Dates: 13 - 24 March 2017
Location: New York CityPriority theme: Women’s economic empowerment in the changing world of work
Review theme: Challenges and achievements in the implementation of the Millennium Development Goals for women and girls
Emerging issue/focus area: The empowerment of indigenous women
- Information about events organized by governments, UN Agencies and NGOs, and held in UN Headquarters in NYC is available at the UN Women CSW61 website at:
http://www.unwomen.org/en/csw/csw61-2017/side-events/calendar-of-side-events- Information about events organized by NGOs is available at the CSW NGO website at:
https://www.ngocsw.org/ngo-csw-forum-61-sponsored-events- “A Guide for NGO's & Women's Human Rights Activists at the UN & CSW 2017” is available at:
https://www.ngocsw.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/NGO-Main-Guide-2017_0221-FINAL-1.pdf
WEI's Featured Side Event Flyers
- Germany & WUNRN CSW61 Side Event "ACCESSIBLE CITIES & THE NEEDS OF WOMEN WITH DISABILITIES AND OLDER WOMEN" Wednesday, March 15, 2017
- DESA & UN Women & WEI Networking Workshop "Advancing the Leadership of Women and Girls with Disabilities in Development and Society" Thursday, March 16, 2017
- WRC CSW61 Side Event "Strengthening Networks of Women with Disabilities in Humanitarian Action" Monday, March 20, 2017
- WEI CSW61 Side Event "Intersectionality, SDGs and SRHR" Tuesday, March 21 2017
For general information on CSW61 2017, see http://www.unwomen.org/en/csw/csw61-2017
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