Upcoming Events (51)
16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence
25 November 2017, 2:27 am Written by Maribeth Bugtong25 November to 10 December 2017
Theme: Leave No One Behind: End Violence against Women and Girls
More details at http://www.unwomen.org/en/what-we-do/ending-violence-against-women/take-action/16-days-of-activism.
International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples
9 August 2017, 7:03 am Written by Maribeth BugtongTheme:
Tenth Anniversary of the adoption of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP)
Dates: 10-14 July 2017
Venue: Geneva, Switzerland
For more details of the session, please visit the OHCHR website.
24 April - 5 May 2017
UN Headquarters, New York
Theme: “Tenth Anniversary of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples: measures taken to implement the Declaration”
See more at https://www.un.org/development/desa/indigenouspeoples/unpfii-sessions-2/sixteenth-session.html
13-24 March 2017
UN Headquarters, New York, USA
Themes:
Priority theme:
Women’s economic empowerment in the changing world of work
Review theme:
Challenges and achievements in the implementation of the Millennium Development Goals for women and girls (agreed conclusions of the fifty-eighth session)
Emerging issue/Focus area:
The empowerment of indigenous women
For more details, visit http://www.unwomen.org/en/csw/csw61-2017.
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Priority theme:
Women’s economic empowerment in the changing world of work -
Review theme:
Challenges and achievements in the implementation of the Millennium Development Goals for women and girls (agreed conclusions of the fifty-eighth session) -
Emerging issue/Focus area:
The empowerment of indigenous women
- See more at: http://www.unwomen.org/en/csw/csw61-2017#sthash.VPsddrJa.dpuf
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Priority theme:
Women’s economic empowerment in the changing world of work -
Review theme:
Challenges and achievements in the implementation of the Millennium Development Goals for women and girls (agreed conclusions of the fifty-eighth session) -
Emerging issue/Focus area:
The empowerment of indigenous women
- See more at: http://www.unwomen.org/en/csw/csw61-2017#sthash.VPsddrJa.dpuf
International Women’s Day 2017
8 March 2017, 7:32 am Written by Maribeth BugtongDate: 8 March
Theme: "Women in the Changing World of Work: Planet 50-50 by 2030"
For more details, please visit http://www.unwomen.org/en/news/in-focus/international-womens-day.
10 to 14 July 2017
Palais des Nations, Geneva, Switzerland
Provisional agenda
Items on the provisional agenda of the tenth session include:
- Panel discussion and interactive dialogue on indigenous human rights defenders.
- Study and advice on good practices and challenges, including discrimination, in business and in access to financial services by indigenous peoples, in particular indigenous women and indigenous persons with disabilities.
- Interactive dialogue with national human rights institutions and similar mechanisms.
- United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples.
- Follow-up on thematic studies and advice.
See more details at http://www.ohchr.org/EN/Issues/IPeoples/EMRIP/Pages/Session10.aspx.
24 April to 5 May 2017
UN Headquarters, New York
Special Theme: “Tenth Anniversary of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples: measures taken to implement the Declaration”
See more details at https://www.un.org/development/desa/indigenouspeoples/unpfii-sessions-2/sixteenth-session.html.
13 to 24 March
UN Headquarters, New York
Themes
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Priority theme:
Women’s economic empowerment in the changing world of work -
Review theme:
Challenges and achievements in the implementation of the Millennium Development Goals for women and girls (agreed conclusions of the fifty-eighth session) -
Emerging issue/Focus area:
The empowerment of indigenous women
See more at: http://www.unwomen.org/en/csw/csw61-2017