CSW62 parallel events: FEPS participation

The Foundation for European Progressive Studies will be present at the 62^nd Session of the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women and will host several parallel events from the 12^th to the 16^th of March in partnership with Fondation Jean-Jaurès (FJJ), PES Women, Socialist international (SIW) and other NGOs and international organisations at the forefront in the fight for gender equality.

The main themes that will come into focus this year are (1) the challenges and opportunities in achieving gender equality and the empowerment of rural women and girls (priority theme) and (2) participation in and access of women to the media, and information and communications technologies and their impact on and use as an instrument for the advancement and empowerment of women (review theme).

For more information about CSW62

Women Up Series: FEPS-FJJ Transatlantic Dialogue on “The #MeToo Effect: How did feminist movements on both sides of the Atlantic react and what are the progressive solutions?”

14 March 2018

6:30 pm (local time)

Partner organisation: Fondation Jean-Jaurès

With the support of PES Women

2017 will be remembered as the year of #MeToo, a watershed moment when women came together to support each other in breaking their silence about sexual harassment and assault. This unprecedented wave of brave women who dared to publicly share their most painful experiences and voice that of voiceless women did not stop in Hollywood or in the US. The phenomenon has widely affected public, cultural and political spheres in Europe. This unprecedented movement offers a great opportunity to explore how different countries in the US and in Europe have reacted in order to offer progressive answers.

Further parallel events where FEPS will contribute:

“Ecological Transition and climate: rural women at the front line”

13 March 2018

08:30 am (local time)

Partner organisations: CLEF, Adéquations, Genre en Action, Plateforme Genre et développement

With the support of: Réseau francophone pour l’égalité femmes-hommes, Euro-Mediterranean Women’s Foundation, UNICEF, UN Women France and R20

Programme here: (see enclosed documents )

“For a better access to land for women and the implications for sexual rights: access to land and self-determination of their own body for all women”

14 March 2018

10:00 am (local time)

Partner organisations: CLEF, Adéquations, Genre en Action, Plateforme Genre et développement

With the support of: Réseau francophone pour l’égalité femmes-hommes, Euro-Mediterranean Women’s Foundation, UNICEF and UN Women France

“Climate change and its implications for women and girls in rural areas”

14 March 2018

4:30 pm (local time)

Partner organisations: CLEF, la FEPS, Adéquations, Genre en Action, la Plateforme Genre et développement

With the support of: Réseau francophone pour l’égalité femmes-hommes, Euro-Mediterranean Women’s Foundation, UNICEF and UN Women France

Programme here: (see enclosed documents )

“Empowering Rural Women: Granting Universal Rights to Sexual and Reproductive Health Services”

12:30-13:45 (local time)

Partners: PES Women, Socialist International Women and Mongolian People’s Party

Programme here: (see enclosed documents)