UN Commission on the Status of Women
53rd Session • March 2-13, 2009
For a PDF version of CWGL's CSW schedule of events, click here.
Post-Event Updates
- Statement on GEAR Campaign, Building a United Nations that Really Works for All Women, submitted by African Women’s Development and Communication Network, Amnesty International, Asia Pacific Women’s Watch, Association for Women’s Rights in Development, Baha’i International Community, Center for Women’s Global Leadership, Development Alternatives with Women for a New Era, Human Rights Watch, International Planned Parenthood Federation, Women’s Environment and Development Organization and World Federalist Movement, non-governmental organizations in consultative status with the Economic and Social Council
- February 26, 2009: Executive Director, Charlotte Bunch, quoted in RIGHTS: U.N. Flunking on Gender Empowerment, Women Say by Thalif Deen, IPS-Inter Press Service, http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=45903
CWGL Sponsored Event
- FRIDAY, MARCH 6, 2009 (2-3:30pm), Church Center, Drew Room: Ending Violence Against Women: Strategies for Strengthening Advocacy, sponsored by the CWGL, co-sponsored by Creating Resources for Empowerment in Action (CREA), Women Living Under Muslim Laws (WLUML), and the World YWCA. Speakers include: Aisha Shaheed, WLUML; Charlotte Bunch, CWGL; S. Vinita, CREA; Jessica Notwell, World YWCA; Yakin Ertürk, United Nations Special Rapporteur on Violence Against Women.
CWGL Co-Sponsored Events
- MONDAY, MARCH 2, 2009 (10-11:30am), Church Center, Grumman Room: General Assembly Statement on Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity, and Human Rights, co-sponsored by Human Rights Watch and CWGL.
- MONDAY, MARCH 2, 2009 (5-6pm), UN, Conference Room B: Linkage Caucus, co-sponsored by CWGL, WEDO, and the NGO Committee on the Status of Women.
- TUESDAY, MARCH 3, 2009 (4-5:30pm), Church Center, Hardin Room, 2nd Floor: GEAR Campaign: Gearing Up a New UN for Women, co-sponsored by Association for Women’s Rights in Development (AWID), CWGL, Development Alternatives with Women for a New Era (DAWN), International Planned Parenthood Federation (IPPF), and Women’s Environment and Development Organization (WEDO).
- WEDNESDAY, MARCH 4, 2009 (6-7:30pm), Church Center, 11th Floor: Women Human Rights Defenders: Contexts and Challenges, sponsored by the Women Human Rights Defenders International Coalition.
- FRIDAY, MARCH 6, 2009 (5-6pm), UN, Conference Room B: Linkage Caucus, co-sponsored by CWGL, WEDO, and the NGO Committee on the Status of Women.
- MONDAY, MARCH 9, 2009 (12-1:30pm), Church Center, Hardin Room, 2nd Floor: Celebrating 30 Years of CEDAW, co-sponsored by CWGL and International Women’s Rights Action Watch-Asia Pacific (IWRAW-AP).
- FRIDAY, MARCH 13, 2009 (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
- TUESDAY, MARCH 3, 2009 (4-5:30pm), Church Center, Hardin Room, 2nd Floor: GEAR Campaign: Gearing Up a New UN for Women, co-sponsored by Association for Women’s Rights in Development (AWID), CWGL, Development Alternatives with Women for a New Era (DAWN), International Planned Parenthood Federation (IPPF), and Women’s Environment and Development Organization (WEDO).
- WEDNESDAY, MARCH 4, 2009 (6-7:30pm), Church Center, 11th Floor: Women Human Rights Defenders: Contexts and Challenges, sponsored by the Women Human Rights Defenders International Coalition.
- FRIDAY, MARCH 6, 2009 (2-3:30pm), Church Center, Drew Room: Ending Violence Against Women: Strategies for Strengthening Advocacy, co-sponsored by CWGL, co-sponsored by Creating Resources for Empowerment in Action (CREA), Women Living Under Muslim Laws (WLUML), and the World YWCA.
- FRIDAY, MARCH 6, 2009 (3-4:30pm), UN Conference Room C: Human Rights Machinery, UN Special Rapporteurs and NGO Gender Networking, co-sponsored by the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), International Federation of Women Lawyers (FIDA), and WUNRN.
- MONDAY, MARCH 9, 2009 (12-1:30pm), Church Center, Hardin Room 2nd Floor: Celebrating 30 Years of CEDAW, co-sponsored by CWGL and International Women’s Rights Action Watch-Asia Pacific (IWRAW-AP).
Cynthia Rothschild Speaking Engagements
- MONDAY, MARCH 2, 2009 (10-11:30am), Church Center, Grumman Room: General Assembly Statement on Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity, and Human Rights, co-sponsored by Human Rights Watch and CWGL.
- FRIDAY, MARCH 6, 2009 (10-11:30am), Church Center, Drew Room: The Rights of Invisible Women – the Human Rights of Lesbian and Bisexual Women, sponsored by the Swedish Federation for Lesbian and Gay Rights (RSFL).
Other Events
- SUNDAY, MARCH 8, 2009 (1:30pm), Church Center, Tillman Chapel: International Women’s Day, An Interfaith Celebration Women’s Testimonies of faith and activism from around the world, sponsored by Olympia’s Daughters.
- TUESDAY, MARCH 10, 2009 (6-7:30pm), Church Center, 11th Floor: Nobel Peace Laureates Tribunal on Burma, sponsored by Nobel Women's Initiative, please contact Erin Simpson at
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