The Global Fund for Women at CSW
IPS is happy to highlight some of the key events the Global Fund for Women will organise during the CSW in New York.
• March 4th, 5:30-7:30 pm at the Visual Arts Theater, 333 West 23rd Street, between 8th and 9th Ave. The event will begin with a brief Q&A with New York Times columnist Nick Kristof, moderated by Kavita N. Ramdas, followed by a panel conversation with three of GFW grantees: Pinar Ilkkaraçan from Women for Women’s Human Rights in Turkey, Deborah Kaddu-Serwadda from Icon Partners & Associates in Uganda, and Sharon Bhagwan-Rolls from femLINKPACIFIC: Media Initiatives for Women in Fiji.
They will cover a range of critical issues facing women today: gender violence, religious fundamentalism and militarism. We anticipate several hundreds of people (already over 250 RSVPs) so it should be a high-energy event.
• Women’s empowerment in Central Asia and movement building, Tuesday, March 2nd, 10 am in Church Center 11th floor. Transition to market economy was accompanied by new problems for women’s lives, but also gave new opportunities for gender equality and women’s NGOs development. Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, Tajikistanand Uzbekistan women’s NGOs will share their experience of integrating women’s human rights approach and women’s rights initiatives at various levels during the last decade.
Speakers: Maksuda Aitieva, Cholpon Ergeshova, Bubumairam Sarieva, Bela Kaparova, Asipa Musaeva, Avazkan Orrmonova, Anara Nazarbekova, Evgeniya Kozyreva, Angelika Arutyunova.
• Turning Dollars into Action, Tuesday, March 2nd 1 pm at the UN Foundation
• The Women’s Movement in DR Congo: Challenging Attitudes, Violence and Militarism, Sunday March 7th, 2 pm at the Church Center (777 UN Plaza– corner of 44th & First Ave)
