NGO Guidelines for Parallel Reports Beijing + 25 Released

I’m happy to share the final version of the NGO Guidelines for Parallel Reports for Beijing +25. Please share widely. Comments welcome.

PREFACE

In preparation for Beijing + 25 in 2020, NGOs and civil society stakeholders must have their own independent process to report on progress made, challenges and recommendations. The purpose of these NGO Guidelines for Parallel Reports is to provide a common template for NGOs to use for country (city or state) reports. NGOs should adapt it to suit their local contexts and feel free to change it as needed.  Although many questions are drawn from UN Women’s official Guidelines for governments, these are adapted to reflect NGO and civil society perspectives.

The drafting team included International Women’s Rights Action Watch—Asia and Pacific, Ivy Koek, Susan O’Malley, Sachini Perera, Jessica Pierson, Jenny Prisk, Saphira Ramashfar, Bandana Rana and Soon-Young Yoon. Thank you to Eleanor Blomstrom and Nurgul Djanaeva for adding training expertise. Consultations with NGOs, including the Center for Women’s Global Leadership were held. We are grateful to UN Women for its cooperation, although the contents are solely our responsibility.

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NGO CSW63 -UN COMMISSION ON THE STATUS OF WOMEN ROADMAP RELEASED

UN Women has published the Agreed Conclusions from CSW63 held this month in New York.

They take the form of a roadmap for ensuring women’s social protection, mobility, safety, and access to economic opportunities, reaffirming access to social protection systems, public services and sustainable infrastructure for women and girls as key to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals. One of the decisions supported is to promote the full and equal participation and leadership of women and women’s organisations in policy dialogues and decision-making relating to social protection systems, public services and sustainable infrastructure.

http://www.unwomen.org/en/news/stories/2019/3/press-release-csw-63-delivers-roadmap-on-ensuring-womens-social-protection

NGO CSW63 Forum Updates – NGO ACCESS AT CSW63

NGO ACCESS AT CSW63

Access to conference rooms will again be limited during CSW63, due to the very high number of NGO representatives who have registered, placing a high demand on the finite space in United Nations Headquarters. There will be approximately 200 seats in the plenary room for the 4000-5000 NGOs that are expected. That is why all official meetings will be webcast. You are encouraged to follow these broadcasts live or on demand via United Nations Web TV at http://webtv.un.org/

You can also follow @UN_CSW on Twitter to find out about side events, overflow room, venue changes, and when registration lines are shortest. Join the conversation using #CSW63 to share information about your own events.

Please note:

  • Your United Nations grounds pass will be sufficient to gain access to the General Assembly Building and the Conference Building, where official CSW meetings and side events will take place. The programme of official meetings is available at http://www.unwomen.org/en/csw/csw63-2019/official-meetings; for the schedule of side events, please visit http://www.unwomen.org/en/csw/csw63-2019/side-events/calendar-of-side-events.
  • To ensure that the full number of seats in the balconies will be available to NGO representatives, secondary tickets will be required for official meetings on the first and second days of the session. Only NGO representatives will be able to pick up secondary tickets
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    • For Monday, 11 March (the first day of the session) each organization may pick up one ticket for the opening and one ticket for one of the round tables, while supplies last. Tickets will be given out at the CSW information desk in the visitor’s lobby in UNHQ (“GA lobby”) during registration hours starting on Friday, 8 March, throughout the weekend and on Monday, 11 March morning (8am), one per organization, while supplies last. Please note that access on the weekend prior to the session is restricted to the GA lobby where the CSW information desk is located.The organization’s representative picking up the ticket for the organization needs to be registered for CSW63, in possession of a valid UN grounds pass, and needs to bring a print-out of the CSW63 confirmation email, in addition to the printed copy that NGOs submit when collecting their ground pass. Click here for instructions on how you can view/print the confirmation email on Indico if you can’t find it in your email inbox.
    • For Tuesday, 12 March (the second day of the session) tickets will be given on a “first come, first serve” basis to all NGO grounds pass holders; the limit of one ticket per organization does not apply on Tuesday. Tickets for Tuesday will be given out at the CSW information desk in the visitor’s lobby in UNHQ (“GA lobby”) on Monday afternoon starting at 3pm.
  • As per previous NGO advisory, you will need to bring a hardcopy of your confirmation email to CSW in order to pick up a UN grounds pass. We kindly ask that you bring a second hardcopy of your CSW confirmation email if you would like to pick up a ticket to the formal meetings on Monday, 11 March 2019.
  • Most of the official meetings will take place in Conference Room 4 (plenary room). During the opening of the session in the General Assembly hall in the morning of the first day, Conference Room 4 will serve as an overflow room.
  • In the General Assembly hall, NGO seating will be on the 4th floor balcony. In Conference Room 4 and Conference Room 1, NGOs will be seated on the gallery. Please note that tickets do not guarantee a seat. For the safety and security of all CSW participants, we kindly ask you to please ensure that rooms are not overcrowded; please do not stand in the back of conference rooms.
  • NGO participants enter and exit via the United Nations main entrance at 46th Street and First Avenue. The entrance is open from 7:30am to 7pm. After 7pm it will only be possible to exit UN premises, there will be no re-entry.
  • NGO morning briefings will be held from 8:30 – 9:15 a.m., starting on Tuesday, 12 March and every day throughout the session until Thursday 21 March, in Conference Room 4. For more information on NGO morning briefings, please visit the website of the NGO Committee on the Status of Women (NGO CSW, NY) at http://www.ngocsw.org/
    Kindly note that luggage or suitcases, flyers, banners and promotional materials will not be allowed in the UN Pass & ID office and on UN premises.

