Sunday, 06 December 2020 / Published in Monthly Newsletter

NGO CSW/NY Monthly Newsletter
Volume 3 | Issue 4

In this issue

NGO CSW65 Virtual Forum Updates
Event: NGO CSW65 Virtual Forum Platform Training
Recording: November Monthly Meeting
NGO CSWs in the Regions Updates
Event: The Agency & Participation of Children and Youth in Promoting Racial Justice in Families, Communities & Societies
Event: Equal in Law and Life: Tribute to Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Save the Date: December Monthly Meeting
Feminist & Women’s Movement Action Plan Updates
NGO CSW/NY Calendar of Events

NGO CSW65 Virtual Forum Updates

Apply for a Parallel Event

Apply to host a Parallel Event on our first-ever virtual NGO CSW Forum! The deadline to apply has been extended to 28 December. Any NGO can apply as long as their proposed event is relevant to the CSW65 themes or the Generation Equality Forum. Your organization does not have to be ECOSOC-accredited to host a Parallel Event.

Register as an Advocate
Register to become a NGO CSW65 Virtual Forum Advocate to have access to the virtual platform before the start of the Forum on 14 March 2021. Use the platform as an advocacy tool by seeing who else is registered to the platform and networking with them.

Watch the Chair’s Welcome video
Hear the Chair’s vision for this year’s NGO CSW65 Virtual Forum.

Virtual Platform Tutorial Video Series
Need a quick tutorial on how to use the NGO CSW65 Virtual Forum platform? Watch this video for a short overview of the different features you’ll be able to access as an Advocate.

Become an Exhibitor
Apply to host an exhibit booth on the NGO CSW65 Virtual Forum platform. Leading up to the Forum, Advocates will be able to visit your booth, learn about your organization, and request more information. During the Forum, you will be able to have representatives at your booth available to virtually meet and greet visitors to your booth.

Purchase a Handbook Ad
Purchase a Handbook Ad and be featured on the NGO CSW65 Virtual Forum platform! Your organization’s logo will be displayed under the “Handbook Ads” tab on the homepage of the platform. Your logo will link to your organization page where your advertisement will appear. The advertisement will also be included in the NGO CSW65 Virtual Forum Handbook.

Event: NGO CSW65 Virtual Forum Platform Training

Not sure how to best utilize our virtual platform? Want to know more about the benefits of registering as an Advocate? Join us for a training session on the NGO CSW65 Virtual Forum platform! We’ll be walking through the platform to explain the various features and show you how to use them.

The training will be recorded and disseminated after the event for those who cannot attend or those who need a refresher.

Download the flyer.

Recording: November Monthly Meeting

Did you miss our November Monthly Meeting on COVID-19 and ending violence against women? Watch the recording on Youtube.

NGO CSWs in the Regions Updates

Arab States/MENA

25 Years After Beijing: Women Fighting Inequality in Lebanon Lebanon’s parallel report to Beijing +25 discusses the political, economic, cultural, and social factors challenging the progress of women towards equality. The report explores critical issues which hinder gender equality and decelerate the progress of feminist movements and civil society organizations. It also looks at procedural and structural obstacles which affect women’s access to gender-based justice and its consequences, in addition to highlighting intersectional factors that exacerbate vulnerabilities faced by marginalized groups.

Geneva
NGO Committee on the Status of Women, Geneva (NGO CSW Geneva) December Update
On 26 November 2020, NGO CSW Geneva members gathered online for the last NGO CSW Geneva Meeting of 2020. This meeting provided space for reflection on this unprecedented year, marked by many challenges and hardship for all of us, but also unprecedented accomplishments and acts of resilience, solidarity and a fierce, undying commitment to the cause that brings us all together: the advancement of the status of women and girls at the global level.

Event: The Agency and Participation of Children and Youth in Promoting Racial Justice in Families, Communities and Societies

Join the NGO Committee on Children’s Rights, NY to commemorate of the 31st Anniversary of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC).

Even during COVID 19, young people worldwide have been fearlessly advocating for: Racial justice, Equality, Gender Equality and Climate Action. The commemoration of the 31st Anniversary of the CRC will bring children and youth together to focus on promoting racial justice to sustain the human development of all now and into the future, leaving no one behind.

Date: Thursday, 10 December 2020
Time: 4:30 – 6:00PM EST

Event: Equal in Law and Life: a tribute to Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg

The Leaders for Generation Equality campaign, together with partners, honors the global legacy of Justice Ginsburg in a high-level interactive conversation with eminent leaders, jurists and others across the world on International Human Rights Day 2020. Download the flyer and read the concept note.

Date: 10 December 2020
Time: 9:00AM – 11:30AM EST