Women and girls with disabilities at CSW61

The sixty-first session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW61) took place at the United Nations Headquarters in New York from 13 to 24 March 2017 under the priority theme: "Women's economic empowerment in the changing world of work".

Representatives of Member States, UN entities, and ECOSOC-accredited non-governmental organizations (NGOs) from all regions of the world attended the session. A series of side-events were held at the UN Headquarters throughout the two weeks.

Read the Advance Text of the Agreed Conclusions of CSW61

CSW61 Side-events related to women and girls with disabilities:

Advancing the Leadership of Women and Girls with Disabilities in Development and Society: Networking Workshop
DESA/DSPD/SCRPD will co-organize a side event with Permanent Mission of Japan to the United Nations, with co-sponsorship from the Permanent Mission of Egypt to the United Nations, the Department for International Development (DFID) of the United Kingdom, UN Women, United Nations Population Fund, Women Enabled International, and Women’s Refugee Commission.
RESCHEDULED 16 March, 10:00 AM-1:00 PM
Conference Room 2727 – Secretariat Building
Queries: enable@un.org.
- Networking Workshop Participant Survey
- Concept Note
- Background
- Flyer
Accessible Cities & The Needs of Women with Disabilities & Older Women
Organized by Permanent Mission of Germany
15 March, 10:00 AM-11:15 AM
Conference Room B – Conference Building
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Working to Improve Our Own Future--Strengthening networks of women with disabilities in humanitarian action
Organized by Permanent Missions of Australia, Finland, and Women's Refugee Commission, UN Women
20 March, 1:15 PM-2:30 PM
Conference Room B – Conference Building
- Concept note
- Flyer
- “Working to improve our own futures”: Strengthening Networks of Women with Disabilities in Humanitarian Action Project
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Intersectionality of Gender, Disability and Indigenous Identity: Experiences in Cross-Movement Collaboration to Empower Indigenous Women with Disabilities
Organized by the International Disability Alliance and the Disability Rights Advocacy Fund
Wednesday March 15, 10:30 AM to 12:00 PM
Location: Armenian Cultural Center Room: Yerevan Hall
Address: 630 2nd Ave, New York, NY 10016
– Flyer (PDF)
- More information: Lisa Adams ladams@disabilityrightsfund.org; Disability Rights Advocacy Fund: http://drafund.org
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Between Gender, Disability and Economic Empowerment
Organized by the Permanent Missions of Australia, Egypt and New Zealand, and the National Council for Women in Egypt
Friday, 17 March, 3 to 4.15 p.m.
Location: CR.B, UN Conference Building
- Concept Note
- Flyer

Meetings that include women with disabilities as speakers:

Official meetings of CSW
Interactive dialogue
Focus area: "The empowerment of indigenous women"
Wednesday, 15 March 2017, 10:00am - 1:00pm
Conference Room 4, Conference Building
- Moderator: H.E. Mr. Antonio de Aguiar Patriota, Chair, Brazil
- Guidance note
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Side events
1. Launch of the Equal Pay Platform of Champions
UN Women, Iceland, Switzerland, International Labour Organization (ILO)
13 March, 06:30 PM - 08:30 PM
General Assembly Hall, United Nations
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2. Supporting Feminist Movement Building for Planet 50-50 by 2030
UN Women, the City of New York's Commission on Gender Equity, CIVICUS, International Center for Research on Women (ICRW) and others
17 March, 05:00 PM - 08:00 PM
Great Hall of The Cooper Union, 7 East 7th Street, NYC, NY
- RSVP
- Concept Note
- Flyer
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Parallel events
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MDGs, SRHR & Women with Disabilities: Lessons for the SDGs
Organized by Women Enabled International
21 March, 4:30 pm - 6:00 pm
Church Center of the United Nations Hardin Room