CSW61 - International Federation for Peace & Sustainable Development (IFPSD)

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CSW 61(From March 13 to 24 , 2017)
The International Federation for Peace and Sustainable Development is in process to rebranded from US Federation for Middle east Peace (USFMEP)
The sixty-first session of the Commission on the Status of Women will take place at the United Nations Headquarters in New York from 13 to 24 March 2017.
See attached invitation and instruction for CSW61 Conference

Representatives of Member States, UN entities, and ECOSOC-accredited non-governmental organizations (NGOs) from all regions of the world are invited to attend the session.
From March 13 to 24 , 2017

Our Side events subjects for the sixty-first session of the Commission on the Status of Women conference will be announce soon

Themes

Priority 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 (agreed conclusions of the fifty-eighth session)
Emerging issue/Focus area:
The empowerment of indigenous women

Bureau

The Bureau of the Commission plays a crucial role in facilitating the preparation for, and in ensuring the successful outcome of the annual sessions of the Commission. Bureau members serve for two years. In 2002, in order to improve its work and ensure continuity, the Commission decided to hold the first meeting of its subsequent session, immediately following the closure of the regular session, for the sole purpose of electing the new Chairperson and other members of the Bureau (ECOSOC decision 2002/234).

The Bureau for the 61^st session (2017) of the Commission on the Status of Women comprises the following members:

H.E. Mr. Antonio de Aguiar Patriota (Brazil), Chair (Latin American and Caribbean States Group)
Ms. Fatma Al Zahraa Hassan (Egypt), Vice-Chair (African States Group)
Ms. Šejla Đurbuzović (Bosnia and Herzegovina), Vice-Chair (Eastern European States Group)
Mr. Jun Saito (Japan), Vice-Chair (Asia-Pacific States Group)
Mr. Andreas Glossner (Germany), Vice-Chair (Western European and other States Group)

IFPSD support UNWOMEN by Launching public mobilization and national awareness campaign to promote gender equality
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