Intersectional Feminism: Sharing Leadership In Women’s Peace And Security

Feminist movement building is foundational for gender justice and feminist peace. However, an intersectional approach that addresses gendered power across race, class, economic status, sexual orientation and gender identity, age, and other status, is critical for transformative change. This event explores how civil society can address gaps in intersectional women’s organizing by creating spaces for women’s meaningful participation.

Women, Agriculture And The Vital (R)evolution In US Farming

Scenes of small farms snuggled in rolling hills are not the reality of US agriculture. Farming is big business; built on an industrial model of extraction and exploitation – from confined animal feeding operations to petrochemicals and underpaid farmers and laborers. While this model is promoted as “feeding the world,” it leaves rural communities decimated, a devastation that is being increasingly duplicated around the world.

CSW62: Parallel Events

The list of the NGO CSW62 Parallel Events is available at: https://www.ngocsw.org/

Report of the Secretary-General: Situation of and assistance to Palestinian women

The present report, submitted in accordance with Economic and Social Council resolution 2017/10, highlights the situation of Palestinian women for the period from 1 October 2016 to 30 September 2017, and provides an overview of the assistance provided by the entities of the United Nations system with regard to education and training; health; economic empowerment and livelihoods; the rule of law and violence against women; power and decision-ma

Discussion guide for the ministerial round tables to be held under the priority theme “Challenges and opportunities in achieving gender equality and the empowerment of rural women and girls”

In accordance with the multi-year programme of work of the Commission, as contained in Economic and Social Council resolution 2016/3, the Commission will consider “Challenges and opportunities in achieving gender equality and the empowerment of rural women and girls” as its priority theme for the sixty-second session, to be held from 12 to 23 March 2018.

Review of the implementation of the agreed conclusions from the forty-seventh session of the Commission on the Status of Women

The present report reviews and assesses the extent to which Member States have implemented the agreed conclusions from the forty-seventh session of the Commission on the Status of Women on “Participation in and access of women to the media, and information and communication technologies and their impact on and use as an instrument for the advancement and empowerment of women”.

Workshop On CAAC And WPS

The Federal Foreign Office of Germany and the Center for International Peace Operations is hosting a workshop in Berlin focused on strengthening the implementation of the Children and Armed Conflict (CAAC) & Women, Peace and Security (WPS) agendas from February 12-13, 2018.

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