Official Meetings

Organization of the session

In accordance with its multi-year programme of work (ECOSOC resolution 2009/15), the Commission's two-week session included the following activities: Organization of work

First week	10 a.m.-1 p.m.	3-6 p.m.
Monday 10 March	- Opening of the session - Election of officers (Item 1) - Adoption of the agenda and other organizational matters (Item 2) - Introduction of documents (Item 3 as a whole) General discussion (Item 3) (opens) Review of the implementation of the BPfA and the outcome of the 23rd special session of the GA - sharing of experiences and good practices on implementation of the Platform for Action, with a view to overcoming remaining obstacles and new challenges *1 p.m.: deadline for inscription on list of speakers for the general discussion*	High-level round table on the priority theme (in two parallel meetings) Challenges and achievements in the implementation of the Millennium Development Goals for women and girls (Item 3 (a) (i)) List of delegations: Round table A in CR-1 (CB) Round table B in CR-2 (CB)
Tuesday 11 March	General discussion (Item 3) (continued)	General discussion (Item 3) (continued)
Wednesday 12 March	Panel 1 Priority theme Challenges and achievements in the implementation of the Millennium Development Goals for women and girls	Panel 2 Priority theme Challenges and achievements in the implementation of the Millennium Development Goals for women and girls Focus: accountability and participation of women and girls in the implementation of the Millennium Development Goals
Thursday 13 March	General discussion (Item 3) (continued) in parallel with Agreed conclusions: Informal consultations	Panel 3 Emerging issue Women’s access to productive resources
Friday 14 March	Agreed conclusions: Informal consultations	Agreed conclusions: Informal consultations

Second week	10 a.m.-1 p.m.	3-6 p.m.
Monday 17 March	General discussion (Item 3) (continued) in parallel with Agreed conclusions: Informal consultations	General discussion (Item 3) (concludes) in parallel with Agreed conclusions: Informal consultations
Tuesday 18 March	Panel 4 Review theme Access and participation of women and girls in education, training, science and technology, including for the promotion of women’s equal access to full employment and decent work	3 p.m.: deadline for submission of draft proposals (i.e., draft resolutions / decisions) Panel 5 Review theme Access and participation of women and girls in education, training, science and technology, including for the promotion of women’s equal access to full employment and decent work
Wednesday 19 March	Agreed conclusions: Informal consultations	Closed meeting to consider the report of the Working Group on Communications (Item 4) followed by Agreed conclusions: Informal consultations
Thursday 20 March	Follow-up to the Economic and Social Council resolutions and decisions (Item 5) - introduction and discussion Introduction of draft proposals General discussion (Item 3) (concludes) followed by Agreed conclusions: Informal consultations	Agreed conclusions: Informal consultations
Friday 21 March	Action on draft proposals	Action on draft proposals and other outstanding issues Provisional agenda for the 59th session of CSW (Item 6) Adoption of the report of the CSW on its 58th session (Item 7) Closure of the 58th session Opening of 59th session Election of Bureau members

Interactive events

High-level round table A

Challenges and achievements in the implementation of the Millennium Development Goals for women and girls

Monday, 10 March 2014, 3 - 6 p.m.
Conference Room 1, Conference Building

Chair’s summary
Chair: H.E. Mr. Libran Cabactulan, Chair of the Commission (Philippines)

List of delegations

Discussion guide (E/CN.6/2014/5)

High-level round table B

Challenges and achievements in the implementation of the Millennium Development Goals for women and girls

Monday, 10 March 2014, 3 - 6 p.m.
Conference Room 2, Conference Building

Chair’s summary
Chair: H.E. Mr. Carlos Garcia, Vice-Chair of the Commission (El Salvador)

List of delegations

Discussion guide (E/CN.6/2014/5)

Priority theme

Panel 1

Challenges and achievements in the implementation of the MDGs for women and girls

Wednesday, 12 March 2014, 10 a.m. - 1 p.m.
Conference Room 2, Conference Building

Secretary-General’s report on challenges and achievements in the implementation of the Millennium Development Goals for women and girls (E/CN.6/2014/3)
Moderator’s summary
Moderator: Ms. Christine Löw, Vice-Chair of the Commission (Switzerland)

Panelists:

Mr. Chrispine Gwalawala Sibande (Malawi), Senior Policy Advisor, Ipas Malawi
Sexual and reproductive health and rights [Paper]
Ms. Ursula Schäfer-Preuss (Germany), Chair, Global Water Partnership
Gender equality and development in the context of implementing the MDGs for women and girls [Paper]
Ms. Radhika Balakrishnan (USA), Executive Director, Center for Women’s Global Leadership, Rutgers University
Report of the expert group meeting on structural and policy constraints in achieving the MDGs for women and girls [Paper]
Ms. Virginia Gomes (Portugal), Member and Rapporteur, United Nations Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
Realizing women’s economic, social and cultural rights in achieving the MDGs [Paper]
Ms. Isabel Ortiz, Director, Social Protection Department, International Labor Organization
Women’s access to decent work and social protection during the global recession [Presentation]

