MADRE Statements

Parallel events during the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW)

Posted on: Friday, February 26, 2010

Keywords: UN, CSW, Event

The Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) will take place from March 1-12, 2010. Here is a short list of some of the parallel events being held.

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March 1

10:00am: Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights in Africa

Church Center for the United Nations 10th Floor
777 UN Plaza (corner of 44th St. and First Avenue)
New York, NY
Sponsored by Amanitare Sexual Rights Network

2:00 pm: Counter Terrorism Measures and Women Human Rights Defenders

Church Center for the United Nations 11th Floor
777 UN Plaza (corner of 44th St. and First Avenue)
New York, NY
Sponsored Woman Human Rights Defenders

4:00 pm: Gender Equality Architecture Reform at the United Nations

Church Center for the United Nations 10th Floor
777 UN Plaza (corner of 44th St. and First Avenue)
New York, NY
Sponsored by Gender Equality Architecture Reform (GEAR) Campaign Working Group

6:00pm: Addressing and Reaffirming Women’s Sexual and Reproductive Rights

Church Center for the United Nations 10th Floor
777 UN Plaza (corner of 44th St. and First Avenue)
New York, NY
Sponsored by APWLD (Asia Pacific Forum on Women, Law and Development)

March 2

2:00 pm: Eyes on Gender: Regional Perspectives and the Impact of the Financial Crisis

Church Center for the United Nations 11th Floor
777 UN Plaza (corner of 44th St. and First Avenue)
New York, NY
Sponsored by Social Watch

March 3

9:30 am: Articulating an Alternative Macroeconomic and Gender and Development Framework

Millennium United Nations Plaza Hotel 29th Floor
One United Nations Plaza
44th Street (between First and Second Avenue)
New York, NY
Sponsored by UNIFEM and AWID

10:00 am: Gender Equality in Economic Crisis and Recovery

Millennium United Nations Plaza Hotel Landmark View Room
One United Nations Plaza
44th Street (between First and Second Avenue)
New York, NY
Sponsored by UNIFEM and AWID

12:00 pm: Comparative Strategies to End Violence Against Women

Church Center for the United Nations 10th Floor
777 UN Plaza (corner of 44th St. and First Avenue)
New York, NY
Sponsored by MADRE and CWGL (Center for Women’s Global Leadership)

2:00pm: Access to Reproductive Health Services in the Americas

Church Center for the United Nations 10th Floor
777 UN Plaza (corner of 44th St. and First Avenue)
New York, NY
Sponsored by Catholics for Choice

3:00 pm: Voices of Haitian Women

Millennium United Nations Plaza Hotel 29th Floor
One United Nations Plaza 44th Street (between First and Second Avenue)
New York, NY
Sponsored by the Permanent Mission of Haiti to the UN and UNIFEM

4:00pm: 16 Days Campaign Round-Table Discussion

Church Center for the United Nations 10th Floor
777 UN Plaza (corner of 44th St. and First Avenue)
New York, NY
Sponsored by the Center for Women's Global Leadership

4:00 pm: Sex Trafficking and Successful Solutions

Church Center for the United Nations 11th Floor
777 UN Plaza (corner of 44th St. and First Avenue)
New York, NY
Sponsored by Soroptimist International

4:00 pm: Maternal Health in Latin America

Salvation Army, Downstairs Room
221 East 52nd St. (between 2nd and 3rd Avenues)
New York, NY
Sponsored by CEFIM

6:00pm: Making Beijing a Reality - Successful Human Rights Strategies

Church Center for the United Nations 10th Floor
777 UN Plaza (corner of 44th St. and First Avenue)
New York, NY
Sponsored by Center for Reproductive Rights

March 4

10:00am: Empowerment of Indigenous Women and Girls

Salvation Army, Main Auditorium
221 East 52nd St. (between 2nd and 3rd Avenues)
New York, NY
Sponsored by Istituto Internazionale

10:00am: Mapping Women's Empowerment through Targeted Media

Salvation Army, Main Auditorium
221 East 52nd St. (between 2nd and 3rd Avenues)
New York, NY
Sponsored by International Association of Women in Radio and Television

March 5

10:00 am: Violence and Indigenous Women

Church Center for the United Nations 10th Floor
777 UN Plaza (corner of 44th St. and First Avenue)
New York, NY
Sponsored by Anglican Consultative Council

10:00 am: Sex Trafficking and Women in Situations of Armed Conflict

Salvation Army, Main Auditorium
221 East 52nd St. (between 2nd and 3rd Avenues)
New York, NY
Sponsored by Coalition Against Trafficking in Women

March 6

2:00 pm: Gender, Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security

Church Center for the United Nations 11th Floor
777 UN Plaza (corner of 44th St. and First Avenue)
New York, NY
Sponsored by Heifer International

March 7

10:00 am: Women Under Occupation: Power and Decision Making

Church Center for the United Nations 10th Floor
777 UN Plaza (corner of 44th St. and First Avenue)
New York, NY
Sponsored by Arab Women’s Network

2:00 pm: The Women’s Movement in DR Congo: Challenging Attitudes and Violence

Church Center for the United Nations 11th Floor
777 UN Plaza (corner of 44th St. and First Avenue)
New York, NY
Sponsored by Global Fund for Women

March 8

10:00 am: Young Women and Girls in Development: Feminist Perspectives

Salvation Army, Main Auditorium
221 East 52nd St. (between 2nd and 3rd Avenues)
New York, NY
Sponsored by AWID

12:00 pm: Financing Gender Equality Across the Silos: Which Way Forward for Women?

Church Center for the United Nations 2nd Floor
777 UN Plaza (corner of 44th St. and First Avenue)
New York, NY
Sponsored by Women’s Working Group on Financing for Development

4:00 pm: Advancing Gender Equality: The Impact of CEDAW Ratification on Women’s Rights in the US

Church Center for the United Nations 2nd Floor
777 UN Plaza (corner of 44th St. and First Avenue)
New York, NY
Sponsored by ACLU and CWGL

March 9

10:00 am: Race, Gender, and Economic Justice in the US

Church Center for the United Nations 10th Floor
777 UN Plaza (corner of 44th St. and First Avenue)
New York, NY
Sponsored by Human Rights Project and CWGL

March 10

10:00 am: Violence Against Women in, and Post-, Conflict

Church Center for the United Nations 2nd Floor
777 UN Plaza (corner of 44th St. and First Avenue)
New York, NY
Sponsored by Norwegian Church Aid

2:00 pm: The Political Implication of Congolese Women for Change

Church Center for the United Nations 11th Floor
777 UN Plaza (corner of 44th St. and First Avenue)
New York, NY
Sponsored by WILPF DRC (Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom)