The 61st session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) will take place between March 13th and March 24th 2017.
Priority theme: Women’s economic empowerment in the changing world of work.
Review theme: Challenges and achievements in the implementation of the Millennium Development Goals for women and girls, from the 58th session of the CSW.
The Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) is the principal global intergovernmental body exclusively dedicated to the promotion of gender equality and the empowerment of women. A functional commission of the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC), it was established on 21 June 1946.
The 34th regular session of the Human Rights Council will take place between 27th February and 24th March 2017 in Geneva, Switzerland.
The Human Rights Council is an inter-governmental body within the United Nations system responsible for strengthening the promotion and protection of human rights around the globe and for addressing situations of human rights violations. It has the ability to discuss all thematic human rights issues and situations that require its attention throughout the year. It meets at the UN Office at Geneva.
The Council is made up of 47 United Nations Member States which are elected by the UN General Assembly. The Human Rights Council replaced the former United Nations Commission on Human Rights.
In recognition of the Day of Action for Access to Safe and Legal Abortion, the panel will share different country experiences of advocating for safe and legal abortion, highlight the human rights obligations of States to provide access to safe and legal abortion, and discuss opportunities to utilize HRC mechanisms to effect policy and legal changes at the national level.
Organized by ARC International, ARROW, APC and Sheherezade Kara
Sept 10th, 2016
4:30-6pm
Organized by the Coalition of African Lesbians, Sexuality Policy Watch, DAWN and Conectas Human Rights
September 10th, 2016
11:30am – 1pm
Organized by the Coalition for Sexual and Bodily Rights in Muslim Societies (CSBR) and the Asian-Pacific Resource and Research Centre (ARROW)
September 10th, 2016
2:30-4pm
Organized by the Sexual Rights Initiative
September 10th, 2016
14:30-16:00
Join the experts and staff of the UN Working Group on Discrimination against Women and the UN Special Rapporteur on Violence against Women for an open conversation to learn more about our international rights and how we can co-create an international framework that reflects our lived realities and needs.
This session will take place at 11:30-13:00 on 10th September in self-directed space of the Women Human Rights Defenders Hub at the AWID Forum 2016.
Connect with the UN Special Rapporteur in the field of cultural rights Karima Bennoune to share your experiences of religious fundamentalisms and creative strategies to counter their impact on your activism.
This session will take place at 16:30-18:00 on 8th September.
For more information on this consultation, please email nshameem@awid.org.
