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IPU Logo A PARLIAMENTARY PERSPECTIVE ON DISCRIMINATION
AND VIOLENCE AGAINST THE GIRL CHILD

New York, 1 March 2007
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Organized by the Inter-Parliamentary Union and the UNDAW

During the 51st Session of the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women (CSW), the Inter-Parliamentary Union and the United Nations Division for the Advancement of Women (UNDAW) are organizing a one-day parliamentary event entitled A parliamentary perspective on discrimination and violence against the girl child.

The meeting will take place on 1 March 2007, from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
in the ECOSOC chamber at United Nations Headquarters in New York.

This event will provide a forum for debate between parliamentarians from all over the world and is aimed to contribute to the deliberations of the 51st CSW Session regarding the role of parliament and the difference it can make in addressing and putting an end to violence and discrimination against the girl child.

 

 

SESSION DOCUMENTS
Summary of the proceedings [PDF, 67Kb]
Inaugural address of The Hon. Mensah Williams [PDF, 33Ko]
Key note address of Dr. Rima Salah [PDF, 48Ko]
"Developing a safe and secure environment for girls" by Sen. Blanca Judith Díaz Delgado [PDF, 60Ko]
"Combating discrimination and violence against the girl child:A holistic and human rights based approach" by Ambassador Moushira Khattab [PDF, 68Ko]
List of participants [PDF, 153Kb]
Invitation [PDF]
Information Note [PDF]
Background paper: Report of the UN Secretary-General "Progress in mainstreaming a gender perspective in the development, implementation and evaluations of national policies and programmes, with a particular focus on the elimination of all forms of discrimination and violence against the girl child" [PDF]
Annotated programme [PDF]


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51st session of the Commission on the Status of Women
United Nation Division for the Advancement of Women Homepage
Women in Politics
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