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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 14 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) Follow-up to the Fourth World Conference on Women and to the twenty-third special session of the General Assembly, identifying goals attained, achievements made and efforts under way to close gaps and meet challenges in relation to the priority theme and the review theme *1 p.m.: deadline for inscription on list of speakers for the general discussion*	Ministerial segment: round table on the priority theme (in two parallel meetings) (a) Enhancing national institutional arrangements for gender equality and women’s empowerment (b) Strengthening normative, legal and policyframeworks for gender equality and women’s empowerment
		Ministerial segment: round table on the priority theme (in two parallel meetings) (c) Financing for gender equality and women’s empowerment in the 2030 Agenda (d) Fostering gender-responsive data design, collection and analysis
		Ministerial round tables A and B, from 3.00 – 4.30 and 4.30 – 6.00 pm (CR 4) Ministerial round tables C and D, from 3.00 – 4.30 and 4.30 – 6.00 pm (CR 1)
Tuesday 15 March	General discussion (Item 3) (continued) *In parallel with:* Review theme ‘The elimination and prevention of all forms of violence against women and girls’ Voluntary presentations	General discussion (Item 3) (continued) *In parallel with:* Review theme ‘The elimination and prevention of all forms of violence against women and girls’ Voluntary presentations
Wednesday 16 March	High Level interactive dialog among Ministers (2 hours) *Followed by: General discussion* (Item 3) (continued) (Ministerial segment concludes)	Priority theme ‘Women’s empowerment and its link to sustainable development’: ‘Key strategies for gender-responsive implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development’
Thursday 17 March	Priority theme Interactive expert panel: ‘Women’s empowerment and its link to sustainable development’ ‘Participation and partnerships for gender-responsive implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development’	Review theme Expert panel on data gaps and on methodology: ‘The elimination and prevention of all forms of violence against women and girls’: ‘Addressing data gaps and methodology issues’
Friday 18 March	General discussion (Item 3) (continued) *In parallel with* Agreed conclusions: Informal consultations	General discussion (Item 3) (continued) *In parallel with* Agreed conclusions: Informal consultations

Second week	10 a.m.-1 p.m.	3-6 p.m.
Monday 21 March	Agreed conclusions: Informal consultations	Agreed conclusions: Informal consultations 6 p.m.: deadline for submission of draft proposals (i.e., draft resolutions / decisions)
Tuesday 22 March	Agreed conclusions: Informal consultations	Agreed conclusions: Informal consultations
Wednesday 23 March	Closed meeting to consider the report of the Working Group on Communications (Item 4) *Followed by:* Introduction of draft proposals General discussion (Item 3) (concludes) *In parallel with:* Agreed conclusions: Informal consultations	Agreed conclusions: Informal consultations
Thursday 24 March	Follow-up to the Economic and Social Council resolutions and decisions (Item 5) – introduction and discussion *Followed by:* Action on draft proposals *Followed by:* Agreed conclusions: Informal consultations	Action on draft proposals and other outstanding issues Provisional agenda for the 61st session of CSW (Item 6) Adoption of the report of CSW on its 60th session (Item 7) Closure of the 60th session Opening of 61st session Election of Bureau members

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Ministerial round table A

Enhancing national institutional arrangements for gender equality

Monday, 14 March 2016, 3.00 – 4.30 pm
Conference Room 4, Conference Building

Chair's summary
Chair: H.E. Mr. Yoji Muto, State Minister for Foreign Affairs, Japan
Moderator: Ms. Geraldine Fraser-Moleketi, Special Envoy on Gender of the African Development Bank
Participants

Ministerial round table B

Strengthening normative, legal and policy frameworks for gender equality and women’s empowerment

Monday, 14 March 2016, 4.30 – 6.00 pm
Conference Room 4, Conference Building

Chair's summary
Chair: H. E. Ms. Tatau Godinho, Secretary of Policies for Women's Work and Economic Autonomy, Brazil
Moderator: Dr. David Nabarro, Special Adviser of the Secretary-General on the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and Climate Change
Participants

Ministerial round table C

Financing for gender equality and women’s empowerment in the 2030 Agenda

Monday, 14 March 2016, 3.00 – 4.30 pm
Conference Room 1, Conference Building

Chair's summary
Chair: H. E. Dr. Maya Morsy, President of the National Council of Women, Egypt
Moderator: Ms. Rebeca Grynspan, Secretary-General of SEGIB, Ibero-American Secretariat General
Participants

Ministerial round table D

Fostering gender-responsive data design, collection and analysis, and building the knowledge base

Monday, 14 March 2016, 4.30 – 6.00 pm
Conference Room 1, Conference Building

Chair's summary
Chair: H. E. Mrs. Elke Ferner, Parliamentary State Secretary for Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth, Germany
Moderator: Ms. Lisa Grace Bersales, National Statistician, Philippines Statistics Authority, Philippines
Participants

