed by Mar Mash and produced by Oliva Acosta, screening cosponsored by the International Women's Tribune Centre and the Center for Women's Global Leadership, (International Women's Tribune Centre, 3rd Floor, Church Center).

6:00-8:00pm: Women, Ink. Book Launch and Reception. Two new books: "With and End In Sight" (UNIFEM) and "Chyrsalis" (a training manual from Winrock International), (International Women's Tribune Centre, 3rd Floor, Church Center).

8:00-9:00pm: Screening of the documentary "Beijing +5 Actions, Not Words" produced by Kaisut Media, directed by Mar Mash and produced by Oliva Acosta, screening cosponsored by the International Women's Tribune Centre and the Center for Women's Global Leadership, (12th Floor, Church Center).

Wednesday, March 7
Official UN Agenda
a.m.: Item 3 Continuation of general discussion.
p.m.: Item 3 (c) Consideration of multi-year work programme and working methods of the Commission.

NGO Events and other UN Events
1:15-2:45pm: Launch of Women and Torture campaign. Sponsored by Amnesty International.

12:30-2:30pm: Luncheon of the Metropolitan New York Chapter of US Committee for UNIFEM, Contact UNIFEM, Christian Gladel, E-mail: christian.gladel@undp.org,
(212) 906-6897, (Delegates Dining Room, United Nations).

1:00-3:00pm: Panel on "Women's Human Rights Advocacy and the World Conference Against Racism, sponsored by UNIFEM with The Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, Center for Women's Global Leadership, Human Rights Institute at Columbia University, African-American Policy Institute at Columbia University, (Conference Room 3, United Nations).

3:00-5:00pm: Panel on "Gender, Race and Globalization", sponsored by The Women's International Coalition for Economic Justice (WICEJ), (Church Center).

6:00-8:00pm: NGO Reception: Women of Merit Award will be presented to Angela King, sponsored by the NGO Committee on the Status of Women, admission is $10, (2nd Floor, Church Center).

Thursday, March 8
Official UN Agenda
a.m.: Observance of International Women's Day; Item 3 Continuation of general discussion.
p.m.: Item 4 (a) Thematic issues: women, the girl child and human immunodeficiency virus/acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (HIV/AIDS) Panel of experts: presentation and dialogue.

NGO Events and other UN Events
1:15-2:45pm: Panel on Gender and Peace, Security Council Resolution 1325: What is next?, Sponsored by the NGO Working Group on Women and Peace and International Peace and Security.

1:30-3:30pm: Panel on "50/50 in the United Nations", moderated by Marica Brewster, President, GERWUN and June Zeitlin, Executive director, WEDO, sponsored by Group on Equal Rights for Women.

1:15-2:45pm: Press Conference on Tokyo Tribunal, (UNCA Club).

3:00-5:00pm: Women's Human Rights/World Conference Against Racism Conference Caucus will discuss the integration of an analysis of multiple forms of discrimination (in particular racial discrimination) into the work of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW), (Conference Room C, United Nations).

6:00-8:00pm: Celebration of Historic Judgement in Tokyo at the Women's International War Crimes Tribunal, cosponsored by ASCENT, VAWW-Net Japan, Korean Council, Center for Women's Global Leadership, International Women's Human Rights Law, Clinic New York Coalition for Comfort Women Issues, GABRIELLA Network, Women's International League for Peace and Freedom and The Women's Caucus for Gender Justice, (2nd floor, Church Center).

6:30pm: Recipes for Peace-Women at the Peace Table. Launching of the first Millennium Peace Prize for Women. Gala Gourmet Benefit Dinner. Sponsored by UNIFEM and International Alert. Christian Gladel, E-mail: christian.gladel@undp.org, (212) 906-6897, (Delegates Dining Room, United Nations).

