CSW 62 – Schedule of the Italian Delegation

62nd SESSION OF THE COMMISSION ON THE STATUS OF WOMEN (CSW)

SCHEDULE OF THE ITALIAN DELEGATION

 

LEGENDA – PRESS ARRANGEMENTS

*For the events that will take place at the UNHQ, journalists who will attend and do not have a UN badge are kindly requested to contact the Press Office at this Mission for details regarding issuing a daily UN pass. In any case, we kindly request to confirm your participation.

**For the events that will take place at the Permanent Mission of Italy, journalists who are interested are kindly request to RSVP to press.italyun@esteri.it providing name, cell number and media outlet.

 

MONDAY 12 MARCH

 

10:00 am – General Assembly Hall – UNHQ

Opening Ceremony of the Sixty-second Session of the Commission on the Status of Women

 

1:15 – 2:30 pm Conference Room 7 – UNHQ

Side Event on “The voice of rural women for a sustainable and healthy future” [Flyer] [Concept Note]
(co-organized by Italy, MIPAAF, UNWOMEN, WHO, Zambia)
[National Statement]

THIS EVENT WILL BE LIVE-STREAMED ON UN WEBTV AT http://webtv.un.org/

 

1:45 – 2:45 pm Conference Room 8 – UNHQ

Side Event on “Creating a Culture of Gender Justice: A Multi-Dimensional Approach
(co-organized by Italy, Pakistan, Qatar, Tunisia, IDLO)

 

3:00 – 4:30 pm Conference Room 4 – UNHQ

Ministerial Roundtables on the priority theme “Challenges and opportunities in achieving gender equality and the empowerment of rural women and girls (in two parallel meetings)”
[National Statement]

 

TUESDAY 13 MARCH

 

10:00 am – 1:00 pm Conference Room 4 – UNHQ

High-level Interactive Dialogue at Ministerial level on the priority theme “Building alliances to achieve gender equality and empower rural women and girls”
[National Statement]

 

11:00 am – 12:30 pm – Permanent Mission of Italy (885 Second Ave, 49th Fl.)

Side Event on “Participation and access of women to the media, and information and communications technologies and their impact on and use as an instrument for the advancement and empowerment of women” [Flyer]
(organized by FIDAPA-BPW ITALY)

 

1:15 pm – 2:30 pm Conference Room 11 – UNHQ

Side Event on “Maximizing the Contribution of Rural Women Migrants”
(organized by IOM and FAO)
[National Statement]

 

3:00 pm – 4:15 pm Conference Room 12 – UNHQ

Side Event on “Economic Empowerment for Rural Women in the MENA Region” [Flyer] [Concept Note]
(organized by Italia, Tunisia, and UNIDO)
[National Statement]

THIS EVENT WILL BE LIVE-STREAMED ON UN WEBTV AT http://webtv.un.org/.

 

3:00 pm – 6:00 pm Conference Room 4 – UNHQ

Interactive Dialogue on the theme “Accelerating implementation of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action and achieving concrete results by 2020’”
[National Statement]

 

 

WEDNESDAY 14 MARCH

 

8:00 am – 9.30 am ECOSOC Chamber – UNHQ

Side Event on“Accelerating Efforts To Eliminate Female Genital Mutilation & Child, Early and Forced Marriage By 2030”
(co-organized by Italy, Burkina Faso, Etiopia, Uganda, Zambia Gambia, UNICEF.UNFPA/UNWOMEN)
[National Statement] [Flyer] [Concept Note]

THIS EVENT WILL BE LIVE-STREAMED ON UN WEBTV AT http://webtv.un.org/.

 

11.00 am – 12.30 pm – Permanent Mission of Italy (885 Second Ave, 49th Fl.)

Side Event on “How to fight migrant exploitation and trafficking by supporting workers’ rights in the rural economy.The Italian Law against Caporalato” [Program / Concept Note]
(organized by Italia, CGIL, IFAD, ILO, Nigeria, Bulgaria, UNODC)
[National Statement]

 

3:00 pm – 4.30 pm – Permanent Mission of Italy (885 Second Ave, 49th Fl.)

Side Event on “Fighting violence against women: a shared commitment of the Italian Parliament” [Concept Paper]
(organized by Italy, EIGE and Spain)
[National Statement]

 

Afternoon – UNHQ

[National Statement] General Debate – GA Hall (TBC)

 

THURSDAY 15 MARCH

 

11.30 am – 1:30 pm Metlife Building

Side Event “Global Summit of Women”
(For further info, please contact Ms. Irene Navidad at globesummit@aol.com)
[National Statement]