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UN Commission on the Status of Women
51st Session • 26 February - 9 March 2007

Women Won't Wait: End HIV and Violence Against Women. Now.
March 6, 2007: Campaign launch and release of Show Us the Money: Is Violence Against Women on the HIV&AIDS Funding Agenda http://womenwontwait.org

International Women's Day
On March 8, 2007, in honor of International Women’s Day, CWGL and over 150 women’s organizations and allies delivered an Open Letter to the Secretary General of the UN and to UN Member States on the “gender equality architecture” of the UN (Spanish). The letter urges States and the SG to immediately support efforts to strengthen the UN architecture for women’s equality as recommended by the High Level Panel on Systemwide Coherence in its final report issued in November. These recommendations are likely to be discussed in the General Assembly in the coming months.

The Letter also calls for

  1. Significant and sustained funding for a new women’s entity in the UN as well as for other UN efforts to integrate gender equality in its policies and programs.
  2. Meaningful and ongoing civil society participation (particularly of women’s groups) in consideration and implementation of the Panel’s gender related recommendations.
  3. Integration of gender equality and participation of NGOs in design, implementation and monitoring of “One UN” Pilot Country Projects.
  4. Establishment of a clear, expeditious and transparent process for the consideration and implementation of the strengthening of the gender equality architecture and securing of funds for ongoing work.

The Open Letter was developed from discussions in and endorsed by the Linkage Caucus of the Commission on the Status of Women in its annual meeting at the UN in New York. The Linkage Caucus was convened by CWGL, WEDO and the NGO Committee on the Status of Women.

CWGL Co-Sponsored Activities

  • MONDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 2007 (1:15-2:45pm), UN, DHL Auditorium: UN Reform: How to Strengthen Gender Architecture. Co-sponsored by the Center for Women’s Global Leadership (CWGL), UN Non-Governmental Liaison Service (NGLS), Women’s Environment and Development Organization (WEDO), and United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM). Event Summary & List of Resources
  • TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 2007 (5-6pm), UN, Conference Room B: Linkage Caucus, co-sponsored by the Center for Women's Global Leadership (CWGL), Women’s Environment and Development Organization (WEDO), and the NGO Committee on the Status of Women.
  • THURSDAY, MARCH 1, 2007 (5-6pm), UN, Conference Room B: Linkage Caucus, co-sponsored by CWGL, WEDO and the NGO Committee on the Status of Women.
  • MONDAY, MARCH 5, 2007 (5-6pm), UN, Conference Room B: Linkage Caucus, co-sponsored by CWGL, WEDO and the NGO Committee on the Status of Women.
  • MONDAY, MARCH 5, 2007 (7-9pm), LGBT Community Center, 208 West 13th St, between 7th and 8th Ave: Girls Go Global: A Celebration of Worldwide Lesbian and Sexual Rights Activism. Sponsored by the LGBT Community Center, CWGL, National Gay and Lesbian Task Force, Human Rights Watch, International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission, Amnesty International USA, and Global Rights.
  • TUESDAY, MARCH 6, 2007 (10:30-12pm), Millennium Plaza Hotel, Dag Hammarskjold Room, One UN Plaza: International campaign launch and press conference: Women Won't Wait: End HIV & Violence Against Women. Now. RSVP by Friday, March 2, 2006 to lsisson@genderhealth.org or 301-270-1182.
  • TUESDAY, MARCH 6, 2007 (12-1:45pm), Church Center, 8th Floor: Not Such Strange Bedfellows: Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity at the UN. Co-sponsored by ARC International, CWGL, Human Rights Watch, International Service for Human Rights and other groups.
  • WEDNESDAY, MARCH 7, 2007 (1:15-2:45pm), UN, Conference Room 2: Using the Secretary General’s Report on VAW (with translation). Co-sponsored by CWGL, MADRE, FIMI/IIWF (International Indigenous Women’s Forum), Amnesty International, and the UN Secretariat of the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues.
  • WEDNESDAY, MARCH 7, 2007 (2-3:45pm), Church Center, 11th Floor: Accountability, Activism and Money! International Campaign on Violence Against Women and HIV/AIDS. Co-sponsored by ActionAid International, CWGL, Center for Health and Gender Equity (CHANGE), and other groups.
  • WEDNESDAY, MARCH 7, 2007 (5-6pm), UN, Conference Room B: Linkage Caucus, co-sponsored by CWGL, WEDO and the NGO Committee on the Status of Women.
  • THURSDAY, MARCH 8, 2007 (7-8:30pm), St. Bart’s Episcopal Church, New York: International Women’s Day 2007. For more information, please visit http://www.womensdaynyc.org.
  • FRIDAY, MARCH 9, 2007 (5-6pm), UN, Conference Room B: Linkage Caucus, co-sponsored by CWGL, WEDO and the NGO Committee on the Status of Women.

