Official Meetings

Ministerial round table A

Making the economy work for women and girls

Tuesday, 10 March 2015, 10 a.m. – 11.30 a.m.
Conference Room 4

• Chair’s summary
• Chair: H. E. Mrs. Mashaair Ahmed Elamin Aldawalab, Federal Minister of Welfare and Social Security of Sudan
• Moderator: Elizabeth Tang, President, International Federation of Domestic Workers

Discussion guide (E/CN.6/2015/4)

Ministerial round table B

Investing in gender equality and the empowerment of women

Tuesday, 10 March 2015, 11.30 a.m. – 1.00 p.m.
Trusteeship Council

• Chair’s summary
• Chair: H.E. Ms. Marina Kaljurand, Deputy Foreign Minister, Estonia
• Moderator: Ms. Amina Mohamed, Secretary-General's Special Adviser on Post-2015 Development Planning

Discussion guide (E/CN.6/2015/4)

Ministerial round table C

Transforming politics and public life to achieve gender equality

Tuesday, 10 March 2015, 10 a.m. – 11.30 a.m.
Conference Room 1

• Chair’s summary
• Chair: H.E. Ms. Yanira Argueta, Ministerial Minister of Women's Affairs, El Salvador
• Moderator: H.E. Ms Aminata Toure, former Prime Minister of Senegal

Discussion guide (E/CN.6/2015/4)

Ministerial round table D

Accountability for realizing de facto equality for women and girls

Tuesday, 10 March 2015, 11.30 a.m. – 1.00 p.m.
Conference Room 1

• Chair’s summary
• Chair: H.E. Mr. Benno Bättig, Ambassador, Secretary General of the Federal Department of Foreign Affairs, Switzerland
• Moderator: Ms. Elizabeth Broderick, Sex Discrimination Commissioner, Australia

Discussion guide (E/CN.6/2015/4)

Panel 1

National mechanisms for gender equality: advocates for action and accountability, catalysts for change

Wednesday, 11 March 2015, 3.00 – 6.00 p.m.
Trusteeship Council

• Chair: H.E. Mr. Rubén Ignacio Zamora Rivas, Vice-Chair of the Commission, El Salvador
• Moderator: Mr. Ivan Šimonović, Assistant Secretary-General for Human Rights, Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights
• Issues paper
• Chair’s summary

Panelists:

Segment 1: the role of national mechanisms in legislative change and accountability

• H.E. Ms. Makhfirat Khidir-zoda, Chair of the Committee on Women and Family Affairs, Tajikistan
• H.E. Ms. Maria de Lurdes Martins de Sousa Bessa, member of the Women’s Parliamentary Group, Timor-Leste [paper]
• Ms. Rose Rwabuhihi, Chief Gender Monitor, Gender Monitoring Office, Rwanda [paper]
• Ms. Nicole Ameline, Member, Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women [paper]

Segment 2: the role of national mechanisms in achieving increased resources and service delivery

• H. E. Ms. Roxana Alvarado, First Vice President of the National Assembly, Ecuador

• Ms. Absa Wade Ngom, Director, Department of Women, Equity and Equality, Ministry of Women, Family and Children, Senegal [presentation]
• Ms. Ana Arganashvili, Project Manager, Partnerships for Human Rights, Georgia [paper]

Segment 3: the role of national mechanisms in advocacy and awareness raising and increasing women’s participation and leadership

• Dr. Salma Nims, Secretary General, Jordanian National Commission for Women [paper]
• H.E. Dr. Ing Kantha Phavi, Minister of Women's Affairs, Royal Government of Cambodia [paper]
• Dr. Babatunde Osotimehin, Executive Director UNFPA
• H.E. Ms. Alejandra Mora Mora, Minister for Women’s Affairs of Costa Rica and President of the Inter-American Commission of Women  

