National Council of Women of Canada features a special Presentation - "We Used To Be Number One: Canada at Beijing +20"

All are welcome to what will be a very enlightening presentation.

Did you know?
Twenty years ago Canada ranked first amongst nations in international measures of gender equality. In 2013, Canada had fallen to twentieth place in the Global Gender Gap rankings, and twenty-third place in the UN Gender Inequality Index.

United Nations Commission on the Status of Women, 59th Session

Parallel Event:

Date: Thursday, 12 March, 2015

Time: 6:15pm

Venue: Church Center, 777 UN Plaza (at the corner of 44th Street and 1st Ave)

Room: Chapel

Title: We used to be number one: Canada at Beijing +20

Speakers:

Lise Martin, Canadian Network of Shelters and Transition Houses

Ann Dector, YWCA Canada

Vicky Smallman, Canadian Labour Congress

Kate McInturff, Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives

Marilou McPhedran, University of Winnipeg

Dvorah Silverman, Girls Action Foundation

Parallel Event Sponsor: National Council of Women of Canada

First Announcement of a Parallel Event

One of the very best parts about attending the CSW is all the events put on by the many NGOs that are part of the event. I will promote some of the events here that might interest you.

One of the issues that has been discussed and debated at several of the past CSWs is prostitution/sex trade, and the Nordic Model in particular. The Canadian Federation of University Women, CFUW,  (a member of the International Federation of University Women) will be putting on this panel that promises to be educational and provide delegates with the reality of many women's lives. You might want to mark it down in your calendars now!

CFUW is supporting the NGO Women Graduates USA panel at the UN CSW New York City entitled: The Necessity of the Nordic Model from SPACE International (Survivors of Prostitution-Abuse Calling For Enlightenment). The panel will be held on March 14th at 2:30 pm on the 10th Floor of the Church Building. Jeanne Sarson and Linda MacDonald will be included as panelists and they will be talking about the reality of non-State torture that occurs in prostitution.

Follow this Blog for more announcements of parallel events as they are published. There will be a full listing on the NGO CSW web site soon.