NGO CSW AFRICA

 

 

   

Date & Time Event Title Venue Convener

11th March

@12:30pm

 Wilting in Bloom: Lived Experiences of Women Workers (Flower Industry) Church Center for the United Nations, 10th Floor FEMNET and Hivos

11th March

@2:30pm

 Social Protection in a Privatized World: Gendered Impacts and Feminist Solutions Salvation Army, Auditorium AWID and FEMNET

12th March

@1:15pm

 Addressing the human rights implications of privatizations for women and girls UN-Delegates Dining Room PSI, APWLD & FEMNET

13th March

@6:15pm

 Making the Economy Work for Women; Rights & Realities Church Center for the United Nations, 10th Floor FEMNET & Woman Kind Worlwide

14th March

@12:30pm

 Development for Who? PPPs, Debt, and their Impact on the Lives of African Women and Girls The Armenian Convention Center, Guild Hall FEMNET

16th March

@ 9:30 AM to 3:00 PM

 Advocacy and Action to Expand Access to Safe Abortion TBC Ipas and FEMNET
18th March
@10:00 am		 PLANET 50/50: Achieving #VoiceandChoice through Social Protection Conference Room A - Conference Building Malawi, SADC Gender Protocol Alliance and FEMNET

20th March

@12:30pm

 Promoting Gender Equality & Women Empowerment through Inclusive WASH Services & Infrastructure Church Center for the United Nations, 10th Floor FEMNET, NGO Dimol & WaterAid International

Date & Time Event Title Venue Convener

10th March

@9:00am – 3:30pm

 NGO CSW63 Forum Consultation Day Tribeca-Performing Arts Center (Borough of Manhattan Community College), 199 Chambers St, NY 10007 NGO CSW/NY

11th March

@8:30am – 10:00am

NGO CSW63 Forum Orientation Day

*There will be Facebook live streaming

*CSW63 Handbooks will be sold after the session

 Church Center for the United Nations, 2nd Floor NGO CSW/NY

11th March

@4:30pm

 Africa Regional Advocacy Training Session for CSW63 Church Center for the United Nations, 2nd Floor NGO CSW/Africa

12th March

@12:30pm

 Unpaid work and social protection – a path to gender equality The Armenian Convention Center, Vartan Hall NGO CSW/Africa

12th March

@ 6:00pm – 8:00pm

NGO CSW63 Forum Reception

*Remember to wear your native dress and proudly represent your culture!

 New Yorker Hotel NGO CSW/NY

14th March

@12:30pm

 African Women’s Regional Caucus Ford Foundation, 320 E, 43rd Street NGO CSW/Africa

19th March

@9:00am

 African Women’s Regional Caucus Ford Foundation, 320 East, 43rd Street NGO CSW/Africa

 

Date & Time Event Title Venue Convener

11th March

@10:30am

 Women@Work: Promoting Women's Empowerment in the Workplace 4 W 43rd Street, Green Room Young Women's Christian Association (YWCA) Zambia & Hivos

12th March

@10:30am

 Maternity Protection to Advance Women's Rights to Work: Experiences from Horticulture Sector in EA The Armenian Convention Center, Guild Hall Akina Mama wa Afrika (AMwA)

12th March

@2:30pm

 Social Protection for Women and Girls in Fragile and Conflict Affected Situations The Armenian Convention Center, Guild Hall Femmes Africa Soldarite (FAS)

13th March

@8:30am

 Gender Equality and Social Protection: Communities Driving Change Church Center for the United Nations, 10th   Floor Forum for Women in Democracy (FOWODE)

13th March

@12:30pm

 Shifting the Narrative: Financing Women's Rights Through Tax Justice Church Center for the United Nations, 10th   Floor Global Alliance for Tax Justice (GATJ)

13th March

@12:30pm

 Systèmes de protection social: handicaps ou atouts pour l’égalité des sexes The Armenian Convention Center, Guild Hall SERVITAS Cameroon

13th March

@12:30pm

 Strengthening Corporate Accountability and Decent Work for Women in Precarious Employment The Armenian Convention Center, Vartan Hall Kenya Human Rights Commission

14th March

@ 10:30am

 Address Illicit Financial Flows and Improve Public Services for Women The Armenian Convention Center, Vartan Hall Uganda Association of Women Lawyers (Fida-Uganda)

14th March

@ 12:30pm

 Leaving No One Behind: UHC and Access to Safe Abortion The Armenian Convention Center, Vartan Hall IPAS

