Calendar of Official UN Side Events

 NGOs with valid UN grounds passes need not indicate prior interest in attending events unless specified by event sponsors. Side events on UN premises are not ticketed this year unless they are by invitation only. 

FIRST WEEK of CSW 61 Events Posted Below. See Website above for BOTH Weeks.

 Please check back frequently as times and venues of side events may change.

Sat, 11 March | Sun, 12 March
Mon, 13 March | Tue, 14 March | Wed, 15 March | Thu, 16 March | Fri, 17 March
Mon, 20 March | Tue, 21 March | Wed, 22 March | Thu, 23 March | Thu, 24 March

Wednesday, 8 March 2017

• UN Women

UNITED NATIONS OBSERVANCE OF INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY 2017. WOMEN IN THE CHANGING WORLD OF WORK: PLANET 50-50 BY 2030

08 March, 10:00 AM – 12:30 PM
Trusteeship Council Chamber, UN HQ

Saturday, 11 March 2017

• UN Women

CSW61 YOUTH FORUM

11 March, 10:00 AM – 06:00 PM
Conference Rooms 4, A, B, C, D E, 11, Overflow room: CR-2

Sunday, 12 March 2017

• UN Women

CSW61 YOUTH FORUM

12 March, 10:00 AM – 06:00 PM
Conference Rooms 4, A, B, C, D E, 11, Overflow room: CR-2

Monday, 13 March 2017

• United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), Denmark

ADDRESSING ADOLESCENT SEXUAL AND REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH IN EMERGENCY RESPONSE

13 March, 09:30 AM – 11:00 AM
Harvard Club, North/Biddle Room, 35 W 44th St, New York, NY 10036

• Bahamas

‘WOMEN’S ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT IN THE CHANGING WORLD OF WORK’: A LATIN AMERICAN AND CARIBBEAN PERSPECTIVE

13 March, 10:00 AM-11:15 AM
Conference Room 8 – GA Building (max. capacity: 96)

Contact: crolle[at]bahamasny.com

• Slovak Republic, European Commission, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) in collaboration with International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), World Food Programme (WFP) and UN Women

STEP IT UP TOGETHER WITH RURAL WOMEN TO END HUNGER AND POVERTY

13 March, 11:30 AM-12:45 PM
Ex-Press Bar – GA Building (max. capacity: 80)
Flyer

Contact: peter.selepec[at]mzv.sk
The High-level Event (HLE) “Step It Up Together with Rural Women to End Hunger and Poverty” held on 16 December 2016 in Rome, provided governments, UN entities, civil society and other stakeholders with the opportunity to identify challenges, gaps and collaborative actions to unleash the potential of rural women and girls to end food insecurity and poverty. In the context of the sixty-first session of the Commission on the Status of Women, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), the European Union and the Slovak Republic, together with the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), the World Food Programme (WFP) and UN Women, will organize a side event aimed at continuing the dialogue initiated during the HLE. Aimed at representatives of Member States, UN entities, non-governmental organizations and civil society, the side event will disseminate the key messages from the HLE, particularly with regard to three critical elements that were highlighted during the HLE deliberations:
– The crucial role that rural women play in ending hunger and poverty;
– The need for policies and programmes to accelerate rural women’s economic empowerment; and
– The importance of promoting transformative approaches to tackle the underlying socio-cultural and behavioural causes of gender inequality in rural areas.

• Spain, United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) and AFAMMER (Asociación de Familias y Mujeres del Mundo Rural)

RURAL AND INDIGENOUS WOMEN ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT AND FOOD SECURITY

13 March, 11:30 AM-12:45 PM
Conference Room A – Conference Building (max. capacity: 53)

Contact: flodve[at]gmail.com

• Jordan, Jordan National Commission for Women, UN Women, United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (UN ESCWA)

ESTIMATING THE ECONOMIC COST OF VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN IN THE ARAB REGION

13 March, 11:30 AM-12:45 PM
Conference Room B – Conference Building (max. capacity: 53)