GIRLS STAND UP!
CSW 55 – Youth Orientation
February 20, 2011 – Pace University

Agenda

8:00 am – 9:00 am
Registration

9:15 am
Welcome
- Stephen J. Friedman, President of Pace University

9:30 am
Orientation to the UN Commission on the Status of Women (CSW)

10:00 am – 11:00 am
Keynote – Ms. Michelle Bachelet – Executive Director, UN Women

11:15 am – 12:15 pm
Workshop – Priority Theme
- Access and participation of women and girls in education, training, science and technology, including for the promotion of women’s equal access to full employment and decent work

12:15 pm – 1:15 pm
Lunch

1:30 pm – 2:15 pm
Workshop – Review Theme
- The elimination of all forms of discrimination and violence against the girl child

2:15 pm – 3:30 pm
Workshop – How to be an advocate at the United Nations

3:45 – 5:00 pm
Ms. Leymah Roberta Gbowee – Executive Director of the Women, Peace and Security Network – Africa and Youth Speakers

5:00 pm
Departure