{"id":2977,"date":"2016-03-11T20:22:30","date_gmt":"2016-03-11T19:22:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/italyun.esteri.it\/news\/dalla_rappresentanza\/2016\/03\/commission-on-the-status-of-women-2\/"},"modified":"2016-03-11T20:22:30","modified_gmt":"2016-03-11T19:22:30","slug":"commission-on-the-status-of-women-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/italyun.esteri.it\/en\/news\/dalla_rappresentanza\/2016\/03\/commission-on-the-status-of-women-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Italy at the CSW60 (March 14 &#8211; 24, 2016)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>From March 14-24, 2016, the UN hosted the 60th Session of the Commission on the Status of Women. This year\u2019s session was organized by the Bureau, chaired by Brazil, and consisting of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Egypt, Germany and Japan.<\/p>\n<p>The theme for the 2016 edition was \u201cWomen\u2019s Empowerment and its Link to Sustainable Development.\u201d The review theme was \u201cThe Elimination and Prevention of All Forms of Violence against Women and Girls\u201d (based on the decisions contained in the Agreed Conclusions of CSW57).<\/p>\n<p>For this year\u2019s CSW, Member States organized a total of 248 side events (155 during the first week of the event), with about 600 other parallel events organized by NGOs.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/2Ao7XGTnSCI\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" style=\"margin-right: auto; margin-left: auto; display: block;\"><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p><strong>Italy\u2019s Participation<\/p>\n<p><\/strong>The Italian delegation was led by the Hon. Emma Bonino, Special Envoy for CSW60, from March 14-16, and then by Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, Sen. Benedetto Della Vedova, from March 17-18.<\/p>\n<p>Italy organized and co-sponsored the following events:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Monday, March 14 (11:30am \u2013 1:00pm, ECOSOC): \u201cFrom Paris to Marrakech: Translating Political Commitments into Effective Gender-Responsive Climate Solutions\u201d together with France, Fiji, Morocco, Peru, Switzerland, OECD-DAC Network on Gender Equality, WEDO\n<\/li>\n<li>Tuesday, March 15 (1:30 \u2013 2:45pm, Italian Mission Conference Room): \u201cEquality Means Business &#8211; Ensuring Women\u2019s Full Participation in Decision-Making Processes at All Levels\u201d with Belgium, Bulgaria, Japan\n<\/li>\n<li>Tuesday, March 15 (4:00 \u2013 6:00pm, UNICEF headquarters): \u201cLaunch of the UNICEF-UNFPA Global Programme to Accelerate Action to End Child Marriage\u201d with UNICEF-UNFPA\n<\/li>\n<li>Wednesday, March 16 (8:30 \u2013 9:45am ECOSOC): \u201cEliminating FGM: A Key Step in Achieving the Sustainable Development Goals\u201d with UNFPA-UNICEF, Burkina Faso, Tanzania, Iran\n<\/li>\n<li>Wednesday, March 16 (11:00am \u2013 12:45pm Ex-Press Bar): \u201cRealizing Women&#8217;s Economic Empowerment in Rural Areas through Cooperatives and Micro-Enterprises &#8211; Experiences from LDCs, SIDS and middle income Countries\u201d, with Fiji, Botswana, Morocco, Mongolia, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, UNWOMEN\n<\/li>\n<li>Thursday, March 17 (10:00am \u2013 12:00pm Italian Mission Conference Room): \u201cThe Impact of Drug Policies on Women\u201d with Open Society Foundations\n<\/li>\n<li>Thursday, March 17 (1:15 \u2013 2:45pm, IPI): \u201cComplementarities between the Women Peace and Security and the Youth Peace and Security Agendas: Strengthening the Participation of Girls and Young Women\u201d with Jordan, PBSO, UNWOMEN, UNOY, UNFPA [Watch full video of the event <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=9Oa2ZDSbFsE\">here<\/a>]\n<\/li>\n<li>Friday, March 18 (11:30am \u2013 12:45pm CRA): \u201cWomen\u2019s Role and Involvement in Measuring the Progress of SDG6: How to Monitor and Report on Water and Gender Issues?\u201d with UNESCO, South Africa, Australia, Hungary\n<\/li>\n<li>Thursday, March 24 (1:15 \u2013 2:30pm, CR7):&#8221;Policies Empowering Migrants Women and Girls in the Context of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development\u201d, with UNWOMEN, Bangladesh<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>You can read all the statements <a href=\"http:\/\/www.italyun.esteri.it\/rappresentanza_onu\/en\/comunicazione\/archivio-news\">here<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>View the photos on Flickr<\/strong>: <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/italyun\/albums\/72157665827242812\" title=\"Commission on the Status of Women 60 (March 14-24, 2016)\" data-flickr-embed=\"true\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\" src=\"https:\/\/farm2.staticflickr.com\/1519\/25210227424_d8ce52fa59_z.jpg\" alt=\"Commission on the Status of Women 60 (March 14-24, 2016)\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><script charset=\"utf-8\" type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" async=\"\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"From March 14-24, 2016, the UN hosted the 60th Session of the Commission on the Status of Women. 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