DAWN’s Official Statement at the Launch of UN Women
DAWN main events at CSW 55:
FEBRUARY 28, 4:00PM
“Gender, Economic and Ecological Justice (GEEJ) – Perspectives of Young Women in the Economic South”
Church Center for the UN , 8th Floor, Boss Room (777 UN Plaza, corner of 44th Street and 1st Avenue)
Speakers:
- Lice Cokanasiga, FIJI, Pacific Network on Globalisation (PANG) & GEEJ Pacific Training Institute Alumna on Implications for PACER Plus on Women, Economic and Climate Issues in the Pacific
- Hibist Kassa, ETHIOPIA/GHANA, Student Worker Solidarity Society & GEEJ Africa Training Institute Alumna on Market Reform and Food Crisis in Africa: Locating Women as Agents of Change
- Nicole Bidegain Ponte, URUGUAY, International Council on Adult Education (ICAE) & DAWN Training Institute Alumna on The Paradox of Growth and Persistent Inequality in Latin American Progressive Governments
- Jayanthi Kuru Utumpala, SRI LANKA, Women and Media Collective and Women’s Support Group on LBT Rights in Relation to Militarization and the Post-Conflict Context in Sri Lanka
Facilitator: Anita Nayar, INDIA/USA, DAWN Executive Committee and Political Ecology Coordinator
FEBRUARY 24, 2011 / 4:00-5:30PM
Gita Sen, INDIA, DAWN Executive Committee Member @ GEAR Campaign Event
Salvation Army Main Auditorium (221 East 52nd Street Between 2nd & 3rd Avenues)
Intervention at the GEAR Campaign Event (Audio)
MARCH 2, 2011 / 4:00-8:00PM
“Economics Workshop: Applying a Human Rights Perspective to Macroeconomic Policy”
10th Floor, Church Center for the UN (777 UN Plaza, corner of 44th Street and 1st Avenue)
Event sponsored by CWGL and supported by AWID, DAWN, IAFFE and ESCR-Net