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The fifty-sixth session of the Commission on the Status of Women took place at United Nations Headquarters in New York from Monday, 27 February to Friday, 9 March 2012. The closing meeting was held on 15 March 2012.
Report on the fifty-sixth session of the Commission on the Status of Women
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 Corrigendum
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News and announcements (scroll box to see more)
Participants
List of delegations to the fifty-sixth session of the CSW (E/CN.6/2012/INF/1).
Corrigendum (E/CN.6/2012/INF/1/Corr.1)
Bureau
The Bureau for the 56th and 57th sessions comprises the following members:
- H.E. Ms. Marjon V. Kamara (Liberia) of the African States Group, Chair
- Ms. Ana Marie Hernando (Philippines) of the Asia-Pacific States Group, Vice-Chair
- Ms. Irina Velichko (Belarus) of the Eastern European States Group, Vice-Chair
- H.E. Mr. Carlos Garcia Gonzalez (El Salvador) of the Latin American and Caribbean States Group, Vice-Chair
- Mr. Filippo Cinti (Italy), Western European and other States Group, Vice-Chair
Themes
Priority theme:
The empowerment of rural women and their role in poverty and hunger eradication, development and current challenges
Review theme:
Financing for gender equality and the empowerment of women (agreed conclusions from the fifty-second session)
Emerging issue:
Engaging young women and men, girls and boys, to advance gender equality
Organization of the session
In accordance with its multi-year programme of work (ECOSOC resolution 2009/15), the Commission's two-week session included the following activities: Organization of work
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| Week 1 |
Monday 27 Feb |
Tuesday 28 Feb |
Wednesday 29 Feb |
Thursday 1 Mar |
Friday 2 Mar |
10.00 a.m.
– 1.00 p.m. |
- Opening of the session
- Election of officers (Item 1)
- Adoption of the agenda and other
organizational matters (Item 2)
- Introduction of documents
(Item 3 as a whole)
General discussion (Item 3)
(opens)
Review of the implementation of: the
BPfA and the outcome of the 23rd
special session of the GA - sharing of
experiences and good practices on
implementation of the Platform for
Action, with a view to overcoming
remaining obstacles and new
challenges
1 p.m.: deadline for inscription on
list of speakers
 Archived Webcast |
Panel 1
Priority theme
The empowerment of rural
women and their role in poverty
and hunger eradication,
development and current
challenges
Focus: economic empowerment
of rural women
Archived Webcast
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General discussion (Item 3)
(continued)
Archived Webcast
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Panel 3
Review theme
Evaluation of progress in the
implementation of the agreed
conclusions of CSW 52 on
"Financing for gender equality
and the empowerment of
women"
Focus: national experiences in
implementing the agreed
conclusions of CSW 52
Archived Webcast
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General discussion (Item 3)
(continued)
in parallel with
Agreed conclusions:
Informal consultations
Archived Webcast |
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1 – 3
p.m. |
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Preparatory panel for 2013:
Elimination and prevention of all
forms of violence against women and
girls
Archived Webcast |
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| 3 – 6 p.m. |
High-level round table on the
priority theme
(in two parallel meetings)
The empowerment of rural women
and their role in poverty and hunger
eradication, development and current
challenges (Item 3 (a) (i))
Archived Webcast (Roundtable A)
Archived Webcast (Roundtable B) |
General discussion (Item 3)
(continued)
Archived Webcast |
Panel 2
Priority theme
The empowerment of rural
women and their role in poverty
and hunger eradication,
development and current
challenges
Focus: the role of genderresponsive governance and
institutions for the empowerment
of rural women
Archived Webcast |
Panel 4
Review theme
Evaluation of progress in the
implementation of the agreed
conclusions of CSW 52 on
"Financing for gender equality
and the empowerment of
women"
Focus: progress in financing for
gender equality from the
perspective of international
organizations and multilateral
development partners
Archived Webcast |
General discussion (Item 3)
(continued)
in parallel with
Agreed conclusions:
Informal consultations
Archived Webcast |
| Week 2 |
Monday 5 Mar |
Tuesday 6 Mar |
Wednesday 7 Mar |
Thursday 8 Mar |
Friday 9 Mar |
10.00 a.m.