Charlotte Bunch Speaking Engagements

  • MONDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 2007 (1:15-2:45pm), UN, DHL Auditorium: UN Reform: How to Strengthen Gender Architecture. Co-sponsored by the Center for Women’s Global Leadership (CWGL), UN Non-Governmental Liaison Service (NGLS), Women’s Environment and Development Organization (WEDO), and United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM).
  • THURSDAY, MARCH 1, 2007 (10-11:45am), Church Center, 8th floor: Violence Against the Girl Child: Consequences Across the Life Span. Sponsored by the NGO CSW NY Subcommittee on Violence Against Women.
  • FRIDAY, MARCH 2, 2007 (1:15-2:30), UN, Conference Room 8: UN Reform, UN Special Rapporteurs, the Human Rights Council, NGO Networking & Gender. Sponsored by the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) with the International Federation of Women Lawyers (FIDA) and the Women's UN Report Network (WUNRN).
  • WEDNESDAY, MARCH 7, 2007 (1:15-2:45pm), UN, Conference Room 2: Using the Secretary General’s Report on VAW (with translation). Co-sponsored by CWGL, MADRE, FIMI/IIWF (International Indigenous Women’s Forum), Amnesty International, and the UN Secretariat of the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues.

Cynthia Rothschild Speaking Engagements

  • WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 2007 (10-11am), Church Center, 3rd Floor, International Women's Tribune Centre (IWTC): Books & Bagels: Breakfast discussion on CWGL's publication, Strengthening Resistance: Confronting Violence Against Women & HIV/AIDS.
  • MONDAY, MARCH 5, 2007 (3:30-4:45), Church Center, 8th Floor: UN Reform and Gender Architecture, Part 2. Co-sponsored by IWTC and Asia Pacific Women's Watch (APWW). On Thursday, March 1, 2007 (1-2:45), IWTC and APWW will hold Part 1 of this discussion.
  • TUESDAY, MARCH 6, 2007 (12-1:45pm), Church Center, 8th Floor: Not Such Strange Bedfellows: Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity at the UN. Co-sponsored by ARC International, CWGL, Human Rights Watch, International Service for Human Rights and other groups.
  • WEDNESDAY, MARCH 7, 2007 (2-3:45pm), Church Center, 11th Floor: Accountability, Activism and Money! International Campaign on Violence Against Women and HIV/AIDS. Co-sponsored by ActionAid International, CWGL, Center for Health and Gender Equity (CHANGE), and other groups.

Other Events

  • TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 2007 (1:15-2:45pm), UN, Conference Room 2: Launch Ceremony of the International Knowledge Network of Women in Politics (iKNOW Politics). Click here for more information http://ndiaction.org/node/89.
  • THURSDAY, MARCH 1, 2007 (1-2:45pm), Church Center, Office of the International Women's Tribune Centre (IWTC): UN Reform and Gender Architecture, Part 1. Co-sponsored by IWTC and Asia Pacific Women's Watch (APWW).
  • TUESDAY, MARCH 6 - WEDNESDAY, MARCH 7, 2007, UN, General Assembly Hall: Informal Thematic Debate of the General Assembly: Promotion of Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women.
  • TUESDAY, MARCH 6, 2007 (12-1:45pm), Church Center, 12th Floor, Dag Hammarskjöld Lounge: Fighting the Good Fight: Women's Rights Activism in a Time of Crisis, Women's Learning Partnership for Rights, Development & Peace (WLP). http://www.learningpartnership.org
  • THURSDAY, MARCH 8, 2007 (6-8pm), Washington DC: Against All Odds: Women Partnering for Change in a Time of Crisis, Women's Learning Partnership for Rights, Development & Peace (WLP). http://www.learningpartnership.org
  • THURSDAY, MARCH 8, 2007 & SUNDAY, MARCH 11, 2007: The Kurdish National Congress of North America will hold a conference on Kurdish Women in Greater Kurdistan (Iran, Iraq, Turkey, and Syria) and in the Diaspora. The conference will be held in Southern Kurdistan and will focus on both the role of Kurdish women in politics, science, art, and history inside Kurdistan and in the Diaspora. http://www.kncna.org
  • THURSDAY, MARCH 8, 2007: For other International Women's Day events, please visit http://www.internationalwomensday.com, sponsored by the Aurora Network.

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