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(as of 25 February 2000)

Sunday, 27 February 12.00-5.00  
UNICEF NGO Orientation and Training House (NGO Committee on the Status of Women)

Monday, 28 February                    

9.00-9.45 Room 1 NGO/DAW Daily Briefing

9.00-6.00 DHL Aud Issue/Regional Caucuses meetings

1.15-2.45 Room 1 Issue/Regional Caucuses meetings

3.00-5.00 Room B "Women and Community Health" (Rural Development Leadership network)

Tuesday, 29 February                     

9.00-9.45 Room 1 NGO/DAW Daily Briefing

1.15-2.45 Room B Workshop on "Trafficking in Women" (Soroptimist International/MIRAMED/UNIFEM)

1.15-2.45 Room 1 Issue/Regional Caucuses meetings

1.15-2.45 Room 5 Workshop on "Women’s Rights are Human Rights" (International Federation of Business and Professional Women)

1.15-2.45 DHL Aud. Briefing by UN Regional Commissions

3.00-4.00 DHL Aud.  Issue/Regional Caucuses meetings

Wednesday, 1 March 
9.00-9.45 Room 1  NGO/DAW Daily Briefing

10.00-12.00 Room B  Workshop on "Forced Marriages"(Women’s National Commission UK)

1.15-2.45 Room 1  Issue/Regional Caucuses meetings

1.15-2.45 Room 5  Panel on "Women at the Peace Table" (UNIFEM)

1.15-2.45 DHL Aud.  Round Table on "Globalization: The Power of Education to Effect Change" (UNESCO/International Federation of University Women)

Thursday, 2 March                          

9.00-9.45 Room 1 NGO/DAW Daily Briefing

10.00-12.00 Room B Workshop on "Linking Cairo-Copenhagen and Beijing: The Asymmetry of Globalization"

12.00-1.00 Room B Briefing (MIRAMED Institute)

1.15-2.45 Room B Panel on "Women and Autoimmune Diseases: Gender and Biological Perspectives" (Global Alliance for Women’s Health)

1.15-2.45 Room 1 Panel on "CEDAW and Shari’a Law" (UNIFEM)

1.15-2.45 DHL Aud Panel on "Making It Happen: Women and the Culture of Peace" (UNESCO/World Peace Prayer Society/ Jubilennium)

3.15-4.45 DHL Aud Linkage Caucus (WEDO)

5.30-8.00 DHL Aud Film Screening and Discussion with the Film Makers

"Tough Guise: Violence, Media and the Crisis" "When Four Friends Meet" (UNDP Men’s Group for Gender Equality/ UNICEF/UNSCR Cine and Video Club/ Group on Equal Rights for Women in the UN)

6.00-8.00 Room B UNIFEM’s NGO Group

Friday, 3 March

9.00-9.45 Room 1 NGO/DAW Daily Briefing

10.00-12.00 Room B Workshop on "CEDAW & Optional Protocol" (ARROW)

1.15-2.45 Room B Briefing on the implementation of the health aspects of the Beijing Platform for Action (Commonwealth Medical Association)

1.15-2.45 Room 1 Issue/Regional Caucuses meetings

12.30-3.00 DHL Aud Round Table Discussion on "Gender-based Violence and Masculinities: Entry Points for Building Community Responses" (UNDP Men’s Group for Gender Equality/ UNICEF/UNSCR Cine and Video Club/Group on Equal Rights for Women in the UN)

3.00-5.00 Room B Women’s Human Rights Caucus Opening Workshop(Centre for Women’s Global Leadership)

Sunday, 4 March

10.00-5.00 UN NGO Consultation (NGO Committee on the Status of Women)

Monday, 6 March

9.00-9.45 Room 1 NGO/DAW Daily Briefing

9.00-1.00 DHL Aud Issue/Regional Caucuses meetings

10.00-12.00 Room B Panel Discussion on "A NGO Gender Perspective on Health and the Environment in Sustainable Development: Five Years After Beijing" (NGO CSW Environment Caucus)

1.15-2.45 Room B Workshop on "Reproductive Health Issues in Africa" (Right to Life International)

1.15-2.45 Room 1 Issue/Regional Caucuses meetings

1.15-2.45 Room 5 Panel on "Transforming Legislation: Challenges and Experiences"(UNDP-GIDP)

6.15-7.45 Room B Panel on "Local Level Action to Build Violence-Free Communities" (UNIFEM/IULA)

Tuesday, 7 March
9.00-9.45 Room 1 NGO/DAW Daily Briefing

9.00-11.00 DHL Aud Issue/Regional Caucuses meetings

10.00-12.00 Room B Open-Door Workshop on "Gender  Mainstreaming Methodology" (UNDP-GIDP)

11.15-12.45 DHL Aud Linkage Caucus(WEDO)

1.15-2.45 Room 1 Issue/Regional Caucuses meetings

1.15-2.45 Room B Briefing on "The Rise of Religious Extremism and its Impact on Women’s Rights and Health" (Presbyterian UN Office)