Panel 2

Results of regional Beijing+20 events of the United Nations regional commissions

Thursday, 12 March 2015, 3.00 – 6.00 p.m.  
Trusteeship Council

• Chair: Ms. Kanda Vajrabhaya, Chair of the Commission on the Status of Women, Thailand
• Moderator: Ms. Phumzile Mlambo-Ncguka, Executive Director, UN-Women
• Issues paper
• Chair’s summary

Panelists:

• Mr. Christian Friis Bach, Executive Secretary, Economic Commission for Europe
• Ms. Rima Khalaf, Executive Secretary, Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia [paper]
• Mr. Carlos Lopes, Executive Secretary, Economic Commission for Africa (via video) and Ms. Thokozile Ruzvidzo, Director, African Centre for Gender
• Ms. Shamshad Akhter, Executive Secretary, Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (via video), and Ms. Nanda Krairiksh, Director, Social Development Division [statement]
• Ms. Alicia Barcena, Executive Secretary, Economic and Social Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean [statement]

Panel 3

Resources for gender equality: good practices and strategies for action/the way forward

Friday, 13 March 2015, 3.00 – 6.00 p.m.
Trusteeship Council

• Chair: Mr. Mohamed Elbahi, Vice-Chair of the Commission (Sudan)
• Moderator: 

  Ms. Aruna Rao, Executive Director of ‘Gender At Work’

• Issues paper
• Chair’s summary

Keynote Speaker:

• Prof. Diane Elson, UK, gender and development social scientist, Emeritus Professor of Sociology at the University of Essex [paper]

Panelists:

• Mr. Mohamed Chafiki, Morocco, Director of Studies and Financial Forecasts, Ministry of Economy and Finance [paper]
• Ms. Lydia Alpízar Durán, Costa Rica, and Executive Director of the Association for Women’s Rights in Development (AWID)
• Ms. Patti O’Neill, New Zealand, Acting Head of Division, Global Partnerships and Policies, Development Co-operation Directorate, OECD [paper]

Panel 4

The responsibility of men and boys in achieving gender equality

Monday, 16 March 2015, 10 a.m. – 1.00 p.m.
Conference Room 4

• Chair: H.E. Mr. Rubén Ignacio Zamora Rivas, Vice-Chair of the Commission, El Salvador
• Moderator: Ms. Noelene Nabulivou, Diverse Voices and Action for Equality (DIVA), Fiji
• Issues paper
• Chair’s summary

• Mr. Gary Barker, ProMundo, Men Engage, USA
• Mr. Bafana Khumalo, Sonke Gender Justice, South Africa
• Mr. Natko Gereš, Director of Status M, Croatia
• Mr. Søren Feldbæk Winther,  Special Advisor, Ministry of Gender Equality, Denmark
• H.E. Henry MacDonald, Permanent Representative of Suriname to the United Nations

• H.E. Mr. António Gumende, Permanent Representative of Mozambique to the UN
• Mr. Hiroshi Minami, Deputy Permanent Representative of Japan to the UN
• Ms. Kate Gilmore, Deputy Executive Director, UNFPA
• Ms. Ayla Goksel, CEO for Mother Child Education Foundation (AÇEV), Turkey
• Mr. Gary Cohen, Founder, Together For Girls Partnership, USA

Panel 5

Changing social norms to achieve gender equality: expectations and opportunities

Monday, 16 March, 3.00 – 6.00 p.m.
Conference Room 4

• Chair: Ms. Pille Kesler, Vice-Chair of the Commission, Estonia
• Moderator: Ms. Anita Nayar, Director Regions ReFocus 2015, Dag Hammarskjöld Foundation
• Issues paper
• Chair’s summary

Panelists:

• Ms. Stephanie Seguino, Professor of Economics, University of Vermont (USA) [paper]

• Ms. Nafissatou J. Diop, Senior Adviser, Coordinator UNFPA-UNICEF Joint Programme on FGM/C: Accelerating Change (UNFPA) [paper]

• Ms. Olena Suslova (Ukraine): Founding Director and Board Chair of the Women’s Information Consultative Center, and Gender Mainstreaming of the Ukrainian Parliamentary Development Project [paper]

