Church Center Chapel - 777 UN Plaza (44th St. & 1st Ave.)
Wednesday, February 29, 2012
2:30 - 4:00 p.m.
Distinguished Speakers:
• UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Health - Statement
• International Network for the Prevention of Elder Abuse - INPEA - Ms. Susan Somers, Secretary General
• UN NGO Committee on Mental Health - Dr. Elizabeth Carll, Chair
• UN NGO Committee on Ageing Geneva - Geneva International Network on Ageing - Dr. Astrid Stuckelberger
• Ms. Ferdous Ara Begum - Bangladesh - Former CEDAW Committee Member & Chair of Working Group
for CEDAW General Recommendation on Rights of Older Women - Statement
• Widows & The Right to Health - Dr. Mohini Giri, Founder & President - Guild of Service - India
• UN NGO Committee on Ageing NY - Ms. Jessica Frank Lopez, Chair
• WUNRN - Women’s UN Report Network - Power Point on Global Issues of Older Women & The Right to Health - Ms. Lois A. Herman, Coordinator
Moderator:
Ms. Afton Beutler, President of the Worldwide Organization for Women-WOW; Steering Committee NGO Forum for Health and NGO CSW Geneva Women’s Health Forum.
Sponsors:
• International Network for the Prevention of Elder Abuse - INPEA
• UN NGO Committee on Mental Health - NY
• UN NGO Committee on Ageing - Geneva
• Women’s UN Report Network - WUNRN
• HelpAge International
• Worldwide Organization for Women - WOW
• World YWCA
• Geneva International Network on Ageing
• CoNGO NGO Committee on Ageing NY
• International Association of Gerontology & Geriatrics
Welcome to the National Council of Women of Canada Blog for the 56th meeting of the Commission on the Status of Women. The Theme of CSW 56 is "The empowerment of rural women and their role in poverty and hunger eradication, development and current challenges". The Review theme is "Financing for gender equality and the empowerment of women" (agreed conclusions from the fifty-second session). The Emerging issue is "Engaging young women and men, girls and boys, to advance gender equality"
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