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UN Commission on the Status of Women
52nd Session • February 25-March 7, 2008

January 2008: UN Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) statement submitted on behalf of the global campaign for Gender Equality Architecture Reform in the United Nations by Amnesty International, Asia Pacific Women’s Watch, Association for Women’s Rights In Development, Center for Women’s Global Leadership, Development Alternatives with Women in a New Era, African Women's Development & Communication Network, International Planned Parenthood Federation, Women’s Environment and Development Organization, WIDE - Globalising Gender Equality and Social Justice non-governmental organizations in consultative status with the Economic and Social Council. Arabic, English, French, Spanish

CWGL Co-Sponsored Activities

  • TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 2008 (5-6:30pm), Church Center, Hardin Room, 11th Floor: Launch of the Gender Equality Architecture Reform (GEAR) Campaign, sponsored by African Women’s Development and Communication Network (FEMNET), Amnesty International (AI), Asia Pacific Women’s Watch, Baha'i International Community, UN Office, Association for Women’s Rights in Development (AWID), Center for Women’s Global leadership (CWGL), Development Alternatives with Women for a New Era (DAWN), Feminist Task Force - Global Call to Action Against Poverty (GCAP), Human Rights Watch (HRW), International Planned Parenthood Federation (IPPF), MADRE, Network for Women in Development Europe (WIDE), SAATHI on behalf of SCGE, Women’s Environment and Development Organization (WEDO), and Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF).
  • WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 2008 (11:45-1:15pm), Church Center, 2nd Floor: Violence Against Women & HIV/AIDS: Exploring the Intersections, sponsored by Action Aid International, CWGL, and the international coalition of the Women Won't Wait. End Violence Against Women and HIV/AIDS. Now. campaign.
  • WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 2008 (5-6pm), UN, Conference Room B: Linkage Caucus, sponsored by CWGL, WEDO, and NGO Committee on the Status of Women.
  • THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 2008 (4:30-6:30pm), Church Center, 7th Floor: Sexuality, Gender, Human Rights and the Yogyakarta Principles, sponsored by ARC International, CWGL, Human Rights Watch, ICJ, International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission (IGLHRC), International Service for Human Rights (ISHR), and other groups.
  • FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 29, 2008 (3:15-4:45pm), Church Center, Boss Room, 8th Floor: Defending Women Defending Rights: Celebrating Women Human Rights Defenders, sponsored by the International Coordinating Committee on Women’s Human Rights Defenders Campaign.
  • FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 29, 2008 (5-6pm), UN, Conference Room B: Linkage Caucus, sponsored by CWGL, WEDO, and NGO Committee on the Status of Women.
  • MONDAY, MARCH 3, 2008 (5-6pm), UN, Conference Room B: Linkage Caucus, sponsored by CWGL, WEDO, and NGO Committee on the Status of Women.
  • TUESDAY, MARCH 4, 2008 (1:30-3pm), Church Center, 10th Floor: Violence Against Women and Girls and HIV&AIDS: Show Us the Money!, sponsored by Action Aid International, CWGL, and the international coalition of the Women Won't Wait. End Violence Against Women and HIV/AIDS. Now. campaign.
  • TUESDAY, MARCH 4, 2008 (5:30-8:30pm), Church Center, 2nd Floor: Human Rights for Women ‹–› Human Rights For All: Celebrating the 60th Anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR), convened by CWGL and co-sponsored by NGO Committee on the Status of Women, Amnesty International, AWID, Madre, the Global Fund for Women, and the international coalition of the Women Won't Wait. End Violence Against Women and HIV/AIDS. Now. campaign.
  • WEDNESDAY, MARCH 5, 2008 (5-6pm), UN, Conference Room B: Linkage Caucus, sponsored by CWGL, WEDO, and NGO Committee on the Status of Women.
  • THURSDAY, MARCH 6, 2008 (7-8:30pm), St. Bart’s Episcopal Church, New York: International Women’s Day 2008. For more information, please visit http://womensdaynyc.org. For flyer click here.

Charlotte Bunch Speaking Engagements

  • FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 29, 2008 (3:15-4:45pm), Church Center, Boss Room, 8th Floor: Defending Women Defending Rights: Celebrating Women Human Rights Defenders, sponsored by the International Coordinating Committee on Women’s Human Rights Defenders Campaign.
  • TUESDAY, MARCH 4, 2008 (5:30-8:30pm), Church Center, 2nd Floor: Human Rights for Women ‹–› Human Rights For All: Celebrating the 60th Anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR), convened by CWGL and co-sponsored by NGO Committee on the Status of Women, Amnesty International, AWID, Madre, the Global Fund for Women, and the international coalition of the Women Won't Wait. End Violence Against Women and HIV/AIDS. Now. campaign.

Cynthia Rothschild Speaking Engagements

  • WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 2008 (11:45-1:15pm), Church Center, 2nd Floor: Violence Against Women & HIV/AIDS: Exploring the Intersections, sponsored by Action Aid International, CWGL, and the international coalition of the Women Won't Wait. End Violence Against Women and HIV/AIDS. Now. campaign.
  • THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 2008 (4:30-6:30pm), Church Center, 7th Floor: Sexuality, Gender, Human Rights and the Yogyakarta Principles, sponsored by ARC International, CWGL, Human Rights Watch, ICJ, International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission (IGLHRC), International Service for Human Rights (ISHR), and other groups.

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