Michelle Bachelet at CSW

NEWS

• Press statement: UN Women welcomes Agreed Conclusions at the Commission on Status of Women (15 March, 2013)
• Event coverage: Bolstering efforts to end impunity for femicide and gender-motivated killings (14 March, 2013)
• Press release: “We have to move forward” says Michelle Bachelet in her speech at the UN event for International Women’s Day (8 March, 2013)
• Shining a spotlight on national commitments to end violence against women (6 March, 2013)
• UN Women Executive Director calls for action on ending violence against women in her message for International Women’s Day (5 March, 2013)
  Watch her video message for IWD here.
• Press Release: UN Women calls on Governments to deliver a concrete roadmap on Ending Violence against Women (4 March, 2013)
• Media advisory: UN Women co-sponsored events during the 57th Commission on the Status of Women, 4 – 15 March 2013 (27 February, 2013)

Speeches and statements

• Michelle Bachelet’s Closing Statement at the 57th Session of the Commission on the Status of Women (15 March 2013)
• Speech: Remarks of Michelle Bachelet at the International Women’s Day Commemorative Event at the United Nations (8 March, 2013)
• Statement: UN Women Executive Director calls for action on ending violence against women in her message for International Women’s Day (8 March, 2013)
• Speech by Michelle Bachelet on “Gender-Motivated Killings of Women, Including Femicide” (8 March, 2013)
• Michelle Bachelet’s Introductory Remarks at a Panel on “Violence against Women and Girls with Disabilities” (8 March, 2013)
• Opening remarks of Michelle Bachelet in her presentation of the Critical Services Initiative (7 March, 2013)
• Speech by Michelle Bachelet at the World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts Event “Stop the Violence: Girls at the Front lines of Prevention” (7 March, 2013)
• Speech by Michelle Bachelet: Reclaiming Public Spaces for the Empowerment of Women and Girls (7 March, 2013)
• Speech by Michelle Bachelet at the 5th Annual Women’s Empowerment Principles Event (6 March, 2013)
• Speech by Michelle Bachelet at the High-level task force for the International Conference on Population and Development (5 March, 2013)
• Presentation by Michelle Bachelet and Julia Duncan-Cassell at a side event on the COMMIT Initiative (5 March, 2013)
• Introduction by Michelle Bachelet at a CSW57 side event for UN Heads of Agencies to discuss violence against women and girls (5 March, 2013)
• “Parliamentary Strategies for tackling violence against women and girls”: speech by Michelle Bachelet at IPU side event (5 March, 2013)
• Press statement by Michelle Bachelet at first press conference for CSW57 (4 March, 2013)
• Opening statement of Michelle Bachelet at CSW57: “Time for action: Prevent and end violence against women and girls” (4 March, 2013)
• Speech by Michelle Bachelet at the NGO CSW Forum Consultation Day (New York, 3 March, 2013)

Speeches and statements prior to CSW

• Kapuscinski Lecture by Michelle Bachelet: “The century of inclusion and women’s full participation” (Dublin, 21 February, 2013)
• Press statement by Michelle Bachelet at the 2013 African Union Summit (Addis Ababa, 26 January, 2013)
• Closing Remarks of Michelle Bachelet Under Secretary General and Executive Director of UN Women at Stakeholders’ Forum on Preventing and eliminating violence against women (New York, 14 December, 2012)

UN Women Executive Director Michelle Bachelet will speak at several official and side events:

• Introductory Statement, Opening Session of the Commission on the Status of Women, 4 March, 10.00 a.m. – 1.00 p.m., General Assembly Hall [Live webcast]
• Press Conference, 4 March, 2.00 – 2.45 p.m., Dag Hammarskjold Library Auditorium [Live webcast]
• High-Level Francophone Consultations on Violence against Women and Girls, 4 March, 6:30 – 7:45 p.m., NLB Conference Room 2 [Live Webcast]
• Parliamentary Strategies for Tackling Violence against Women and Girls, co-organized with the Inter-Parliamentary Union, 5 March, 10.00 – 11.00 a.m., NLB ECOSOC Chamber
• UN Heads of Agencies discuss Violence against Women and Girls, 5 March, 1.15 – 2.30 p.m., NLB Conference Room 2 [ By invitation only]
• High-Level Task Force for ICPD, 5 March, 3.15 – 4.15 p.m., 730 Third Ave at 45th St.
• High-level Event to announce the COMMIT Initiative, 5 March, 6.30 – 8.00 p.m., German House [By invitation only]
• 5th Annual Women’s Empowerment Principles Event, 6 March, 9.00-9.40 a.m., 30 Rockefeller Plaza
• Reclaiming Public Spaces for the Empowerment of Women and Girls, 7 March, 1.15 – 2.15 p.m., NLB Conference Room 2
• Stop Violence: Girls at the Frontline of Prevention, 7 March, 2.15 – 2.45 p.m., NLB Conference Room 7
• Too Young to Wed: Working Together to Address Child Marriage, 7 March, 2.30 – 4.30p.m., Dag Hammarskjöld Library Auditorium
• Critical Services Commitment by UN Agencies, 7 March, 6.30 – 7.45 p.m., NLB Conference Room B
• UN Observance of International Women’s Day 2013 “A promise is a promise: Time for action to end violence against women”, 8 March, 10.00 a.m. – 12 p.m., NLB Conference Room 2 [Live webcast]
• Violence against Women with Disabilities, 8 March, 1.15 – 2.30 p.m., NLB Conference Room 7
• Gender-motivated Killings of Women, including femicide, 8 March, 3.00 – 4.15 p.m., Dag Hammarskjöld Library Auditorium

INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY: UN Observance of International Women’s Day 2013 “A promise is a promise: Time for action to end violence against women,” 8 March, 10.00 a.m. – 12.00 p.m., NLB Conference Room 2 [Live webcast]. The One Woman song will be launched at the event.