The fifty-fifth session of the Commission on the Status of Women will take place at United Nations Headquarters in New York from Tuesday, 22 February to Friday, 4 March 2011.
Access and participation of women and girls to education, training, science and technology, including for the promotion of women’s equal access to full employment and decent work
* A round table for high-level participants from capitals (at the level of ministers, deputy-ministers and principal secretaries) focused on experiences, lessons learned and good practices, including results with supporting data, where available
* An interactive panel of technical experts to identify key policy initiatives in order to accelerate the implementation of commitments related to the priority theme
* An interactive panel of technical experts which will focus on capacity-building for gender mainstreaming in relation to the theme, and will provide an opportunity for an exchange of national and regional experiences, lessons learned and good practices, including on results with supporting data, where available
Following these interactive events in the first week of the Commission, Member States will negotiate agreed conclusions (new policy recommendations) to accelerate implementation of existing commitments, including those in the Beijing Platform for Action.
The Commission on the Status of Women will be meeting in New York from February 22nd to March 4th, 2011. The theme this year is access and participation of women and girls to education, training, science and technology, including for the promotion of women’s equal access to full employment and decent work
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