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
andpeace 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.
- 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 (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: (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.
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