Commission on the Status of Women (57th Session)
Date of event: 4 March 2013 - 15 March 2013
Location: New York
Location: New York
The main theme of this year's session is the elimination and prevention of all forms of violence against women and girls. UNFPA is playing a key role.
Selected Side Events
Date : 5 March 2013
Event: Sexual Violence: Forms, Consequences and Interventions
Event: From Resolution to Elimination: Intensifying Efforts to End FGM/C
Date: 7 March 2013
Event: The Role of Data in Addressing and Preventing Violence against Women and Girls
UNFPA-Led and Co-hosted events
| Date | Time | Venue | Title | Lead Agencies |
| 4th March | 3p.m - 6 p.m | UN Secretariat | High Round Table on the Priority team (in two parallel sessions) | UNW |
| 4th March | 1 pm | TBC | Luncheon event on “Girl Child Advocacy and Violence Against Women” | UN Foundation and the Girl Up Campaign |
| 5th March | 11 am - 12:45 pm | Conference Room: B, NLB, UN Secretariat | High-level panel event on: “Sexual Violence: Forms, Consequences and Interventions” | UNFPA |
| 5th March | 1:15 pm - 2:30 pm | Conference Room: 2, NLB, UN Secretariat | Executive Directors’ Forum on: “Violence against Women and Girls” | This is the panel consisting of Heads of UN Agencies |
| 5th March | 1:15 pm - 2:45 pm | “Preventing and Responding to Sexual Violence” |
US Dept of State | |
| 5th March | 3:00 pm - 4:30 pm | UNICEF House, Labouisse Hall | High-level panel event on: “Intensifying global efforts for the elimination of female genital mutilations | UNFPA & UNICEF |
| 6th March | 5:30 pm - 7:00 pm | Marriott Hotel, 525 Lexington Avenue Reception | “Engaging Men and Boys for the prevention of GBV” | UNFPA, MenEngage Alliance, Sonke Gender Justice Network, Promundo, Institute of Development Studies, Parliamentarians for Global Action |
| 6th March | 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm | The Church of the Holy Trinity 316 East 88th Street New York, NY 10128 |
“Global Awareness of the Epidemic of Violence Against Women: Can we Stop Looking Away”? | Task Force on Non-Violent Living |
| 7th March | 11:30 am – 12:45 pm | Conference Room: B, NLB, UN Secretariat | High-level panel event on: “The Role of Data in Addressing and Preventing Violence against Women and Girls” | UNFPA |
| 7th March | 11 am -1 pm | UNFPA HQ Conference Room (Exact Room TBC) | Mapping Faith Based Responses to Gender Based Violence in Asia and the Pacific | World Vision |
| 7th March | 2:30 pm - 4:30 pm | Dag Hammarskjold Auditorium, UN Headquarters |
High-level panel event on: “Child Marriage” | The Partnership for Maternal, Newborn & Child Health |
| 7th March | 6:15 pm - 7:45 pm | Conference Room B NLB, UN Secretariat |
Joint Inter-agency Initiative on “Critical VAW Services” - Commitment by UN Agencies | |
| 8th March | 1:15 pm - 2:45 pm | UNFPA HQ Conference Room | “Faith-based Responses to Eliminate GBV - Global Insights” | World Council of Churches |
| 8th March | 1:15 pm - 2:30 pm |
Conference Room: 6, NLB, UN Secretariat
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High-level panel event on: “Men’s Voices: new evidence on men’s use of violence against women and girls and its uses for enhanced prevention” | Partners for Prevention, with UNDP as the lead coordinating agency, in collaboration with UNFPA, UN WOMEN and UN Volunteers |
| 8th March | TBC | TBC | 3 Panel events on: “Young Women's Leadership and Intergenerational Dialogues around GBV” | World YWCA |
| 9th March | 8:30 am - 3:15 pm |
Hilton Manhattan East, 304 East 42nd Street, Knightsbridge room
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One-Day Consultation Accelerating Zero-Tolerance to Gender based violence through the HIV response Where are we now? Where do we want to go? |
UN Women and UNAIDS |
| 12th March | 10 am - 1 pm |
UN Secretariat
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CSW Review Panel on the progress in the implementation of the agreed conclusions of CSW53 Focus: gender norms and stereotypes, socialization and unequal power relations; sharing and balancing life-work responsibilities | UN WOMEN |
