REGIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY

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Last Updated (Wednesday, 03 March 2021 11:33)

March 8, 2021 at 8:00PMHK

A regional Symposium is planned to celebrate International Women’s Day (IWD) on 8th March. “Women in leadership: Achieving an equal future in a COVID-19 world” is the theme that celebrates women and girls' tremendous efforts worldwide in shaping an equal future and recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic. Ms. Patricia Pelton, president of the World YMCA, Dr Aruna Gnanadasan, national convener of the Indian Christian Women’s Movement and former global programme director on Women in Church and Society and the Justice, Peace and Creation of the World Council of Churches are among the speakers. The symposium brings insight into women leadership in the Asia Pacific, the YMCA, and the Church. The GEC invites you to join the Symposium in solidarity with women and celebrate the IWD together. Interested members can register to join the symposium. Please click the link to register by March 7, 2021

https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZMkfumgqD8qHtxN1ioxzlDimVorelkTRoCw

 

Participation at the UN Commission on the Status of Women 65

NGO Side event Workshop

Towards a Safe, Just and Inclusive World: Women’s Participation in Decision Making

March 25, 2021

Every year, representatives of Member States gather at United Nations Headquarters in New York for the Commission on Status of Women. CSW evaluates the progress of gender equality, identify challenges, set global standards and formulate concrete policies to promote gender equality and advancement of women worldwide. The CSW is the principal international intergovernmental body exclusively dedicated to promoting gender equality and women's empowerment. A functional commission of the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) was established by ECOSOC resolution 11(II) of 21 June 1946.

World YMCA, as an accredited organization to the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) of the United Nations, an international delegation will attend this year's virtual session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW65), which will take place between 15-26 March 2021. Usually, this is an event that takes place in New York, but this year it will, of course, be virtual due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Twelve members of the gender equity committee have registered to attend the virtual workshops. APAY also has registered to hold an NGO side event during the UN CSW on March 25 on the theme Towards a Safe, Just and Inclusive World: Women’s Participation in Decision Making. More information on registration will be shared in the coming days.