– 1.00 p.m. |
General discussion (Item 3)
(continued)
in parallel with
Agreed conclusions:
Informal consultations
Archived Webcast |
Panel 5:
Emerging issue
Engaging young women and
men, girls and boys, to advance
gender equality
3 p.m.: deadline for submission
of draft proposals
Archived Webcast
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International Women's Day
[10 a.m. to 12 p.m.]
followed by:
Agreed conclusions:
Informal consultations
Archived Webcast
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Follow-up to the Economic and
Social Council resolutions and
decisions (Item 5) - introduction
and discussion
Introduction of draft proposals
in parallel with
Agreed conclusions: Informal consultations |
Action on draft proposals
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1 – 3
p.m. |
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| 3 – 6 p.m. |
General discussion (Item 3)
(concludes)
in parallel with
Agreed conclusions:
Informal consultations
Archived Webcast
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Agreed conclusions:
Informal consultations |
Closed meeting to consider the
report of the Working Group
on Communications (Item 4)
followed by
Agreed conclusions:
Informal consultations |
Agreed conclusions:
Informal consultations |
Action on draft proposals and
other outstanding issues
Provisional agenda for the 57th
session of CSW (Item 6)
Adoption of the report of the
CSW on its 56th session (Item 7)
Closure of the 56th session |
Opening statements
Keynote presentations
- Ms. Ann Tutwiler
Ms. Tutwiler is Deputy Director-General for Knowledge at the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). She previously served as Coordinator of Global Food Security in the Office of the United States Secretary of Agriculture, among many other assignments
Archived Webcast
- Ms. Elisabeth Atangana
Ms. Elisabeth Atangana is President of the Cameroon-based Regional Platform of Farmers’ Organisations in Central Africa (PROPAC). She also presides the Pan-African Farmers Forum (PAFFO), which brings together five regional farmers’ networks to protect the interests of family farmers at the local, regional and continental levels.
Archived Webcast
Closing remarks
Other statements
General discussion
Regional Groups
Member States
Permanent observers:
UN entities:
Intergovernmental organizations:
Other entities:
Non-governmental organizations:
Interactive events
Priority theme
The empowerment of rural women and their role in poverty and hunger eradication, development and current challenges
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Panel 1
Economic empowerment of rural women
Archived Webcast
Tuesday, 28 February 2012, 10 a.m. - 1 p.m.
Conference room 4, North Lawn Building
Secretary-General’s report E/CN.6/2012/3
Panellists
- Ms. Malika Abdelali-Martini, International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (Algeria)
Presentation of the report of the Expert Group Meeting on enabling rural women's economic empowerment [ Paper | Presentation ]
- Ms. Shanaz Wazir Ali, Office of the Prime Minister (Pakistan)
Ensuring rural women's access to productive resources and assets [ Presentation ]
- Ms. Anna Kaisa Karttunen, rural development consultant (Finland)
Promoting rural women's access to income-generating opportunities and social protection [ Paper | Presentation ]
- Ms. Jemimah Njuki, Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (Kenya)
Promoting food security and nutrition [ Presentation ]
- Ms. Cheryl Morden, International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD)
Promoting gender-responsive financing in agriculture [ Paper ]
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Panel 2
The role of gender-responsive governance and institutions for the empowerment of rural women
Archived Webcast
Wednesday, 29 February 2012, 3 - 6 p.m.
Conference room 4, North Lawn Building
Secretary-General’s report E/CN.6/2012/4
Panellists
- Ms. Binetou Nimaga, Ministry of Women's Affairs, Children and the Family (Mali)
Strengthening institutional capacity to address food security and nutrition from a gender perspective [ Paper | Presentation ]
- Mr. Andres Teodoro Wehrle Rivarola, Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock (Paraguay)
Promoting gender equality in agrarian reforms [ Paper | Presentation ]
- Ms. Lilly Be'Soer, Voice for Change (Papua New Guinea)
Leveraging rural women's leadership and agency [ Paper | Presentation ]
- Mr. Victor Lutenco, Office of the Prime Minister (Moldova)
One-window model of service provision for rural women [ Paper | Presentation ]
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Review theme
Financing for gender equality and the empowerment of women (agreed conclusions from the fifty-second session)
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Panel 3
National experiences in implementing the agreed conclusions on financing for gender equality and the empowerment of women
Archived Webcast
Thursday, 1 March 2012, 10 a.m. - 1 p.m.
Conference Room 4, North Lawn Building
Panellists
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Mr. Gerhard Steger, Ministry of Finance (Austria)
Making public finance management systems and sectoral interventions gender-responsive [ Paper | Presentation ] - Mr. Mohammed Chafiki, Ministry of Finance (Morocco)
The institutionalization of gender-responsive budgeting in Morocco: results at sector and local level [ Paper | Presentation ]
- Ms. Maria Almeida, Ministry of Finance (Ecuador)
Ecuador's gender-sensitive budget tracking methodology [ Presentation ]
- Ms. Ing Kantha Phavi, Ministry of Women's Affairs (Cambodia)
Financing the implementation of national priorities for the empowerment of women [ Paper | Presentation ]
- Ms. Stephanie Seguino, University of Vermont (USA)
Critical analysis of progress on financing for gender equality and issues of policy coherence [ Paper ]
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Panel 4
Progress in financing for gender equality from the perspective of international organizations and multilateral development partners
Archived Webcast
Thursday, 1 March 2012, 3 - 6 p.m.