Friday, March 9
Official UN Agenda
a.m.: Item 6 Communications concerning the status of women Consideration of the report of the Secretary-General assessing implications of reforms of mechanisms in the human rights area for communications procedure .
p.m.: Item 6 Continuation of consideration of the report of the Secretary-General assessing implications of reforms of mechanisms in the human rights area for communications procedure Informal consultations.

NGO Events and other UN Events
1:15-2:45pm: Women Peace and Security: Millennium Peace Prize Winners Speak, cosponsored by UNIFEM and International Alert, (Conference Rooms 3, United Nations).

Monday, March 12
Official UN Agenda
a.m.: Item 5 Follow-up to Economic and Social Council resolutions and decisions Discussion.
p.m.: All items Introduction of proposals under all items, including the provisional agenda for the forty-sixth session of the Commission, followed by informal consultations.

NGO Events and other UN Events
6:15-8pm: Panel on Gender and Racial Discrimination: A dialogue on how intersectionality can be put into practice in the work of the CSW, sponsored by the Division for the Advancement of Women and The Center for Women's Global Leadership, (Conference Room 6, United Nations).

Tuesday, 13 March
Official UN Agenda

a.m.: Item 4 (b) Thematic issues: gender and all forms of discrimination, in particular racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance Panel of experts: presentation and dialogue .
p.m.: Items 3, 4 and 5 Informal consultations.

Wednesday, March 14
UN Official Agenda
a.m.: Item 6 Closed meeting of the Commission to consider the report of the Working Group on Communications, followed by: Items 3, 4 and 5 Informal consultations.
p.m.: Items 3, 4 and 5 Informal consultations.

Thursday, March 15
UN Official Agenda
a.m.: Items 3, 4 and 5 Informal consultations.
p.m.: Items 3, 4 and 5 Action on proposals and on proposed agreed conclusions Informal consultations.

NGO Events and other UN Events
3:00-5:00pm: Women's Human Rights/World Conference Against Racism Conference Caucus will discuss plans and strategies for The World Conference Against Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia and Related Intolerance (WCAR), (Conference Room C, United Nations).

Friday, March 16
UN Official Agenda
a.m.: All items Action on outstanding issues.
p.m.: Item 7 Provisional agenda for the forty-sixth session of the Commission Item 8 Adoption of the report of the Commission on its forty-fifth session Closure of the session.

* Compiled by the Center for Women's Global Leadership
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Center for Women's Global Leadership
CSW Calendar 2001

Tuesday, March 6
5:00-6:00pm: Screening of the documentary "Beijing +5 Actions, Not Words" produced by Kaisut Media, directed by Mar Mash and produced by Oliva Acosta, screening cosponsored by the International Women's Tribune Centre and the Center for Women's Global Leadership, (International Women's Tribune Centre, 3rd Floor, Church Center).

Wednesday, March 7
1:00-3:00pm: Panel on "Women's Human Rights Advocacy and the World Conference Against Racism, sponsored by UNIFEM with The Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, Center for Women's Global Leadership, Human Rights Institute at Columbia University, African-American Policy Institute at Columbia University, (Conference Room 3, United Nations).

3:00-5:00pm: Panel on "Gender, Race and Globalization", sponsored by The Women's International Coalition for Economic Justice (WICEJ), (Church Center).

Thursday, March 8
3:00-5:00pm: Women's Human Rights/World Conference Against Racism Conference Caucus will discuss the integration of an analysis of multiple forms of discrimination (in particular racial discrimination) into the work of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW), (Conference Room C, United Nations).

Monday, March 12
6:15-8pm: Panel on Gender and Racial Discrimination: A dialogue on how intersectionality can be put into practice in the work of the CSW, sponsored by the Division for the Advancement of Women and The Center for Women's Global Leadership, (Conference Room 6, United Nations).

Thursday, March 15
3:00-5:00pm: Women's Human Rights/World Conference Against Racism Conference Caucus will discuss plans and strategies for The World Conference Against Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia and Related Intolerance (WCAR), (Conference Room C, United Nations).

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