Commission on the Status of Women-Follow-up to Beijing and Beijing + 5

News & Events - 2005

December 2005

- Statement by Ms. Rachel Mayanja, Assistant Secretary-General and Special Advisor on Gender Issues and Advancement of Women (7 December 2005)
Workshop for UN entities on violence against women - Opening Statement by Ms. Rachel Mayanja Special Adviser on Gender Issues and Advancement of Women (5 - 7 December 2005)

November 2005

Further Actions and Initiatives towards Gender Equality: Perspectives from the United Nations - Statement by Ms. Rachel Mayanja Special Advisor of the Secretary-General on Gender Issues and Advancement of Women at The Policy Dialogue on Gender Equality 2005 Tokyo Symposium (17 November 2005)
Report of the Expert Group Meeting on "Enhancing Women’s Participation in Development through an Enabling Environment for Achieving Gender Equality
and the Advancement of Women", Bangkok, Thailand
(8 - 11 November 2005)
Panel discussion for Member States, United Nations entities, and representatives of NGOs and academic on "Priorities in follow-up to the ten-year review and appraisal of implementation of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action" will be held on Thursday, 3 November, Confernece Room 3, UN, New York. 3-6pm
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The Secretary-General's Message on the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women,
25 November 2005:
Arabic | Chinese | English | French | Russian | Spanish

October 2005

-- presentation by Carolyn Hannan, Director of the United Nations Division for the Advancement of Women, at the Interfaith Institute - Woman: Her spiritual journey (31 October 2004)
presentation by Carolyn Hannan, Director of the United Nations Division for the Advancement of Women (24 October 2004)
in Bangkok, Thailand, on Friday 28 October from 5:00pm - 6:30pm
Expert Group Meeting on "Equal participation of women and men in decision-making processes, with particular emphasis on political participation and leadership" in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
(24 to 27 October 2005)
organized with the Secretariat of the Secretary-General's study on violence against children(14 October 2005)
( 11 October 2005 )
- Tuesday 11 October 2005, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.

September 2005

, United Nations, New York (6 - 7 September 2005)
(September 2005)
2005 WORLD SUMMIT OUTCOME document in all official UN languages (15 September 2005)
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July 2005

CEDAW 33rd Session, United Nations, New York (5 - 22 July 2005)
ECOSOC 2005 High-level Segment 29 June – 1 July 2005.Roundtable 6 (Date: 29 June 2005, Time: 4:30 – 6:00 PM)
- Gender Equality And The Empowerment Of Women At The Local Level. Think Globally – Act Locally

June 2005

Presentation by Carolyn Hannan, Director Division for the Advancement of Women at the panel on: “” Organized by the Korean Women’s Development Institute 9th International Interdisciplinary Congress on Women, Seoul, Republic of Korea, 19-24 June 2005

for Government Officials Responsible for preparing States Parties’ Reports,

May 2005

Judicial colloquium on the Application of International Human Rights law at the Domestic Level, 25-27 May 2005
"" Expert Group Meeting , Organized by: UN Division for the Advancement of Women in collaboration with: UN Office on Drugs and Crime
Vienna, Austria, 17 to 20 May 2005

April 2005

Presentation at the Fulbright New Century Scholars Lunch on
“The Global Empowerment of Women”
Cornell Club, New York, 28 April 2005 by Carolyn Hannan, Director, Division for the Advancement of Women
"" Expert Group Meeting Organized by: UN Division for the Advancement of Women in collaboration with:
Economic Commission for Europe (ECE) and World Health Organization (WHO)
Geneva, Switzerland, 11- 14 April 2005

March 2005