Conference room 4, North Lawn Building
Panellists
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Ms. Patti O'Neill, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)
Tracking financing for gender equality through the OECD-DAC gender equality marker
[ Paper | Presentation ]
- Ms. Lydia Alpizar, Association of Women's Rights in Development (AWID) (Costa Rica)
Presentation of findings from AWID's report "Where is the Money for Women's Rights"
[ Paper ]
- Ms. Saraswathi Menon, UN Women
Strengthening the UN system's accountability for financing for gender equality: a system-wide gender marker [ Paper ]
- Ms. Jeni Klugman, World Bank
Progress in implementing commitments for financing for gender equality: the perspective of international financial institutions [ Paper | Presentation ]
- Ms. Liane Schalatek, Heinrich Böll Foundation (Germany)
Making climate finance gender-responsive [ Paper | Presentation ]
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Emerging issue
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Panel 5
Engaging young women and men, girls and boys, to advance gender equality
Archived Webcast
Tuesday, 6 March 2012, 10 a.m. - 1 p.m.
Conference room 4, North Lawn Building
Panellists
- Ms. Edna Akullq, Self Help Foundation Uganda (Uganda)
Promoting gender equality through education and social entrepreneurship [ Paper ]
- Ms. Sahar Othman, Sharek Youth Forum (Occupied Palestinian Territory)
Promoting gender equality through employment and political participation
- Mr. Roberto Cárcamo Tapia, Colectivo de Jóvenes por la Igualdad de Género (Chile)
Youth organizing to promote gender equality [ Paper ]
- Mr. Shishir Chandra, Men’s Action for Stopping Violence Against Women (India)
Changing gender stereotypes to foster a culture of gender equality [ Paper ]
- Ms. Rozaina Adam, Member of Parliament (Maldives)
Promoting gender equality through political participation and legislative processes
[ Paper ]
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Other panels
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Panel on the priority theme of CSW 57 (2013)
Elimination and prevention of all forms of violence against women and girls
Archived Webcast
Wednesday, 29 February 2012, 1.15 - 2.45 p.m.
Conference Room 4, North Lawn Building
Panellists
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Ms. Nduku Kilonzo, Liverpool VCT (Kenya)
Provision of support services to women and girls victims/survivors of violence
[ Paper | Presentation ]
- Ms. Marai Larasi, End Violence against Women Coalition (UK)
Primary prevention of all forms of violence against women and girls [ Paper | Presentation ]
- Ms. Margarita Quintanilla, PATH/InterCambios (Nicaragua)
Emerging practices in providing support services and primary prevention of violence against women and girls [ Paper | Presentation ]
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Agreed conclusions
The outcome of the Commission’s consideration of the priority theme takes the form of agreed conclusions, negotiated by all States. The Commission did not adopt agreed conclusions on the priority theme at its fifty-sixth session. Since no agreed conclusions on the priority theme were adopted, the Chair prepared a Chair's summary reflecting the course of the discussion.
For the Chair’s summary, click here.
Resolutions
The Commission adopted six resolutions and one decision, available in the report of the 56th session:
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Ending female genital mutilation
- Situation of and assistance to Palestinian women
- Release of women and children taken hostage, including those subsequently imprisoned, in armed conflicts
- Gender equality and the empowerment of women in natural disasters
- Eliminating maternal mortality and morbidity through the empowerment of women
- Indigenous women: key actors in poverty and hunger eradication
- Women, the girl child and HIV and AIDS
NGO participation
The active participation of non-governmental organizations (NGOs) is a critical element in the work of the CSW. UN Women facilitates the participation of NGOs in sessions of the Commission.
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Side events held on United Nations premises
Click here for the calendar of side events of Permanent Missions and UN entities:
[ First week, 27 February - 2 March | Second week, 5 - 9 March ]
The programme of side events or activities organized outside the formal programme of the fifty-sixth session of the Commission provides an excellent opportunity for Member States, UN entities and NGOs to discuss themes of the Commission and other critical gender equality issues.
For more information on side events please click here.
Preparations
UN Women in collaboration with the Food and Agriculture Organization
(FAO), International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), and World Food Programme (WFP)
convened an expert group meeting (EGM) on 'Enabling rural women's economic empowerment:
institutions, opportunities and participation' from 20 to 23 September, 2011 in Accra, Ghana.
» More information
A preparatory expert panel on the priority theme was held during the fifty-fifth session of the Commission on Thursday, 24 February 2011.
» Watch the video
» More information
Media
Press
» Media contacts
» Backgrounder on the priority theme
» Photos of CSW 56
Social media
The Commission on the Status of Women is on Facebook and Twitter - join the discussion and share information through the hashtag #CSW56.
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