Panel 2

Accountability and participation of women and girls in the implementation of the MDGs

Wednesday, 12 March 2014, 3 - 6 p.m.
Conference Room 2, Conference Building

Secretary-General’s report on progress in mainstreaming a gender perspective into the development, implementation and evaluation of national policies and programmes (E/CN.6/2014/4)
Moderator’s summary
Moderator: Ms. Neli Shiolashvili, Vice-Chair of the Commission (Georgia)

Panelists:

H.E. Ms. Lourdes Bandeira (Brazil), Vice-Minister of the Secretariat of Women Policies
Ending violence against women and girls
H.E. Mr. Urmas Paet (Estonia), Minister of Foreign Affairs
Financing for gender equality [Paper]
Ms. Carolyn Sobritchea (Philippines), Professorial Lecturer, Asian Center, University of the Philippines, Diliman
Implementation of the MDGs and participation of women and girls [Paper]
Ms. Salina Sanou (Kenya), Head of Policy and Advocacy, Agency for Cooperation and Research in Development
Achieving the MDGs for women and girls in Africa [Paper]
Ms. Maarit Kohonen Sheriff, Deputy Director of the New York Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
Human rights and accountability in accelerating progress on the MDGs for women and girls [Paper]

Emerging issue

Panel 3

Women’s access to productive resources

Thursday 13 March 2014, 3 - 6 p.m.
Conference Room 2, Conference Building

Issues paper
Moderator’s summary
Mr. Mohamed Elbahi, Vice-Chair of the Commission (Sudan)

Panelists:

Ms. Magdalena Sepúlveda Carmona, United Nations Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights.
Mobilizing progress in women's access to land and productive resources through a human rights approach [Paper]
Ms. Mariam Gabala Dao (Côte d'Ivoire), Regional Manager for West Africa at Oikocredit
Women's access to finance and credit: opportunities and challenges [Paper | Presentation]
Ms. Victoria Tauli Corpuz (Philippines), founder and Executive Director of Tebtebba (Indigenous Peoples’ International Centre for Policy Research and Education)
Indigenous rights and women’s access to natural resources
Mrs. Martha "Pati" Ruiz Corzo (Mexico), founder of the Sierra Gorda Ecological Group and first federal Director of the Sierra Gorda Biosphere Reserve, Queretaro

Women’s access to productive resources is key to building resilience in rural and urban areas

Review theme

Access and participation of women and girls in education, training, science and technology, including for the promotion of women’s equal access to full employment and decent work
(Agreed Conclusions from the fifty-fifth session)

Panel 4

Women’s and girls’ equal access and participation in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) education

Tuesday 18 March, 10 a.m. - 1 p.m.
Conference Room 2, Conference Building

Issues paper
Moderator’s summary
Moderator: H.E. Carlos Garcia, Vice-Chair of the Commission (El Salvador)

Panelists:

Ms. Gloria Bonder (Argentina), Director of the Gender, Society and Policies Area of FLACSO
El enfoque de género en el ADN de la educación científico-tecnológica: propuestas para la trasformación educativa en y para la Sociedad del Conocimiento [Paper]
Ms. Njideka Harry, President and CEO of the Youth for Technology Foundation (YTF)
Community: a Focal Point to Inspire Passion for STEM Education in Girls [Paper]
Ms. Leigh Ann DeLyser, Computer Science Education consultant with New York City's Department of Education; and Ms. Luna Ruiz, student at the Academy for Software Engineering
Against a Headwind: Why young women need additional support to achieve equality in pursuing computing education [Paper]
Ms. S. Gülser Corat, Director of the Division for Gender Equality in the Office of the Director-General at UNESCO Headquarters in Paris, France

Panel 5

The transition of women from education to full employment and decent work, with a particular focus on employment in the areas of science, technology, engineering and mathematics

Tuesday 18 March, 3 - 6 p.m.
Conference Room 2, Conference Building

Issues paper
Moderator’s summary
Ms. Neli Shiolashvili, Vice-Chair of the Commission (Georgia)

Panelists:

Dr. Lamya Fawwaz, Executive Director of Public Affairs at Masdar Institute of Science & Technology
Women in STEM: The UAE Experience [Paper]
Dr. Londa Schiebinger, John L. Hinds Professor of History of Science, Stanford University
Gendered Innovations: Making Science and Technology Responsive to Women’s Needs [Paper]
Ms. Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka, United Nations Under-Secretary-General and Executive Director of UN Women
Discussant