In this issue
| Beijing+25/Generation Equality Civil Society Deck UN Women Generation Equality Deck Feminist & Women’s Movement Action Plan Thematic Working Groups Advisory Working Group Civil Society Advisory Group to the Core Group NGO Parallel Reports Regional Meeting Information Women’s Major Group Survey NGO CSW64 Forum Updates |
| Beijing+25/Generation Equality Civil Society Deck Curious about the Civil Society processes for Beijing+25 and the Generation Equality Campaign? Download our Civil Society deck that explains the different groups and objectives that have been formed! |
| UN Women Generation Equality Forum Deck Download UN Women’s Generation Equality Forum Deck for information about the processes in organizing the Generation Equality Forum. |
| Feminist and Women’s Movement Action Plan Thematic Working Group updates We’re up to almost 1500 registrants for the six Thematic Working Groups for Beijing+25! The Thematic Working Groups will be organized by October. Please review the Guidance Framework Resource Kit which is a starter for the follow-up to the 6 thematic clusters; a more comprehensive chart of human rights treaties will be sent out soon. Read the Feminist and Women’s Movement Action Plan concept note that the thematic clusters are based on. If you are interested in joining, you can register here. |
| Advisory Working Group information The Advisory Working Group advises the Civil Society Advisory Group to the Core Group about the pressing issues and gender equality priorities on the ground. For more information about the Group, click here. |
| Civil Society Advisory Group to the Core Group At the end of August, the 21-members Advisory Group to the Core Group (Advisory Group) was formed for the Generation Equality Forum. Read about the members here. |
| NGO Parallel Reports Thank you to those who have sent us your National Parallel Reports in preparation for Beijing+25! For more information about the Parallel Reports and a list of reports we have received thus far, click here. Please send all reports to info@ngocsw.org. |
| Regional Meetings information United Nations Regional CommissionsIntergovernmental MeetingsMulti Stakeholder ConsultationsEconomic Commission for Africa (ECA)27 October – 1 November 2019November 2019Economic Commission for Europe (ECE)29 – 30 October 201928 October 2019Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC)2 – 8 November 2019TBD November 2019Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP)November 201923 – 24 November 2019Economic and Social Commission for Western AsiaFebruary 2020TBD February 2020 |
| Women’s Major Group’s Beijing+25 Survey Ready to participate? Start with this survey prepared by WMG! WMG has developed the following short survey, using the ‘Anger-Hope-Action’ framework, to hear from feminist movements worldwide on (1) the barriers to realizing the Beijing Platform commitments (2) the successes of the feminist movement that we should celebrate and build on (3) the ideas for reforming the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) methods of work and for future themes and vision for what comes next within our movements.Arabic – English – Spanish – French – Russian Please complete the survey by 20 October, 9am EST. If it is not possible to complete it using the Survey Monkey platform, please use the attached Word versions and send the completed version to ahasurvey@protonmail.com. |
| NGO CSW64 Forum Updates Applications for hosting a Parallel Event through NGO CSW/NY will be opening mid-October. |