14th March

@ 2:30pm

 Legal Mediation as a Social Protection Mechanism Church Center for the United Nation, 8th Floor Center for Egyptian Women's Legal Assistance (CEWLA)

15th March

@ 8:30am

 Gender-Responsive Social Protection in Conflict Affected Settings 4 W 43rd Street, Green Room Isis-WICCE

18th March

@ 10:30am

 Influential Women's Movement Championing Social Protection Advocacy on Unpaid Care Work Church Center for the United Nation, Drew Room Uganda Women's Network (UWONET)

19th March

@ 8:30am

 Women in the Informal Economy: What Next? Church Center for the United Nation, 8th Floor Strategic Initiative for Women in the Horn of Africa (SIHA Network)

Check here for CSW63 Parallel Events and Side events on UN premises

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Priority Theme:

Social protection systems, access to public services and sustainable infrastructure for gender equality and the empowerment of women and girls.

Review Theme: 

Women’s empowerment and the link to sustainable development. This is in line with the 60th session whose agreed conclusions can be found here.  

The Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) is the global inter-governmental body dedicated to the promotion of gender equality and the empowerment of women and girls. The CSW discusses progress and gaps in the implementation of the 1995 Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action, the key global policy document on gender equality as well emerging issues that affect gender equality and empowerment of women and girls. The outcomes of each session are forwarded to ECOSOC for follow up.

The principal output of the CSW is the agreed conclusions on the priority theme set for that year. The Agreed conclusions contain an analysis of the priority theme and provide concrete recommendations for Governments, intergovernmental bodies and other institutions, civil society actors and other relevant stakeholders, to be implemented at the international, national, regional and local level. Read more on the CSW here.

1.0 Key Dates to NOTE:

  • 15th February 2019: Draft Agreed Conclusions

UN Members States have until to 15 February 2019 to give their inputs on the theme areas of CSW63. Click here to read the Draft Agreed Conclusions

  • 18th February 2019: Oral Statements Submission

Oral statements usually delivered during the general discussion by a limited number of NGOs in consultative status with ECOSOC, is subject to time availability.  Preference will be given to NGOs speaking on behalf of groups of organizations, caucuses, or coalitions. Sign up for NGOs in consultative status with ECOSOC to express interest in delivering an oral statement during the general discussion is open online until 18 February 2019. Oral statements should not exceed three minutes (approx. two pages double-spaced using font size 12). Click here to Sign-Up for delivering an Oral Statement.

  • 18th February 2019: Intervening from the floor during an interactive panel

A limited number of NGOs in consultative status with ECOSOC will be able to make oral interventions during the interactive panels. Interventions must be focused on the theme of the panel and not on any other issues. Interventions at interactive expert panels are NOT to be in the form of prepared statements; NGOs are therefore not required to submit copies of such interventions. These interventions must be in the form of comments or questions addressed to the panel experts. Interventions should not exceed three minutes. Instructions will be communicated via e-mail to each NGO representative requesting to make an intervention. Click here to Sign-Up for intervening from the floor during a dialogue or an interactive panel.

  • 28th February 2019: Events by FEMNET Members & Partners

As with previous year’s FEMNET will continue to amplify African women’s contributions to the CSW. Kindly fill in this Google form with details of your side event to enable us share with other colleagues attending CSW. This table and coordinated list of side events is aimed at providing a platform for members to easily mobilize among each others for greater support. Feel free to email e-flyers and e-posters of your side events to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. for wider sharing.

2.0  Useful Must Reads:

  • Pre-CSW63 African Ministerial Outcome Document

The African Union Commission (AUC) in collaboration with UN Women and the UN Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA), convened the Pre-CSW63 Africa Expert meeting and the Ministerial Consultation meeting in February 3-6 2019 in Cairo Egypt. The Experts meeting was held on the 3-4 of February and the ministerial segment on 5-6 February. The objective of these meetings was to consolidate an African common position on the priority and review themes and build consensus on a coordinated Africa strategic advocacy to influence the Agreed Conclusions of CSW63 using the Africa key messages adopted at this meeting. Click here to Read the African Ministerial Outcome Document

  • Position Statement on CSW63 by African Women’s Rights Organization

FEMNET under the auspices of the NGO CSW/Africa will be organizing a Webinar (Friday 22nd February at 1200 EAT for Anglophone and Monday 25th February 1300 EAT for Francophone  ) to refine the CSW63 Position Statement by African Women’s Rights Organization – with priority recommendations for influencing the final Agreed Conclusions. Click here to register and participate in the Webinar.