Review theme

Voluntary presentations: 'The elimination and prevention of all forms of violence against women and girls'

Tuesday, 15 March 2016, 10:00am -1:00pm
Conference Room 4, Conference Building

Chair's summary
Chair: Mr. Andreas Glossner, Vice-Chair, Germany
10.00 – 11.30: Brazil, China, Turkey
11.30 – 1.00 pm: Egypt, Japan, Estonia
- Voluntary Presentation - Egypt
- Voluntary Presentation - Japan

Review theme

Voluntary presentations: 'The elimination and prevention of all forms of violence against women and girls'

Tuesday, 15 March 2016, 3:00pm -6:00pm
Conference Room 4, Conference Building

Chair's summary
Chair: Ms. Fatma Al Zahraa Hassan, Vice-Chair, Egypt
3.00 – 4.00 pm: Costa Rica, Romania
- Video - Romania
4.00 – 5.00 pm: Sweden, Tunisia

High Level interactive dialogue among Ministers

Building alliances for gender responsive implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development

Wednesday, 16 March, 10:00am - 12:00pm
Conference Room 4, Conference Building

Chair's summary
Chair: H. E. Ms. Tatau Godinho, Secretary of Policies for Women's Work and Economic Autonomy, Brazil
Moderator: H.E. Mr. Antonio de Aguiar Patriota, Chair, Brazil
Participants

Priority theme, interactive expert panel

Key strategies for gender-responsive implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development

Wednesday, 16 March, 3:00 - 6:00 pm
Conference Room 4, Conference Building

Chair's summary
Moderator: Ms. Šejla Đurbuzović, Vice-Chair, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Issues paper

Panelists:

Ms. Alejandra Corchuelo (Colombia), Director for Social Development of National Planning Department
Presentation title: Women empowerment in a peace and sustainability framework [Paper]
Dr. James Heintz (United States of America), Andrew Glyn Professor of Economics at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst
Rethinking Macroeconomic Policy for Gender Equality and Sustainable Development: Towards the Implementation of 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development
[Paper]
Dr. Philomena Efua Nyarko, (Ghana), Government Statistician and Chief Executive of the Statistical Service

Gender-responsive data and statistics to monitor and achieve the gender dimensions of the 2030 Agenda in Ghana [Paper]
Ms. Anita Nayar (India), Senior Advisor, Dag Hammarskjöld Foundation
Integration of gender equality and environmental sustainability in the implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development [Paper]
Ms. Sally Moyle (Australia), Principal Gender Adviser, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
Gender-sensitive implementation of the 2030 Agenda in Australia [Paper]

Priority theme, interactive expert panel

Participation and partnerships for gender-responsive implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development

Thursday, 17 March 10:00 am -1:00 pm
Conference Room 4, Conference Building

Chair's summary
Moderator: Mr. Jun Saito, Vice-Chair, Japan
Issues paper

Panelists:

H. E. Ms. Olfa Soukri Cherif (Tunisia), Member of Parliament
Participation and multi-stakeholder partnerships for gender-responsive implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development [Paper]
H. E. Ms. Angela Brown Burke (Jamaica), Mayor of Kingston
Celebrating each accomplishment on the road to sustainable development: “one, one cocoa full basket” [Paper]
Ms. Emma Kaliya (Malawi), Chairperson FEMNET (African Women’s development and communications Network)
Amplifying Women's Voices and equal partnership in the realization of the 2030 agenda for Sustainable Development [Paper]
Ms. Michaela Bergman, Chief Counsellor for Social Issues, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development
[Paper]

The Role of Multi-Lateral Development Banks (MDBs) in facilitating partnerships to promote gender equality
Ms. Rima Khalaf, Executive Secretary, Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia
A New Way of Doing Business for Gender-Responsive Implementation of the 2030 Agenda [Paper]

Review theme, expert panel on data gaps and on methodology

Addressing data gaps and methodology issues

Thursday, 17 March 3:00 - 5:00 pm
Conference Room 4, Conference Building

Chair's summary
Moderator: Ms. Šejla Đurbuzović, Vice-Chair, Bosnia and Herzegovina

Discussion Guide

Panelists:

Ms. Francesca Grum, Chief, Social and Housing Statistics Section, United Nations Statistics Division
Measuring Violence against Women: Indicators for global monitoring in the 2030 Development Agenda, data availability and latest analysis [Presentation]
Dr. Irene Casique Rodríguez (Mexico), Researcher, Regional Center for Multidisciplinary Studies of the National Autonomous UniversityProduction of national statistics on violence against women: Data sources, challenges and lessons learned [Paper] [Presentation]
Mrs. Ainur Dossanova (Kazakhstan), Chief Expert, Division of Social and Demographic Statistics, Committee for Statistics, Ministry of National Economy
The role of National Statistical Offices in the implementation of violence against women prevalence surveys: The experience of Kazakhstan [Paper] [Presentation]