CSW 55 – Parallel Events by UN Member States & UN Entities

United
Nations Non-Governmental Liaison Service (UN-NGLS)

Title

Climate Adaptation Challenges from a Gender
Perspective

Location

Conference
Room A

Time

11:30
a.m. – 12:45 p.m.

Contact

liane@boell.org

International
Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), Food and Agriculture Organization
of the United Nations (FAO), World Bank

Title

gender, science and technology in agriculture

Location

Conference
Room B

Time

11:30
a.m. – 12:45 p.m.

Contact

m.hartl@ifad.org

Australia

Title

National human rights institutions’ role and status
at CSW

Location

Conference
Room A

Time

1:15
p.m. – 2:30 p.m.

Contact

None

Sweden

Title

Beyond MDG 2 – What next? Enhance quality of
education to achieve gender equality and development

Location

Conference
Room B

Time

1:15
p.m. – 2:30 p.m.

Contact

anna.norlin@education.ministry.se

Turkey

Title

WOMANist: Conclusions and the Follow-up

Location

Conference
Room 3

Time

1:15
p.m. – 2:30 p.m.

Contact

mustafa.yildirim@mfa.gov.tr

Austria

Title

Because I am a girl: urban and digital frontiers

Location

Conference
Room A

Time

4:30
p.m. – 5:45 p.m.

Contact

kbojin@plancanada.ca

Department
of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA) / UN Programme on Youth

Title

The two sides of gender: gender equality through
youth education

Location

Conference
Room B

Time

10:00
a.m. – 11:15 a.m.

Contact

pewitt@un.org

Inter-Parliamentary
Union (IPU)

Title

Women in science and technology: the role of
parliaments

Location

Conference
Room 6

Time

10:00
a.m. – 1:00 p.m. & 3:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m.

Contact

Closed
event

Food
and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)

Title

Food Security, Agriculture and Rural Women:
Challenges and Prospects

Location

Conference
Room A

Time

11:30
a.m. – 12:45 p.m.

Contact

sotol@un.org

United
Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), Plan International, United Nations Girls’
Education Initiative (UNGEI)

Title

Empowering Girls: Education and Technology (Download flyer)

Location

Danny
Kaye Visitors Center, UNICEF House, 3 UN Plaza

Time

12:00
p.m. – 2:00 p.m.

Contact

ddoogan@unicef.org

United
Nations Development Programme (UNDP)

Title

Rebuilding the Global Economy: Towards sustainable
and gender equitable development

Location

Conference
Room B

Time

11:30
a.m. – 12:45 p.m.

Contact

UN
Women

Title

Using technology to end violence against women and
girls

Location

Conference
Room A

Time

1:15
p.m. – 2:30 p.m.

Contact

cortesp@un.org

UNITED
STATES OF AMERICA

Title

Changing Mindsets: New Approaches to Advance Women
and Girls in Science

Location

United
States Mission to the UN (45 St. & 1st Ave.)

Time

1:15
p.m. – 2:30 p.m.

Contact

newmankj@state.gov

Senegal

Title

Parity, Peace and Security

Location

Conference
Room 6

Time

1:15
p.m. – 2:30 p.m.

Contact

mcis1980@yahoo.fr

United
Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO),
International Labour Organization (ILO)

Title

Quality education for girls leads to decent jobs
for women

Location

Conference
Room B

Time

1:15
p.m. – 2:30 p.m.

Contact

m.freeouf@unesco.org

Secretariat
for the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities of the
Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA)

Title

STEM: Expanding Opportunities for Women and Girls
with Disabilities in Education and Employment

Location

Conference
Room 4

Time

1:15
p.m. – 2:30 p.m.

Contact

UN
Women

Title

Gender Media Monitoring during Elections

Location

Conference
Room A

Time

3:00
p.m. – 4:15 p.m.

Contact

marta.val@unwomen.org

Department
of Peacekeeping Operations (DPKO)

Title

Sustaining Women’s Participation in Post-conflict
Institutions: Peacekeeping and beyond

Location

Conference
Room A

Time

10:00
a.m. – 11:15 a.m.

Contact

Pan
American Health Organization (PAHO)

Title

Noncommunicable diseases (NCDs): A Women’s Health
Priority

Location

Conference
Room B

Time

10:00
a.m. – 11:15 a.m.

Contact

jklimas@whoun.org

FRANCE

Title

Gender Violence and its impact on girls education

Location

Conference
Room 6

Time

10:00
a.m. – 11:15 a.m.

Contact

helene.guilhot@diplomatie.gouv.fr

Bangladesh

Title

Women and Human Rights to Peace

Location

Conference
Room A

Time

11:30
a.m. – 12:45 p.m.

Contact

rozana.sm@gmail.com

Italy

Title

Female Genital Mutilation / Cutting

Location

Conference
Room 6

Time

11:30
a.m. – 12:45 p.m.

Contact

filippo.cinti@esteri