Calendar of UNGASS Events
Tuesday 6th June 2000
WomenAction 2000 | Live @ the UNGASS!

This calendar has been compiled by WomenAction, and attempts to include all events taking place around the UNGASS. It will be updated as we receive news of other events, and changes to publicised details.

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Date/Time Venue Title Details Contact
8:00–9:00 am

Boss Rm, 8th Fl, UNCC

Girl Guide/Girl Scout Breakfast – World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts



8:00-9:00

DHL Rm, 12th Fl, UNCC

“Child Advocacy Caucus”



9:00-10:00 am 10th Fl Conf Rm, UNCC "Accessing the UN on Sustainable Development" - School for International Training

9:00-10:00 am

Conf Rm 4, UN Building

“NGO Briefing” – NGO Coordinating Committee



9.30-11.30

DC-1 Building, 1 UN Plaza, 21st Fl, Hanks Shannon Conference Room

Poverty Reduction Strategies Aand Gender

UNDP Special Event


10:00-11:30 am

Conf Rm 4, UN Building

TBA” – Alliance for Arab Women



10:00-11:00 am

DHL Rm, 12th Fl, UNCC

“Health Caucus”


10:00 am­–12:00 pm

DAW, Alpahabet Room, Secretariat Bdg

Time Use Surveys - Engendering Labour Market Statistics

UNDP Briefing and Web site Presentation

10:00 am­–12:00 pm

Boss Rm, 8th Fl, UNCC

“Political Empowerment—Forging Partnerships” – NGO Committee on UNIFEM



10:00–1:00 pm

Hardin Rm, 11th Fl, UNCC

“Reaffirming Rights” – International Women’s Rights Action Watch



11:00-12:30 pm

DHL Rm, 12th Fl, UNCC

“Uprooted Women Caucus”



11:00–1:00 pm

10th Fl Conf Rm, UNCC

“Intergenerational Dialogue” – Older Women’s Caucus, Youth Caucus and Girl Child Caucus



11:30-1:00 pm

Conf Rm 4, UN Building

TBA” – National Council of Women and Environment Caucus



12:00-1:00 pm

Boss Rm, 8th Fl, UNCC

“African Women and ICTs” – APC Africa Women, Femnet



12.30 - 2.00 pm 12th Floor, Church Center, 777 UN Plaza Mobilising Women: Responses to Armed Conflict

12:30-2:00 pm

DHL Rm, 12th Fl, UNCC

“Women and Armed Conflict Caucus”

Women's Caucus  and the international Crimonal Court, Women's Rights in Situations of Conflict, Women's Post Conflict and Peace Initiatives


12.30-2.30

DC-1 Building, 1 UN Plaza, 21st Fl, Hanks Shannon Conference Room

UNDP Experience in Gender Mainstreaming for Natural Resource Management



1.15 - 2.45p.m 1st Floor
Church Center
777 UN Plaza
Governments Against Women: Religion Politics and Women's Movement

1:15-2:45 pm

Hardin Rm, 11th Fl, UNCC

“Women in Law and Politics” - FIDA



1:15-2:45 pm

UN Conference Room 3, Secretariat Bdg

The Role of Men and Boys in Ending Gender-Based Violence



1:15-2:45 pm

DAW Alphabet Room, Secretariat Bdg

Gender Mainstreaming at the Country Level



1:15–2:45 pm

Labouisse Hall, UNICEF House

Youth Caucus Intergenerational Roundtable

A conservation about mentoring between women of all ages within the global NGO community to strengthen intergenerational collaboration.

Shireen Lee -  shireen_lee@yahoo.com

(202) 462-7512

1:15-2:45 pm Tillman Chapel, 1st Fl, UNCC "Government Against Women: Religion, Politics and the Women's Movement" - NCWDI, RAWA, Religion Counts
1:30-2:30 pm Joint Office for Commonwealth Permanent Missions to the United Nations, 800 2nd Ave, Suite 400A (near 42nd St) "Commonwealth Caucus" - Commonwealth Secretariat
1:15-2:45 pm

Conf Rm 4, UN Building

“Dialogue between Women and Armed Conflict”- Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom, Caucuses, UN agencies

1:15 – 2:45

Alphabet Room,

Secretariat Bldg.

Demonstration and discussion of Good Practices and Gender Training collections

Presentation and demonstration of interagency databases on good practices in gender mainstreaming and other gender resources. Co-sponsored with IACWGE, UNICEF, UNDP, UNFPA, and UNCHS (Habitat).

Jessica Humphreys

(212) 906-5538

1:15 – 2:45

Conf. Rm. 3, Secretariat Bldg.

The Role of Men and Boys in Ending Gender-Based Violence

This panel is sponsored by the Bureau of the PrepCom, in collaboration with the OSAGI, DAW, UNICEF, UNDP, UNIFEM and the UN Men’s Group for Gender Equality

DAW

(212) 963-8034

1:30–2:30 pm

10th Fl Conf Rm, UNCC

“Launch of Reproductive Rights Global Wall Chart” – International Planned Parenthood Federation



1.30-2.30

http://www.canalweb.net/vers/cyberfemmes.asp

GLOBALISATION with participants from Asia (India-Japan), United States

in relation to the three days devoted to this subject

"Cyberfemmes" Live interactive TV broadcast.(A chatroom will be open at 3:30pm GMT, 10:30pm in France.) So you can participate in the online debate. You

can also send emails with your comments, to the team in New York, who will post them the next day.

Joelle - Les Pénélopes

email : joe_palm@hotmail.com

1.30-3.00

7th Floor, UNCC, Prebyterian Conference Room

Media Caucus Meeting


2:00–4:00 pm

Boss Rm, 8th Fl, UNCC

“CEDAW and SHARIE in the Middle East” – Democratic Iranian Women Association


2:00-2:30 pm

DHL Rm, 12th Fl, UNCC

“US Delegation Briefing to its NGOs”


2:00-3:00 pm Grumman Rm, 8th Fl, UNCC "Press Briefing" - Youth Caucus

2:00-4:00 pm Boss Rm, 8th Fl, UNCC "CEDAW and Sha'ria in the Middle East" - Democratic Iranian Women Association

2:30-3:00 pm

DHL Rm, 12th Fl, UNCC

“Canadian Delegation Briefing for its NGOs”


3:00 – 4:00 p.m.

 

Alphabet Room,

Secretariat Bldg.

Book Launch: Gender Mainstreaming in the United Nations: Experiences of UNDP/UNIFEM/

UNV Gen0der Specialists in the Field

Four Gender Specialists, working in Cambodia, Kyrgyzstan, Morrocco, and Vietnam will discuss their experiences and good practices in gender mainstreaming.

Co-sponsored with UNDP and UNV.

Susana Fried

(212) 906-6045

Micol Zarb

(212) 906-5463

3:00-4:00 pm

DHL Rm, 12th Fl, UNCC

“Violence Against Women Caucus”


3:00-4:00 pm

Grumman Rm, 8th Fl, UNCC

“Mental Health Caucus”


3:00–4:30 pm

10th Fl Conf Rm, UNCC

TBA” –International Federation of Business and Professional


3:00-4:30 pm Hardin Rm, 11th Fl, UNCC "Beyond 2000: Women's Growth in Connection and Interconnection"-Seoul Women's Forum, Korean National Council of Women

3:00 - 5:00 p.m.

Hank Shannon Conf. Room/ DC-I

(21st Floor)

Technical Workshop on Micro-finance and Women’s Empowerment

The panel will examine how women are being empowered or otherwise through micro-finance programmes.

Co-sponsored with the ILO and the MCSC.

Susana Fried

(212) 906-6045

Micol Zarb

(212) 906-5463

3:00-5:00 pm

10th Fl Conf Rm, UNCC

“Connecting US Women” – US Women Connect


3:00-6:00 pm

Conf Rm 3, UN Building

“Best Practices in Gender Population and Development”- UNFPA


3:00-4:00 pm

Conf Rm 4, UN Building

“ECE Regional Caucus”   [FLOOR]

“ ECLAC Regional Caucus”  [BALCONY]


4:00-5:00 pm

Conf Rm 4, UN Building

“ESCAP Regional Caucus” [FLOOR]

“ECA Regional Caucus” [BALCONY]


5:00-6:00 pm

Conf Rm 4, UN Building

“Linkage Caucus”


4:00-5:00 pm

DHL Rm, 12th Fl, UNCC

“Indigenous Women Caucus”


4:00–7:00 pm

Boss Rm, 8th Fl, UNCC

Panel Discussion and Reception – NGO Committee on Population and Development


5:00-6:00 pm

Grumman Rm, 8th Fl, UNCC

“IPPF African Branch Meeting”- IPPF/Africa


5.00-7.00

UNDP DC-1 Building, I UN Plaza, 3rd Fl Lounge

Gender Mainstreaming and the Advancement of Women

6:00-7:00 pm

Grumman Rm, 8th Fl, UNCC

“IPPF Branches Meeting”- IPPF/UK


6:00–7:00 pm

Grumman Rm, 8th Fl, UNCC

“Panorama Egyptian Women” – Alliance of Arab Women


6:00 – 8:00 p.m.

UNDP 304 E 45th St, FF Bdg, 11th Floor

Challenges and Priorities for the Empowerment of Women in Arab States


6:00 – 8:00 p.m.

DHL Auditorium, Secretariat Bldg.

Overcoming Women's Poverty - Linking Beijing+5 and WSSD+5


6:00 – 8:00 p.m.

DHL Auditorium, Secretariat Bldg.

Overcoming Women’s Poverty: Linking Beijing +5 and WSSD +5

This panel will look at the links between B+5 and WSSD +5, emphasizing issues of gender, economic justice and globalization. Co-sponsored with UNDP, ILO and WICEJ (Women’s International Coalition for Economic Justice).

Susana Fried

(212) 906-6045

Micol Zarb

(212) 906-5463

6:30-8:00 pm

Conf Rm 4, UN Building

TBA” – KULU


6:30-8:30 pm

IWTC, 777 UN Plaza (Church Center 3rd Floor)

IWTC Book Launch

Sponsored by IWTC and UNIFEM

(212) 687 8633

7.00-9.00

CUNY Graduate Centre, 365 5th Ave. (at 34th)

Family Violence and discrimination against girls - a child's perspective

A global issue - A global response

8:00 pm

TBA

“Networking Social” – Youth Caucus



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