NGO

CSW Forum 2013

PROGRAM FOR CONSULTATION DAY
3 March 9 5:30 pm

Armenian Convention Center ballroom, 630 Second Ave (and 35th Street), New York, NY 10016
The program emcees are Mary Ann Tarantula, Chairman of the Zonta International United Nations Committee and Victoria Edmonds, United Nations representative for The Salvation Army

9:00 9:30 am Opening Theatre performance by GIRL Be Heard 9:30 9:45 am Welcome by Soon-Young Yoon, Chair, NGO CSW/NY 9:45 10:15 am Message from UN Women Michelle Bachelet, Under-Secretary-General and Executive Director, UN Women 10:15 11:00 am Keynote addresses by the NGO CSW Women of Distinction Awardees: Bineta Diop, Chair, Board of Directors, Femmes Africains Solidarite, and Tawakkel Karman, Nobel Peace Prize Laureate 11:00 12:15 pm Panel on Trafficking of Women and Girls Dr. Helga Konrad, Former Austrian Minister for Women, Dr. Lilian Hofmeister, judge and human rights activist, Dr. Barbara Spinalli, CEDAW expert, and Lakshmi Puri, Assistant Secretary- General for Intergovernmental Support and Strategic Partnerships, UN Women. Moderated by Ilona Graenitz, Chair, NGO CSW/Vienna. 12:15 1:30 pm Lunch 1:30 2:30 pm Panel on the Role of Men Bafana Khumalo, co-founder, Sonke, Mallika Dutt, CEO and founder Breakthrough, and Ambassador Garcia-Gonzalez, El Salvador and Vice-chair of the CSW Bureau. Moderated by Bandana Rana, President of Saathi and the Network to End Domestic Violence, Nepal. 2:30 3:45 pm Panel on Best Practices to Prevent Violence Against Women and Girls Sean Southey, Ex. Dir. PCI Media Impact, Virisila Buadromo, FemLINK Pacific, (to be confirmed) Ambassador Gunnarsdottir of Iceland, and Prof. Iatamze Verulashvili, Virginia Gildersleeve International. Moderated by Nyaradzai Gumbonzvanda, Sec.Gen. Worldwide YWCA and Chair, NGO CSW/Geneva. 3:45 5:15 pm Training in communications and social media Organized by PCI Media Impact and Breakthrough in collaboration with the Avon Foundation with special guest speakers. 5:15 5:30 pm Closing. Theme song Keep on Movin Forward