Introduction to NCWC

INTRODUCTION: The National Council of Women of Canada (NCWC) is an accredited NGO (Non Government Organization) with the United Nations. The NCWC has a long history of working internationally. NCWC has been a member of the International Council of Women (ICW) since 1897, and has consultative status at the United Nations, Category II. Each year we send a delegation to the meetings of the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women in New York in March.

Wednesday, November 16, 2011

Registration now open!

Registration is now open for credited NGOs to attend the 56th meeting of the Commission on the Status of Women at United Nations Headquarters in New York from Monday, 27 February to Friday, 9 March 2012.

In accordance with its multi-year programme of work (ECOSOC resolution 2009/15), the 2012 priority theme of the Commission on the Status of Women is "The empowerment of rural women and their role in poverty and hunger eradication, development and current challenges".


The Commission will also evaluate progress in the implementation of the agreed conclusions from its fifty-second session on "Financing for gender equality and the empowerment of women". 

If you are a member of NCWC and are interested in attending, please let us know ncwc@magma.ca.  

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