[IRPCoalition] APC at the CSW

[Anriette Esterhuysen]

Dear all

For those of you following gender and ICT issues. Please pass on to
colleagues who will be in New York for
http://www.unwomen.org/en/csw/csw59-2015

Commission on the Status of Women - meeting at the UN in New York.

It is WSIS +10 this year but also Beijing +20.

For social media use:  #sectionJ
More here: https://www.apc.org/en/node/20187/

Anriette


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APC.org at http://www.unwomen.org/en/csw/csw59-2015

1) High Level Panel: 9 March
Reprioritising Section J of the Beijing Platform for Action – Critical
issues on the human rights of women and girls and the internet
Permanent Mission of Estonia to the UN and Association for Progressive
Communications, with the support of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of
the Netherlands and National Women’s Institute of Costa Rica (INAMU)

Discussants:
Lakshmi Puri, Deputy Executive Director of UN Women
Marina Kaljurand, Deputy Foreign Minister of the Ministry of Foreign
Affairs of Estonia
Alejandra Mora, Minister at the Ministry for Women’s Affairs of Costa Rica
Leah C. Tanodra-Armamento, Undersecretary of the Department of Justice
in the Republic of the Philippines
Alton Grizzle, Programme Specialist at UNESCO Freedom of Expression and
Media Development Division / Global Alliance on Gender and Media
Jan Moolman, Senior Coordinator at the Women’s Rights Programme of the
Association for Progressive Communications

Moderator: Joanne Sandler, Gender at Work, and former Deputy Executive
Director of UNIFEM

2) High level panel, 9 March
'Countering cyber violence against women'
Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU)

Discussants:
Helen Rubenstein, Program Director at Global Rights for Women
Parliament member from Canada (will also find out who to speak to about
the June HRC resolution on VAW that Canada leads)
Parliament member from the Philippines
Jan Moolman, Senior Coordinator at the Women’s Rights Programme of the
Association for Progressive Communications (focusing on our VAW work)

Chair: Ms Margaret Mensah Williams, President of the IPU Coordinating
Committee of Women Parliamentarians and Vice-Chairperson of the Second
National Council of Namibia.

3) Side event / panel
Ending violence against women online: Effective responses to promote
women’s rights and safety - this is the FLOW research launch

Speakers:
Laura Bretón Despradel, CLADEM in Dominican Republic
Racheal Nakitare, President of the International Association of Women in
Radio and Television (IAWRT) in Kenya
Jan Moolman, Senior Coordinator at the Women’s Rights Programme of the
Association for Progressive Communications

Moderator: Jac sm Kee, Women’s Rights Programme Manager at the
Association for Progressive Communications

4) High level panel, 13 March
'Intergenerational dialogue”
UN Women
Jac’s speaking here

5) Side event / Panel:
WITNESS
“Women and technology: Effective documentation of sexual violence and
advocacy”
Dafne Plou from APC Women's Rights Programme speaking here (Dafne is
also on the Argentina government delegation).

You can find more here: https://www.apc.org/en/node/20187/

We are also launching the #sectionJ campaign so please join us! and
share far and wide! We’ve written up a series of tweets that you can
use. See the link above.


Jan Moolman
Women's Rights Project Coordinator
Association for Progressive Communications Women's Rights Programme
skype ID: jan.moolman
genderit.org
takebackthetech.net
apc.org







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