  • Written Statements Submitted by FEMNET

FEMNET in partnership with AWID submitted a written statement on Privatization of Public Services and on Multiple Discrimination, Intersecting Inequalities and Social Protection for Older Women in partnership with Help Age International.

  • Briefing by FEMNET and GADN

FEMNET in partnership with Gender and Development Network developed a briefing on how social protection, public services and infrastructure impact women’s rights.

3.0 Advocacy and Policy influencing at CSW 63:

The Bureau of the Commission plays a crucial role in facilitating the preparation for, and in ensuring the successful outcome of the annual sessions of the Commission. The Bureau for the 63rd session (2019) of the Commission on the Status of Women comprises the following members:

  • H.E. Ms. Geraldine Byrne Nason (Ireland), Chair (Western European and other States Group)
  • Ms. Koki Muli Grignon (Kenya), Vice-Chair (African States Group)
  • Mr. Mauricio Carabali Baquero (Colombia), Vice-Chair (Latin American and Caribbean States Group)
  • Ms. Rena Tasuja (Estonia), Vice-Chair (Eastern European States Group)
  • Mr. Mohammed S. Marzooq (Iraq), Vice-Chair designate (Asia-Pacific States Group)

TAKE ACTION
Below are actions you can take to start influencing the CSW63:-

  1. Use your platforms to hold discussions with the constituencies of women and girls that you work with and represent to identify their priorities on social protection. At FEMNET, we believe that policy discourse on gender equality and women’s empowerment should be guided by priorities and aspirations of African women and girls.
  2. Share the generated priorities with FEMNET to include them into an African women position paper for CSW63.
  3. Reach out to your Ministry of Gender and UN Women Country for updates on national preparations and to influence your country’s position. In addition, find out your government’s delegates to CSW63 and ask to meet with them to influence your country position.

 

 

NGO participation

The active participation of non-governmental organizations (NGOs) is a critical element in the work of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW). NGOs have been influential in shaping the current global policy framework on women’s empowerment and gender equality: the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action. They continue to play an important role in holding international and national leaders accountable for the commitments they made in the Platform for Action.

UN Women facilitates the participation of NGOs in sessions of the CSW. NGOs that are accredited to and in good standing with the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) may designate representatives to attend the annual sessions of the CSW. The number of representatives who can attend open official meetings can be contingent on the availability of space.

Eligibility

NGOs that are accredited to and in good standing with the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) may send representatives to annual sessions of CSW at United Nations Headquarters.

NGOs with or without consultative status with ECOSOC, may organize and attend parallel events held outside UN premises, for example in the Church Center. To do so, they should contact the NGO Committee on the Status of Women, which is a group of New York–based women’s NGOs in consultative status with ECOSOC.

What is ECOSOC accreditation?

Non-governmental, non-profit, public or voluntary organizations may formally contribute to the work of the United Nations after being granted consultative status with the Economic and Social Council under Article 71 of the Charter of the United Nations and on Economic and Social Council Resolution 1996/31. These accredited organizations may participate in meetings of the Council and its subsidiary bodies, including the functional commissions, in accordance with the rules of procedure of those bodies.

Registration

NGOs that are accredited to and in good standing with the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) may designate representatives to attend the annual sessions of the CSW. Because of increasing demands on limited space, the numbers of attendees to CSW sessions should be kept to a minimum and should not exceed 20 representatives per organization. Organizations should be aware that, in this context, entry into official meetings can still not be guaranteed to all who wish to attend.

Invitation

Invitation letters have been sent, at start of online registration, to the e-mail addresses registered in the integrated Civil Society Organizations (iCSO) System of the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA) by NGOs in consultative status with the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC). NGOs are kindly requested to make sure that their profile and contact information on the iCSO system includes the latest correct information about their organizations.

Registration

CSW63 registration for NGOs in consultative status with the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) will be open online via the United Nations INDICO registration system from 9 October 2018 to 27 January 2019. Please click here to register for CSW63. Online registration is mandatory for all NGO participants. We are not able to accept registrations by email.

For step-by-step instructions on how to register for CSW, please click here to access the support pages in INDICO.

Registered representatives who have been approved by their organizations to attend CSW63 will receive a registration approval email. Representatives will need to print out and show their registration approval email to obtain a UN grounds pass for CSW at on-site check-in in March 2019. Specifics regarding on-site check-in and issuance of grounds passes, such as location and opening hours, will be provided in the NGO advisories published closer to the session.