1.15-2.45 Room 4 Launch of "Progress of the World’s Women" (UNIFEM/UK Mission)

1.15-2.45 DHL Aud Panel on "The Gains of Beijing Platform for Action in the Internaitonal Criminal Court" (Women’s Caucus for Gender Justice)

3.00-5.00 Room B "Widowhood – the Neglected Issue"(Women’s National Commission UK)

3.00-6.00 DHL Aud Issue/Regional Caucuses meetings

6.00-8.30 DHL Aud Presentation on "Trafficking in Women"(Coalition against Trafficking in Women)

Wednesday, 8 March
9.00-9.45 Room 1 NGO/DAW Daily Briefing

10.00-12.00 Room 4 Inter-Agency International Women’s Day Panel Discussion

1.00-3.00 Delegates International Women’s Day Luncheon in Dining Room Honour of Women Ambassadors to the UN And Other Outstanding Women Leaders (Group on Equal Righs for Women in the UN)

1.15-2.45 Room B Panel on "Girls & HIV/AIDS: How to Respond?" (Working Group on Girls/UNICEF)

1.15-2.45 Room 1 Issue/Regional Caucuses meetings

6.00-8.00 Room B UNIFEM’s NGO Group

6.00- Church Centre Reception(International Women’s Tribune Centre/ UNIFEM/UNDP)

Thursday, 9 March
9.00-9.45 Room 1 NGO/DAW Daily Briefing

9.00-11.00 Room B Workshop on "Women and Economy: Training and Advisory Services" (Il Cenacolo)

11.30-1.00 Room B Briefing on UNIFEM’s Trust Fund (UNIFEM)

1.15-2.45 Room B Workshop on "Girls to Young Women: Connections" (Working Group on Girls/UNICEF)

1.15-2.45 Room 1 Issue/Regional Caucuses meetings

1.15-2.45 Room 5 Panel on "Women and Mental Health"(WHO)

3.00-5.00 Room B Round Table Discussion(Rotary International)

3.15-4.45 DHL Aud Linkage Caucus(WEDO)

5.00-6.00 DHL Aud Issue/Regional Caucuses meetings

6.15-8.00 DHL Aud Screening of "A World Free of Violence against Women"(UNIFEM)

Friday, 10 March

9.00-9.45 Room 1 NGO/DAW Daily Briefing

9.00-1.00 DHL Aud Issue/Regional Caucuses meetings

11.00-1.00 Room B Workshop on "Women, Poverty and Governance"(Philippines Mission)

1.15-2.45 Room B Workshop on "Economic Empowerment of Women: Forging Effective Partnerships"(NGO Committee on UNIFEM)

1.15-2.45 Room 1 Issue/Regional Caucuses meetings

1.00-3.00 DHL Aud Workshop on "Women and Sport, Exercise and Active Lifestyle"(Women’s Sport Foundation/Women Sport International)

3.00-5.00 Room B Human Rights Workshop(Centre for Women’s Global Leadership)

Monday, 13 March

9.00-9.45 Room 1 NGO/DAW Briefing

10.00-12.00 Room B Briefing(Concerned Women for America)

1.15-2.45 Room B Briefing on UN Reform(UNIFEM/UNDG Gender Sub-Group)

1.15-2.45 Room 1 Issue/Regional Caucuses meetings

3.00-5.00 Room B Workshop on "CEDAW & Optional Protocol"(ARROW)

9.00-9.45 Room 1 NGO/DAW Daily Briefing

9.00-11.00 DHL Aud Issue/Regional Caucuses meetings

10.00-12.00 Room B Briefing on the Outcome of the Global Knowledge II Conference (UNIFEM)

11.00-1.00 DHL Aud Panel on "Dissident Women Speak from the Third World"(Right to Life International)

1.15-2.45 Room B Seminar on the Interim Findings of the IACWGE Task Force project on Budget Processes (DAW/OSAGI)

1.15-2.45 Room 1 Issue/Regional Caucuses meetings

3.00-5.00 Room B Workshop on "New Dialogue for New Exigences"(Il Cenacolo)

Tuesday, 14 March

1:15-2:45 Room B Workshop on "Mainstreaming gender perspectives in programme budget processes within the UN System" (IACWGE)

Wednesday, 15 March

9.00-9.45 Room 1 NGO/DAW Daily Briefing

9.00-1.00 DHL Aud Issue/Regional Caucuses meetings

1.15-2.45 Room B Panel on "1999 World Survey on the Role of Women in Development: Globalization, Gender And Work"(Division for the Advancement of Women)

1.15-2.45 Room 1 Issue/Regional Caucuses

3.00-5.00 Room B Human Rights Workshop(Centre for Women’s Global Leadership)

6.00-8.00 Room B UNIFEM’s NGO Group

Friday, 17 March 9.00-9.45 Room 1 NGO/DAW Daily Briefing

1.15-2.45 Room B Inter-Agency Panel on "Good Practices"(UNIFEM)

1.15-2.45 Room 1 Issue/Regional Caucuses meetings

FROM WOMENWATCH…….

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