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UNIFEM at CSW 2004
UNIFEM is co-organizing and participating in a variety of events and activities throughout the 48th Session of the Commission on the Status of Women.
FEBRUARY – MARCH 2004
E-Discussion:
Security Council Resolution 1325 — What’s
Next?
UNIFEM, the International Women’s Tribune
Center and the Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom are
moderating an e-mail discussion titled "Security Council Resolution
1325—What's
Next?" throughout February and March to share information, gather
ideas, coordinate strategies, and anticipate what might be achieved in 2004.
The e-discussion
is aimed at activists, academics, government delegates and UN staff — women
and men — from all regions of the world. For more information and to
subscribe to the discussion, click
here.
MONDAY, MARCH 1
10:00am – 1:00pm — Opening of the 48th Session of the
CSW
Noeleen Heyzer, Executive Director, UNIFEM, will make a statement.
Location: Conference Room 2.
1:15 – 2:45 pm — Project Five-0 Workshop on Women Enabling
Peace Process
Panel discussion organized by Business and Professional Women International,
International Council of Women, International Federation of University Women,
Soroptimists and Zonta. Panelists: Noeleen
Heyzer (Executive Director, UNIFEM), Dr Pat Harrison (immediate past president
of BPWI), Indira Patel. Location: Church Center, 8th Floor, Boss
Room.
TUESDAY, MARCH 2
1:15 – 2:45 pm — Time for Action: On the Continuum of
Violence Against Women
Amnesty International is launching a campaign to stop violence against women
on 8 March. New York is not the site of the main launch, but related activities
will take place in New York, including this panel discussion. Panelists: Gilbert
Laurin (Deputy Permanent Representative, Mission of Canada to the United
Nations; moderator), Noeleen Heyzer (Executive Director, UNIFEM), Kate
Gilmore (Executive Deputy Secretary
General, Amnesty
International),
Njoki Wainaina (Regional Coordinator, FEMNET Men Against Gender-Based Violence
Programme), Silvia Pimentel, Founding Member of CLADEM and National Coordinator
of CLADEM Brazil), Venantie Bisimwa (Reseau des Femmes pour la Defense
des Droits et la Paix). Location: Conference
Room 8.
1:15 – 2:45 pm — Millennium Project Taskforce on Education
and Gender Equality
Co-sponsored by UNDP, IANWGE, UNIFEM, World Bank, OECD-DAC. Location: Dag
Hammarskjold Auditorium.
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 3
11:30 – 1:00 pm — Girls in Fighting Forces in Northern
Uganda, Sierra Leone and Mozambique
Panel discussion organized by the Canadian Mission to the United Nations. Panelists: General
Romeo Dallaire (Special Adviser on War-Affected Children to the Canadian
International Development Agency, formerly in UN Observer Mission to Uganda
and Rwanda), Ariane Brunet (Rights and Democracy), Dyan Masurian (author
of Where are the Girls), Noeleen Heyzer (Executive Director, UNIFEM).
Moderator: Diana Rivington (Counsellor, Canadian Mission). Location: UN
Alphabet Room C.
1:15 – 2:45 pm — 1325 on Trial
A tribunal investigating the implementation of Security Council Resolution
1325, highlighting the role of men. Organized by The Women’s National
Commission, UK. Members of the Tribunal: Isha
Dyfan (President of the Tribunal); Senator Mobina Jaffer; expert witnesses
around the world – including
Noeleen Heyzer (Executive Director, UNIFEM). Location: Dag
Hammarskjold Auditorium.
1:15 – 2:45 pm — Book Launch: Liberian Women Peacemakers
Location: Church Center, 2nd Floor.
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3:00 – 5:00 pm — Gender Perspectives on Peace Processes
Panel presentation and discussion on women and peace processes. The Council
of Europe will make a presentation of conclusions and recommendations from
the 5th European Ministerial Conference on "Democratisation, Conflict
Prevention and Peacebuilding: The Perspective and the Roles of Women.”
The National Democratic Institute (NDI) will present its Global Action Plan
on women’s equal participation in government, focusing on post-conflict
transitional governments. Women Waging Peace will present a case study on Colombia.
Organized by UNIFEM in collaboration with the Council of Europe and the National
Democratic
Institute. Panelists: Joanne Sandler (Executive
Director, UNIFEM; moderator), Lilyana Popovska (Deputy President of the Parliament
of "the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia" and Coordinator of the Macedonian
Women's Lobby), Dr. Inonge Mbikusita-Lewanikia (President of the Federation
of African
Women's
Peace Network),
Kristin Haffert (Manager of Women's Political Participation Programs for the
National Democratic Institute for International Affairs), Catalina Rojas (author
of the forthcoming Women Waging Peace Policy Commission case study on Colombia). Location: Dag
Hammarskjold Auditorium.
