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1 CSW60: Girl-Related Side Events Monday, March 14, 2015 Spain, Asociacón de The Connections Between Illegal Familias y Mujeres de Room 11 GA Immigration and Trafficking maec.es Medio Rural, UNFPA 1 3:00PM 6:30PM Women Empowerment through the Eradication of GBV and Child Marriages The Zambia Experience Preventing Violence Against Women and Girls in the Digital and Technological Age: Technology as a Tool of Empowerment and Safety for Women and Girls at Risk of Gender- Based Violence Launch of UN Women Policy Brief on Emerging Issues in Gender and Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights for Young Women, Men, and Transgender People Tracking GBV Incidences for Policy Programming: Experience of the National Gender-Based Violence Zambia Australia Singapore and Germany UNAIDS and GCWA UNFPA and Uganda Room 8 GA Room B Smwanza2@gmail.com Yasmin_ali@mfa.g ov.sg johansson@unfpa.org By invitation only.

2 Database and Child Helpline in Uganda Tuesday, March 15, 2015 Canada, Liberia, and Girls at the Table: Implementing the the Working Group Room 8 GA SDGs on Girls 9:30AM 4:00PM Addressing Violence Against Women and Girls to Achieve Sustainable Development The Roadmap to Realizing Rights: Every Woman Every Child s Global Strategy for Women s, Children s, and Adolescents Health Empowering Girls through Education and Talent Support The Elimination and Prevention of All Forms of Violence Against Women and Girls: Why It Matters for Sustainable Development Launch of the UNFPA-UNICEF Global Joint Programme for Acceleration to End Child Marriage Girls Education A Ticket to Sustainable Development World Bank Group and the Global Women s Institute at George Washington University United Nations Executive Office of the Secretary General Hungary European Union UNICEF Denmark, Global Partnership for Education, and Women Deliver GA Trusteeship Room 8 GA Danny Kaye Visitor Center, UNICEF House Room B ljohnson3@world bankgroup.org cswhungary@gma il.com moana.genevey@ eeas.europa.eu julkof@um.dk

3 6:30PM Event on FGM Violence Against Women and Girls: Ministers Speak Out United Republic of Tanzania Australia, Canada, Iceland, Liechtenstein, New Zealand, Norway, and Switzerland GA Room 1 Wednesday, March 16, 2015 Norway, Education UNICEF House International, UNGEI, Financing for Education: A Key to Danny Kaye Commission on Empowering Women and Girls Visitors Financing for Centre Education 11:00AM Engaging Faith-Based Communities to Implement the SDGs Achieving Gender Justice and Eliminating Violence Against Women and Girls Sustainable Development Goals: Vision to End Violence Against Women and Girls Combating Trafficking of Women and Girls: What Role for Affected Industries in Addressing and Preventing Modern-Day Slavery Organization of Islamic Cooperation, Islamic Relief Worldwide Thailand Liechtenstein Room 11 GA Trusteeship aismail@oicun.org To register, kindly fill out this form: KP

4 Thursday, March 17, 2015 United Nations DPI, National Council for Negro Women, NGO Committee on Sustainable Development-NY, Global Family, International Council Women and Girls: From Adversity to of Women, MALA, Room 1 undpingo@un.org Hope World Federation of Ukrainian Women s Organizations, Africa Development Interchange Network, Global Family for Love and Peace 10:00AM RSVP: izf Tickets may be collected on the day of the event at the United Nations Headquarters at the First Avenue and 46th Street entrance, one hour before the start of the program. Human Trafficking as a Form of Violence Against Women and Girls Indigenous Women and Girls: Pathways to Equality UN Office of Information and Communication Technologies, Journalists and Writers Foundation, Peace Islands Institute, Arigatou International Canada, the Group of Friends of Indigenous Peoples, the United GA ECOSOC c_ulker@iwf.org

5 6:30PM 2030 Agenda The Contribution of Sport to Achieve Gender Equality and End Violence Against Women and Girls Protecting Women and Girls: Case Studies of the Syria Crisis and European Refugee Crisis: Actions to Prevent and Respond to GBV in Emergencies Leave No One Behind I Am Nojoom, Age 10, and Divorced Film Screening and Panel Discussion States, the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues Brazil, UN Women, International Olympic Committee UNFPA European Union GA ECOSOC johansson@unfpa.org Jelena.VUJIC@eea s.europa.eu More information on the movie: nt.com/#!i-am-nojoom/ Friday, March 18, 2015 UN Women, UN Inter-Agency Support Operationalising the 2030 Agenda for Group for the Room B Sustainable Development for Women Convention on the and Girls with Disabilities Rights of Persons fajerman@un.org with Disabilities Combating the Root Causes of Violence Against Women and Children Gender, Education, and Peacebuilding: Sustaining Gender Equality through Education Organization of Islamic Cooperation UNICEF Room 12 GA Danny Kaye Visitor Center - UNICEF aismail@oicun.org

6 Monday, March 21, 2015 UNICEF Disability and Protection Sections, the Global Partnership to End Violence Against Children, UNFPA, 1:00PM #EndViolence Against Children and Office of the SRSG on UNICEF House Adolescents with Disabilities Violence Against 3 UN Plaza Children, Global Partnership on Children with Disabilities, and the International Disability Alliance Voices Against Violence End Child Marriage Child, Early, and Forced Marriage Event World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts and Germany Mission of Bangladesh Canada and Bangladesh Room 11 GA Room 11 GA Pol-s2- vn@newy.auswae rtiges.de Joyrokeb15@hot mail.com More details will be posted on olence.html

7 Tuesday, March 22, 2015 Break the Silence: A Multi- Disciplinary Response to Violence Against Women and Girls Philippines nypm3com@gmai l.com Thursday, March 24, 2015 Policies Empowering Migrants, Women, and Girls in the Context of the 2030 for Sustainable Development Bangladesh and UN Women Joyrokeb15@hot mail.com The event will showcase a short film on the Mtukula Pakhomo (Lifting up Families) and the lives of rural women and children as well as testimony from beneficiaries.

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