Please email details of any events which have been planned around the the CSW, and that you wish to have listed on this page, to
anna@gn.apc.org
7 March, 1:15 - 2:45 pm, Church Center, 777 UN Plaza, 11th Floor, Hardin Room
Briefing on
Female Agricultural Workers: Women Working in the World's Fields
Organised by the CONGO Committee On Sustainable Development And Committee On The Status Of Women
Speaker: Dr. Mark Robson, Executive Director, Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences Institute
Moderator: Dr. Claudia Strauss, World Information Transfer
March 7 ,8, 13 & 14, 1:30-2:30 pm
Fire FM, Feminist International Radio Endeavour is organising a Live Broadcast in the Internet
Video and sound - from the Beijing +5 PrepCom at the United Nations in New York.
Programs scheduled for (EST) in Spanish, and 2:30-3:30 pm (EST) in English, and any other language by request of women activists at the PrepCom.
http://www.fire.or.cr/indexeng.htm
Días 7, 8, 13 & 14 de marzo desde las
12:30-1:30 p.m. en Centroamerica (1:30-2:30 EST EEUU) en español.
FIRE, Radio Feminista Internacional esta organizando una emision en directo
por Internet
video y sonido- desde la Preconferencia mundial Beijing +5 en
la sede de la ONU en Nueva York. En ingles
2:30-3:30 pm, y cuanquier otra lengua mediante solicitud de activistas
mujeres en la PrepCom.
http://www.fire.or.cr
7, 9, 13, 14 March, check for time check for location (varies between UN, conference room B and Church Center)
Our Rights aren't optional
Come learn more about the optional protocol (in English, French, Spanish)
7 March, 6 pm UN, Dag Hammerskjold auditorium
UNIFEM EVENT: The Coalition Against Trafficking in Women invites you to An Evening of Film, Theater and Strategy
7 March, 3.00 - 5.00 p.m, Pickwick Hotel, Conference Room B:
How To Make Widows Visible In The Beijing Platform For Action And Beyond
Convened by Margaret Owen, international advocate of empowering
widows in development, and Sara Longwe, Chair of Femnet.
People who want to contribute a short (4 minutes) presentation on strategies, best practice, to ensure that widows' issues are addressed can contact Margaret Owen or Sara Longwe on 212355 0300 from March 3rd and Sara at Regal UN Plaza 212 758 1234
7 March, 1.15 pm To be announced
UNIFEM EVENT: Launch of Booklets on Targets and Indicators
8 March, International Women s Day
The World March Of Women In The Year 2000 Official International Media Launch In Over 50 Countries
The World March launch is going to be simultaneously webcast on
RDI, the Canadian Broadcast Corporations francophone all-news channel, starting
at 10AM.
8 March, 6 pm IWTC, Church Center of UN
UNIFEM EVENT: UNIFEM/UNDP/IWTC Reception
9 March, Lunch 12.30 pm UN dining room
UNIFEM EVENT: UNIFEM National Comm.
9 March, 11.30 am UN conference room B
UNIFEM EVENT: Trust Fund Briefing (Eliminate Violence Against Women)
9 March, 6 pm UN Dag Hammerskjold auditorium
UNIFEM EVENT: Videoconference Screening "A Life free from Violence"
9, 13, 15 March, 10:45am - 12:15, The UNIFEM Conference Room, 304 East 45th
Street, between 1st and 2nd Avenues, on the 15th floor.
The twice-weekly CEE subregional caucus
Please bring to New York 50-100 copies of your alternative reports/or
national recommendations. In one of our cacus we will present the
preparatory process to the Beijing + 5 in CEE countries.
10, 15 March, 3 pm UN, conference room B
A Human Rights based Approach to the Beijing+5 Review
9 March, 3 pm, Ruth Dill Johnson Crockett Building, 162 Ryders Lane, 1st floor, conference room, Douglass Collegedate
Women's Leadership on Global Issues: Next Challenges