Key note addresses by:

Mr. Ban Ki-moon, United Nations Secretary-General (tbc); Ms. Navi Pillay, United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights; H.E. Dr. Heinz Fischer, Federal President of the Republic of Austria

The Office of the SRSG on Sexual Violence in Conflict and UK's Prevention of Sexual Violence Initiative invite you for a side event on the margins of the 68th General Assembly Debate.

To End Poverty:
• Set a higher and broader global poverty line that is also defined nationally;
• There must be differentiation between small, medium and larger private sector entities in “the business community”;
• Multi-sectoral and inter-linked measures must be taken to address land-grabbing, environmental degradation and displacement that occurs when corporations are able to own and control land;

Women and girls are major drivers of development. Yet challenges to achieving gender equality and women's rights remain significant. (para.26)

Gender-based violence contravenes women's and girls' rights, undermines development and is an affront to our common humanity. (para26)

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Dear (name of head of state),

The 57th Session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) took place at United Nations Headquarters in New York from Monday, 4 March to Friday, 15 March 2013. This session focused on the theme of "the elimination and prevention of all forms of violence against women and girls." An outcome document was adopted on 15 March and can be read here.

Women's International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF)
at the 57th Commission on the Status of Women
United Nations HQ, New York, March 2013

“WILPF participation in this year's Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) was historic and highlighted our global outreach as a women's peace movement”, commented Madeleine Rees, WILPF Secretary General.