Travel and visa arrangements

The United Nations will not make travel or visa arrangements or pay for any expenses in connection with the participation of NGO representatives in the sessions of CSW. Such arrangements and costs are the exclusive responsibility of participants. 

The United Nations does not charge fees for participation in the Commission on the Status of Women sessions.

Participants are encouraged to submit their visa applications well in advance, in accordance with their local United States Consulate requirements, in order to allow sufficient time for processing.

Opportunities for NGOs to address the Commission

Submission of written statements

NGOs in consultative status with the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) may submit written statements on the thematic issues considered by CSW, in accordance with Council resolution 1996/31.

Submission of written statements is open for NGOs in consultative status with ECOSOC until 22 October 2018 via United Nations CSO-Net. Please click here to login to United Nations CSO-Net. We are not be able to accept statements submitted via e-mail.

NGOs are strongly encouraged to submit joint statements in collaboration with other NGOs in consultative status with ECOSOC. 

Instructions

Content
  • Statements by organizations in general consultative status with ECOSOC may not exceed 2,000 words including the cover page; statements by organizations in special consultative status with ECOSOC may not exceed 1,500 words including the cover page. Please note that this word allowance includes the cover page which is automatically added by the system and generally takes up 100 words. Therefore, as you prepare your statement text, please take into account that you do not need to include a cover page and that your text should have no more than 1900 words for general consultative status, and 1400 words for special consultative status.
  • Submit written statements in one of the official languages of the United Nations: Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian or Spanish.
Formatting
  • Indicate the start of a new paragraph with a double line break.
  • Paragraphs of the statement should not be numbered.
  • Do not use footnotes and endnotes. Please incorporate all information into the body of the statement.
  • If the statement is supported by other NGOs in consultative status with ECOSOC, add a note at the end of the document to this effect. (The names of the NGOs should be in alphabetical order)
  • Ensure that the name of your organization (and of other NGOs in consultative status with ECOSOC) is referenced as contained in the official list of non-governmental organizations in consultative status with the Economic and Social Council
  • Avoid using abbreviations and acronyms. (For a list of permissible acronyms, please consult the UN Editorial Manual. The acronyms on this list can be used if spelled out in the first instance). All others acronyms, including the acronym for the Commission on the Status of Women ("CSW") and for your organization are not allowed in written statements.

Recommendations

  • Identify key ideas that you would like to address; introduce these ideas in the first sentence or paragraph of your statement.
  • Avoid repetition. Keep statements clear, simple and to the point. 
  • To make reading effortless, organize material by applying the principle of one thought per paragraph.
  • Verify references to titles and dates of United Nations events and conferences.
  • Avoid the use of quotations.
  • You may want to prepare your statement in Microsoft Word, or another text processor, and save it on your PC to avoid losing it during submission (e.g. if your PC loses the connection to the online system). Once you have finalized your statement, copy-paste the final text from your document onto the statement submission page in CSO-Net. Please note the online system removes formatting. 

Click here to read a step-by-step tutorial on how to submit a written statement

Making a speech during the general discussion

Subject to time availability, oral statements may be delivered during the general discussion by a limited number of NGOs in consultative status with ECOSOC. Preference will be given to NGOs speaking about the priority theme or review theme, on behalf of groups of organizations, caucuses, or coalitions.

Oral statements should not exceed three minutes (approx. two pages double-spaced using font size 12). Instructions will be communicated via e-mail to each NGO representative that requested to make a statement.

Sign up for NGOs in consultative status with ECOSOC to express interest in delivering an oral statement during the general discussion will be open online from 24 January to 18 February 2019. The link to the sign-up form will be posted here on 24 January 2019.

Intervening from the floor during an interactive panel

A limited number of NGOs in consultative status with ECOSOC will be able to make oral interventions during the interactive panels. Interventions must be focused on the theme of the panel and not on any other issues.

Interventions at interactive expert panels are NOT to be in the form of prepared statements; NGOs are therefore not required to submit copies of such interventions. These interventions must be in the form of comments or questions addressed to the panel experts. Interventions should not exceed three minutes. Instructions will be communicated via e-mail to each NGO representative requesting to make an intervention.

Registration questions

All registration-related questions should be sent to the official CSW e-mail address: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

All questions related to NGO Parallel Events and the NGO CSW Forum should be sent to: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

For information on how to apply for ECOSOC accreditation, please visit the website of the NGO Branch of the United Nations Department for Economic and Social Affairs (DESA) at http://csonet.org/.

Source: unwomen.org

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