Young Women's Caucus and Mentoring Caucus at 55th CSW
The Young Women's Caucus coordinated by the World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts (WAGGGS) and the World YWCA has been successfully running during the UN Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) since 2009.
At the 55th CSW in February/March 2011 the Young Women's Caucus will team up with the newly established Mentoring Caucus, initiated by young representatives from the International Federation of University Women (IFUW), Women in Development Europe (WIDE) and the International Alliance of Women (IAW) to foster intergenerational dialogue and provide support to new NGO representatives.
While the Young Women's Caucus will serve as working group meetings that focus on policy discussion, advocacy action and networking with decision makers, the Mentoring Caucus will serve as forum for capacity building, general information exchange, mutual empowerment and intergenerational dialogue.
Times and Venues
| Young Women's Caucus | 22 + 24 Feb, 1 + 3 Mar, 5-7pm, UN Programme on Youth, 2 UN Plaza, DC2-1386 | |
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23 + 25 + 28 Feb, 2 Mar, 5-6pm, Church Centre (time and venue TBC) | |
| Mentoring side event |
Sharing knowledge - joining forces - gaining power: mentoring as a tool to empower NGO women at the UN CSW” Thursday, February 24, 1:15-2:45 PM, Permanent Mission of Austria to the United Nations, 600 Third Avenue, 31st floor |
The Young Women's Caucus aims to
- identify common goals and demands that help improve the situation of young women around the world
- discuss different policy approaches and how young people can influence them
- make recommendations on issues relevant to young women
- enable networking and exchange of information among young people plan actions to raise awareness for the role of young women at CSW
Main outputs will include
- suggested language for the agreed conclusions of CSW and other caucus statements
- recommendations on different topics relevant to girls and young women
- establishing an advocacy network for young women at CSW
Join if
... you are a young woman or young man attending CSW
... you want to ensure the voice of young women is respected in the negotiations
... you want to get together to strategize on advocacy action
Contact : Jessica Notwell, World YWCA, janotwell@gmail.com or Bernadette Fischler, WAGGGS, bernadette@wagggsworld.org
The Mentoring Caucus aims to
- enable newcomers to participate faster and more successfully at CSW
- to strengthen women’s networks
- to promote an intergenerational dialogue
- enforce networking in order to join forces and to become stronger as women from around the world – regardless of age, country of origin, creed and class
Main outputs will be
- introductory sessions and regular meetings to promote intergenerational mentoring
- facilitation of networking and the self-matching of mentoring couples/groups
- stronger NGO representative network at CSW
Join if
... you are at the CSW for the first time
... you have experience at CSW and are happy to share your knowledge
... you want to learn and share together with other NGO representatives
Contact : Catharina Grau (IFUW), Julia Günther (WIDE), Daniela Reiter (IAW) mentoringCSW@gmail.com
To find out more
- Join their facebook page: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Young-Women-and-Mentoring-at-the-55th-CSW/156018657783164
- Sign-up to google group: http://groups.google.com/group/youngwomencsw
Wear green to support young women at CSW - watch out for green mentor/mentee ribbons
