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Submitted By: Stacy Lara
Date: 09 December 2013, 2-3pm
Location: Palais des Nations, Room V
Program: Joint NGO briefing Series – 12th Session, Indigenous Peoples
Format: Moderator//Panel
Organization: UN NGLS
Speakers: Alessandra Vellucci, Chief, Press and External Relations, UN Information Services, Geneva; Antti Korkeakivi, Chief and Samia Slimane, Human Rights Officer, Indigenous Peoples and Minorities Section, OHCHR
Submitted By: Stacy Lara
Date: 09 December 2013, 2-3pm
Location: Palais des Nations, Room V
Program: Joint NGO briefing Series – 12th Session, Indigenous Peoples
Format: Moderator//Panel
Organization: UN NGLS
Speakers: Alessandra Vellucci, Chief, Press and External Relations, UN Information Services, Geneva; Antti Korkeakivi, Chief and Samia Slimane, Human Rights Officer, Indigenous Peoples and Minorities Section, OHCHR
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Date: 21 November 2013
Location: UN HQ NY
Program: MDGs, SDGs, and the Post-2015 Development Agenda
Format: Member Meeting
Organization: NGO CSW
Speakers:
Moderator
Bani Dugal, Baha’i International Community
Speakers
Lopa Banerjee, Chief, Civil Society Section, UNWomen
Anita Nayar, Chief, UN-Non-Government Liaison Service
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Date: 19 November 2013
Location: UN HQ NY
Program: Preventing Child Trafficking and Exploitation: Strategies and Programmes that Work
Format: Panel Discussion
Organization: Canada’s and the Philippines’ Permanent Missions and WGG
Speakers:
HE Guillermo Rishchynski, Ambassador, Mission of Canada to UN
Marta Santos Pais, SRSG on Violence against Children
Ellen Maduhu, Permanent Mission of the United...
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Date: December 9, 2013
Program: The Role of Men and Boys in Ending Violence Against Women and Girls
Format: Moderator//Panel
Organization: Permanent Missions of Canada
Speakers: Mr. Antonio Guterres, UN High Commissioner for Refugees; Mr. Dean Peacock, Sonke Gender Justice Network; Major General (retired) Patrick Cammaert and former advisor to UN-DPKO and commander of MONUSCO; Dr. Michael Gurian, Michael Gurian Institute; Mr.
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The FAWCO UN Reps Team consists of a UN Liaison leading a team of FAWCO UN Representatives in New York, Geneva, Vienna, Athens, Bonn and other cities.
Goals of the UN Reps Team
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To represent FAWCO at United Nations meetings and conferences
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To involve FAWCO members worldwide in supporting the UN's development agenda, the FAWCO Target Program and other UN-related...
25 November is the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, and the start of the 16 Days of Activism Against Gender Violence, which end on 10 December (International Human Rights Day). FAWCO Human Rights sub-committee Ending Violence for Women and Children published ideas for clubs to raise awareness. Click here to download the sub-committee's newsletter with ideas.