• Ms. Elisa Salinas, CEO, The Women’s Project, Mexico [paper]
• Ms. Chi Yvonne Leina, World Pulse, Cameroon [paper]

Panel 6

Building the evidence and monitoring results: gender statistics and indicators

Tuesday, 17 March, 10.00 a.m. – 1.00 p.m.
Conference Room 4

• Chair: Ms. Christine Loew, Vice-Chair of the Commission, Switzerland
• Moderator: Ms. Marcela Eternod Arámburu, Executive Secretary, National Institute for Women, Mexico
• Issues paper
• Chair’s summary

Panelists:

• Mr. Pali Lehohla, Statistician-General, Statistics South Africa
• Ms.Nguyen Thi Viet Nga , Statistician, General Statistics Office, Vietnam [paper | presentation]

• Dr. Keiko Osaki-Tomita, Chief, Demographic and Social Statistics Branch, United Nations Statistics Division, New York [presentation]

• Ms. Masako Hiraga, Senior Statistician / Economist in the Development Data Group of the World Bank [presentation]

Panel 7

Realizing the rights of marginalized and disadvantaged women and girls

Wednesday, 18 March, 10.00 a.m. – 1.00 p.m.
Conference Room 4

• Chair: Ms. Pille Kesler, Vice-Chair of the Commission, Estonia
• Moderator: Ms. Alda Facio, member of the Working Group on Discrimination Against Women in Law and in Practice
• Issues paper
• Chair’s summary

Panelists:

• Dr. Kim Eun Mee, Advisor, Korea International Cooperation Agency, Republic of Korea [paper]

• Ms. Anasztázia Nagy,  Program Officer, Roma Education Fund, Hungary [paper]
• Ms Teresia Njoki Otieno, International Community of Women Living with HIV and development specialist, Kenya [paper]
• Ms. Petrona Laura Reyes Quino, member of Mayan Organization of Women living with disabilities, Guatemala

Panel 8

The Commission on the Status of Women as a catalyst for gender mainstreaming: a dialogue with functional commissions

Thursday, 19 March, 10.00 a.m. – 1.00 p.m.
Conference Room 4

• Chair: H.E. Ms. Kanda Vajrabhaya, Chair of the Commission, Thailand
• Moderator: H.E. Mr. Martin Sajdik, President of the Economic and Social Council
• Issues paper
• Chair’s summary

Panelists:

• H.E. Ms. Bénédicte Frankinet (Belgium), Chair of the Commission on Population and Development

• H.E. Ms. Simona Mirela Miculescu (Romania), Chair of the Commission for Social Development

• H.E. Ms. Bente Angell-Hansen (Norway), Vice-Chair of the Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice (via video) [statement]

• H.E. Ms. Victoria Romero (Mexico), Vice Chair of the Commission on Science and Technology for Development [paper]

• Ms. Mariam Wallet Mohamed Aboubakrine (Mali), Member of the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues [paper: English | French]

Panel 9

Managing the transition from Millennium Development Goals to sustainable development goals: lessons learned for gender equality from the Millennium Development Goals and galvanizing transformative change

Thursday, 19 March, 3.00 – 6.00 p.m.
Conference Room 4

• Chair: Mr. Mohamed ElBahi, Vice-Chair of the Commission, Sudan
• Moderator: Ms. Magdalena Sepúlveda Carmona, Senior Research Fellow, United Nations Research Institute for Social Development
• Issues paper
• Chair’s summary

Panelists:

• Ms. Gita Sen, Professor of Public Policy, Indian Institute of Management, India
• Ms. Noelene Nabulivou, Programme Adviser, Diverse Voices and Action for Equality, Fiji [paper]
• Ms. Irène Esambo, President, Centre d’Etudes sur la Justice et la Resolution 1325, DRC [paper]
• Mr. John Hendra, Senior Coordinator, “UN Fit for Purpose” for the Post-2015 Development Agenda [paper]