CSW overview map:

For more information on CSW63, please see: http://www.unwomen.org/en/csw/csw63-2019

For more information on NGO participation, please see: http://www.unwomen.org/en/csw/ngo-participation

Join the Twitter conversation using #CSW63 to share information about your own events!

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NGO CSW63 Forum Updates – Collecting your UN grounds pass

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Because of the high number of registrations for CSW63, we will be open for UN grounds pass pick-up starting on Friday before the session begins and have extended the registration hours over the weekend and during the first days. Please be aware of the important information below.

Collection of United Nations grounds passes takes place in the UN Pass & ID office which is located at 320 East 45th street (between First and Second Avenue), outside of UN premises.

We strongly recommend that participants take advantage of the extended on-site registration period prior to the opening day of the session. Those who are unable to do this should expect that there will be long lines and an extended wait on Monday, 11 March and Tuesday, 12 March mornings.

Grounds passes collection hours

Prior to the session
Friday, 8 March: 9 a.m. – 4 p.m.
Saturday, 9 March: 10 a.m. – 6 p.m.
Sunday, 10 March: 10 a.m. – 6 p.m.

First week
Monday, 11 March: 8 a.m. – 5 p.m.
Tuesday, 12 March: 8 a.m. – 5 p.m.
Wednesday, 13 March: 9 a.m. – 4 p.m.
Thursday, 14 March: 9 a.m. – 4 p.m.
Friday, 15 March: 9 a.m. – 4 p.m.

Second week
Monday, 18 March: 9 a.m. – 4 p.m.
Tuesday, 19 March: 9 a.m. – 4 p.m.
Wednesday, 20 March: 9 a.m. – 4 p.m.
Thursday, 21 March: 9 a.m. – 4 p.m.
Friday, 22 March: 9 a.m. – 12 noon

Obtaining United Nations grounds passes*
Kindly have your printed CSW63 confirmation email and passport issued by a Member State or an Observer State of the United Nations (or government-issued photo ID if coming from within the U.S.) ready before entering the UN Pass & ID office located at 320 East 45th street. Without these documents, you will not be able to obtain your United Nations grounds pass for CSW63!

Each representative should have received a CSW63 confirmation email when her/his CSW63 registration was approved by the Conference Focal Point of the organization.

The title of the email reads “63rd Session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW63) confirmation letter”. Please see a sample here:

If you have not received your CSW63 confirmation email in your email inbox, please check your SPAM/junk email folder. Alternatively, you can view and print your confirmation email on your Indico account. For step-by-step instructions of how to view and print your confirmation email, go to:
http://www.unwomen.org/en/csw/ngo-participation/registration

If you cannot locate your CSW63 confirmation email, please contact csw@unwomen.org as soon as possible. A printed copy of the CSW63 confirmation email is required to collect your grounds pass. There is no printing on-site! Electronic versions (e.g. on a phone or computer) will not be accepted. Please make sure you have the contact information of your organization’s Conference Focal Point at hand if needed.

Enter the UN Pass & ID office at 320 East 45th street (between First and Second Avenue). At peak hours, please expect lines; please dress warmly as New York can be quite cold and rainy in March. Take water and a snack with you if you line up at peak times (Monday 11 and Tuesday 12 March). Should you have special needs (e.g., disability, pregnancy, medical condition), please let the Officer or CSW staff member at the entrance know.

Kindly note that luggage or suitcases will not be allowed in the UN Pass & ID office and on UN premises.

Show your documents to a CSW staff member who will direct you to the badging stations where you be will be photographed for your grounds pass.
Be sure to bring with you an official photo ID (passport issued by a Member State or an Observer State of the United Nations if you are travelling from abroad!)

Once you have received your UN grounds pass for CSW63, exit the Pass & ID office and proceed to the main UN entrance at First Avenue and 46th street to access the UN premises.

*) PLEASE NOTE! NGOs with valid annual UN grounds passes (ECOSOC) will use these for the session and do not need to get in line for a CSW63 grounds pass at the UN Pass & ID office.

Please be reminded that the United Nations will not make arrangements or pay for any costs in connection with travel, visa or accommodation. Such arrangements and costs are the exclusive responsibility of participants. The United Nations does not charge any fees for participation in the Commission on the Status of Women sessions.

For more information on CSW63, please see:

http://www.unwomen.org/en/csw/csw63-2019

For more information on NGO participation, please see: http://www.unwomen.org/en/csw/ngo-participation

We encourage you to follow CSW on Twitter and Facebook for updates:
https://twitter.com/UN_CSW and https://facebook.com/UNCSW

Join the Twitter conversation using #CSW63 to share information about your own events!