THURSDAY, MARCH 4
10:00 am – 1:00 pm — How Gender Perspectives Contribute
to Conflict Prevention and Early Warning
Free training course for CSW participants. What is conflict v/s violent conflict?
What is conflict prevention? What is the relationship between conflict
prevention and gender? Background and Context on recent UN policy developments
in
gender, conflict prevention
and early warning. Introduction to conflict and its phases and how early
warning can be used to refine the UN’s responses. Presenters: Felicity
Hill (UNIFEM), Sam Barnes
(UNDP), Stephanie Kuttner
(UNDP). Location: Millennium Hotel,
One UN Plaza (44th & 1st Ave.),
2nd floor East Tower,
Dag Hammerskjold Room B. To register, visit The
Institute at CSW.
FRIDAY, MARCH 5
1:15 – 2:45 pm — Kvinna Till Kvinna in Partnership:
10 Years' Lessons Learned
Launch of Kvinna till Kvinna’s book, Rethink! A Handbook for Sustainable
Peace — on strengthening women’s groups and organizations
in regions ravaged by war and armed conflict. Co-sponsored by UNIFEM, Kvinna
till Kvinna and the Permanent Mission of Sweden to the United Nations. Panelists: Lise
Bergh (Swedish State Secretary of Gender
Equality
Affairs),
Kerstin Greback (President,
The Kvinna till Kvinna Foundation), Noeleen
Heyzer (Executive Director, UNIFEM), Pierre Schori (Permanent Representative
of Sweden to the United Nations; moderator). Location: Conference
Room 3.
MONDAY, MARCH 8
10:00 am – 12:00 pm — INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY
This
year’s
theme is Women and HIV/AIDS. Panelists: Kofi
Annan (Secretary General, UN), Dr. Lee Jong-wook (Director-General, WHO),
Ndioro Ndiaye (Deputy Director
General, IOM), Ms Noerine Kaleeba (UNAIDS),
Dean Peacock (EngenderHealth South Africa), George Alleyne (Special Envoy
of the Secretary-General in the Caribbean Region), and Linda M. Distlerath
(Vice President, Global Health Policy, Merck & Co., Inc.). Organized
by OSAGI in collaboration with DPI. Location: Conference Room 2.
12:00 pm – 12:30 pm — U.N Secretary General's Spokesman's
Noon Briefing
Official news briefing on International Women's Day. UNIFEM Executive Director
Noeleen Heyzer will be one of the speakers. Location: United Nations
Secretariat, S-226.
1:15 – 2:45 pm — War Is Not Good for Women and All Living
Things: Toward Delegitimizing War
Panel discussion organized by Canadian Voce of Women for Peace. Panelists: Noeleen
Heyzer (Executive Director, UNIFEM), Cora Weiss (President, International
Peace Bureau and Hague Appeal for Peace), Phyllis Creighton (member, Canadian
Voice of Women for Peace), Janis Alton, moderator (Co-chair, Canadian Voice
of Women for Peace). Location: Church Center, 8th Floor, Boss Room.
TUESDAY, MARCH 9
1:15 – 2:45 pm — Gender Perspectives on Disarmament,
Demobilization and Reintegration
UNIFEM will launch our “Gender Aware Disarmament, Demobilization and
Reintegration: A Checklist” and will share preliminary lessons learned
from our scan of UN DDR processes. Women Waging Peace will present case studies
of DDR processes in El Salvador and Sierra Leone. Panelists: Noeleen
Heyzer (Executive Director, UNIFEM), Agnès Marcaillou (Senior Political
Affairs Officer, Chief of the Regional Disarmament Branch, DDA), Kelvin
Ong (DDR
Policy Advisor, Peacekeeping Best Practices Unit, DPKO, Ameera Haq (Deputy
Director, Bureau for Crisis Prevention and Recovery, UNDP) and Sanam Naraghi
Anderlini (Director, Policy Commission, Women Waging Peace). Location: Conference
Room 2.
ONGOING
UNIFEM Exhibit — Basement of the United Nations Secretariat
Visit the UNIFEM exhibit to view the UNIFEM Web portals on Women,
Peace and Security and on Gender
and HIV/AIDS and to review materials, collect information,
ask questions and learn more about UNIFEM and its programmes in Africa,
Asia and the Pacific, the Arab States, Europe and the CIS and Latin America
and the Caribbean.
A complete list of side events, beyond those listed here, is available on the CSW 2004 Web site.