UNCSW 56th Session Addresses Rural Women and Their Role in Poverty Eradication

The fifty-sixth session of the Commission on the Status of Women will take place at United Nations Headquarters in New York from Monday, 27 February to Friday, 9 March 2012.

The themes include:

1.) Priority theme:

The empowerment of rural women and their role in poverty and hunger eradication, development and current challenges

2.) Review theme:

Financing for gender equality and the empowerment of women (agreed conclusions from the fifty-second session)

3.) Emerging issue:

Engaging young women and men, girls and boys, to advance gender equality

AWE has endeavored to build an integrated program around the 56th session of UNCSW for our “first-timers” as well as returning attendees.  This issue of the Journal focuses on the schedule of the events planned, including side-events being co-sponsored by AWE, and the new attendees coming from numerous African countries as well as the United States.

The AWE Program at UNCSW will begin Friday, February 24 and continue through midday on Saturday, March 4.  This time period allows for
orientation on the first weekend and a vital wrap-up period the following Saturday for new, sponsored attendees.
Our program will be hosted by the Episcopal Church Center and will include workshops, discussion and worship which will add to the rich, varied activities put on by the NGO CSW committee here in New York http://www.ngocsw.org/

 

16 Days of Activism Against Gender Violence- November 25 to December 10

The theme for this year’s campaign is From Peace in the Home to Peace in the World: Let’s Challenge Militarism and End Violence Against Women

During the 16 days of activism, churches will be encouraged to participate through prayer, special . . . → Read More: