Mar 15, 2017 - Euromed Feminist Initiative IFE-EFI is co-hosting and participating in side events at the Commission on t
EUROMED FEMINIST INITIATIVE Key Events at the CSW 61 UN – New York Euromed Feminist Initiative IFE-EFI is co-hosting and participating in side events at the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW61) in New York City from 15th to 24th March 2017. IFE-EFI members and partners examine link between access for women to economic participation and the refugee status, conflict and political transition.
Wednesday March 15, 2017 11.30am - 1pm Women, Peace and Security and prevention: New directions and opportunities Conference Room 1, UN Headquarters Ms. Suzan Aref, Founder and Director, Women Empowerment Organization in Iraq and Board member of Euromed Feminist Initiative will discuss the role of NAP 1325 in Iraq. Organizers: The Permanent Representatives of Spain, Uruguay, Sweden, the United Kingdom, and UN Women, and International Peace Institution. Opening remarks: The Permanent Representatives of Spain and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland to the United Nations Panellists: Ms. Kyung-wha Kang, Senior Advisor on Policy for the UN Secretary-General Ms. Andrea Ó Súilleabháin, Research Fellow, International Peace Institute Ms. Suzan Aref, Founder and Director, Women Empowerment Organization, Iraq Moderated by: Mr. Youssef Mahmoud, International Peace Institute
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Closing remarks: The Permanent Representatives of Uruguay and Sweden
Wednesday March 15, 2017 4:45 – 6:00pm Challenges and Solutions for the Economic Empowerment of Forcibly Displaced Women Conference Room B, UN Headquarters Organizers: UNHCR, Women’s Refugee Commission, Oxfam International, and Trickle Up. Panellists: Ms. Suzan Aref, Founder and Director, Women Empowerment Organization, Erbil, Iraq Ms. Winnie Byanyima, Executive Director, Oxfam International
Ms. Sarah Costa, Executive Director, Women’s Refugee Commission Ms. Janet Heisey, Director of Technical and Strategic Alliances, Trickle Up Moderated by: Mr. Andrew Painter, Senior Policy Advisor, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees.
Friday March 24, 2017, 11:30- 12:45 pm Ensuring Women’s Participation in Future Political and Economic Decision-making in Syria Now Conference Room 11, UN Headquarters The panel will formulate proposals for integration of women’s role and rights, as well as gender equality, in the political and economic decision-making during a transition process of reconciliation and reconstruction in Syria. Organizers: The Permanent Mission of Sweden and the Women’s UN Report Network. Opening Remarks: H.E. Ms. Margot Wallstrom, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Sweden Panellists: Ms. Mariam Jalabi, Director for the National Coalition of Syrian Revolution and Opposition Forces, Representative Office to the United Nations, Member of the Women’s Advisory Committee of the High Negotiation Committee (HNC) Ms. Dima Moussa, Organizational Development Consultant, Member of the National Coalition of Syrian Revolution and Opposition Forces. Ms. Rafif Jouejati, Founder and Director of Free Syria Moderated by: Ms. Boriana Jonsson, Executive Euromed Feminist Initiative.
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Closing remarks: UN Representative TBC For more info visit our website: www.efi-ife.org
