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• Chair: H.E. Mr. Garen Nazarian, Chairperson of the Commission
• Participants
• Keynote speaker: Ms. Caren Grown, Economist-in-Residence, American University [ Written statement ]
• United Nations response: Ms. Thoraya Obaid, Executive Director, UNFPA [ Written statement ]
• NGO response: Ms. Monica Aleman, International Indigenous Women’s Forum

• Chair: H.E. Mr. Cesare Maria Ragaglini, Permanent Representative of Italy
• Participants
• Keynote speaker: Ms. Lydia Alpízar Durán, Executive Director, AWID
  [ Written statement ]
• United Nations response: Ms. Sanye Gülser Corat, Director, Division for Gender Equality, UNESCO [ Written statement ]
• NGO response: Ms. Ruth Ochieng, Isis-WICCE

Linkages between implementation of the Beijing Platform for Action and the achievement of the MDGs

• Moderator’s summary [ A C E F R S ]
• Issues paper
• Moderator: Mr. Takashi Ashiki, Vice-Chair of CSW (Japan)

Panellists

• Ms. Eva Rathgeber, Professor, University of Ottawa/Carleton University [ Presentation | Expert group meeting report ]
• Ms. Gulden Turkoz-Cosslett, UNDP Resident Representative and UN Resident Coordinator, Albania [ Paper ]
• Ms. Zo Randriamaro, Training Coordinator, Development Alternatives for Women in a New Era (DAWN) [ Presentation | Paper ]

Regional perspectives in progress achieved and remaining gaps and challenges in the implementation of the Beijing Platform for Action

• Moderator’s summary [ A C E F R S ]
• Issues paper
• Moderator: Mr. Julio Peralta, Vice-Chair of CSW (Paraguay)

Panellists

• Ms. Lalla Ben Barka, Deputy Executive Secretary, ECA [ Paper ]
• Mr. Ján Kubiš, Executive Secretary, ECE  [ Paper ]
• Ms. Sonia Montaño, Head of the Division for Gender Affairs, ECLAC 
  [ Paper ]
• Ms. Noeleen Heyzer, Executive Secretary, ESCAP [ Paper ]
• Mr. Bader Al-Dafa, Executive Secretary, ESCWA [ Paper ]

Commemorating 30 years of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women

• Moderator’s summary [ A C E F R S ]
• Issues paper
• Moderator: Mr. Takashi Ashiki, Vice-Chair of CSW (Japan)

Panellists

• Ms. Dubravka Šimonović, Member, Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women [ Paper ]
• Mr. Andrew Byrnes, Law Professor, University of New South Wales, Sydney [ Paper ]
• Ms. Sapana Pradhan Malla, Lawyer and President of the Forum on Women, Law and Development [ Paper ]

Women’s economic empowerment in the context of the global economic and financial crisis

• Moderator’s summary [ A C E F R S ]
• Issues paper
• Moderator:  Ms. Leysa Sow, Vice-Chair of CSW (Senegal)

Panellists

• Ms. Mona Khalaf, Economist and Independent Consultant on gender and development [ Paper ]
• Ms. Alma Espino, Economist, University of the Republic, Uruguay
  [ Paper ]
• Ms. Rania Antonopoulos, Director of Gender Equality and Economy Programme, Levy Institute, NY [ Presentation | Paper ]

Unite to End Violence against Women

• Moderator’s summary [ A C E F R S ]
• Issues paper
• Moderator: Mr. Robert Storaci, Vice-Chair of CSW (Italy)

Panellists

• Mr. Dean Peacock, Co-director, Sonke Gender Justice Network
  [ Paper ]
• Ms. Susanna Chiarotti, Human Rights Lawyer [ Paper ]
• Mr. Walter A. Füllemann, Head of Delegation, ICRC [ Paper ]

The evolving status and role of national mechanisms for gender equality

• Moderator’s summary [ A C E F R S ]
• Issues paper
• Moderator: Mr. Takashi Ashiki, Vice-Chair of CSW (Japan)

Panellists

• Ms. Rounaq Jahan, Distinguished Fellow, Centre for Policy Dialogue
  [ Presentation | Paper ]
• Senator Margaret Mensah-Williams, Vice-Chairperson of the National Council of Namibia [ Paper ]
• Ms. Mary Rusimbi, Gender Specialist and development practitioner [ Paper ]

Implementing the internationally agreed goals and commitments in regard to gender equality and empowerment of women

• Moderator’s summary [ A C E F R S ]
• Issues paper
• Moderator: H.E. Mr. Garen Nazarian, Chair of CSW (Armenia)

Panellists

• Ms. Gita Sen, Professor, Indian Institute of Management Bangalore/Adjunct Professor, Harvard University
• Ms. Agnes Quisumbing, Senior Research Fellow, IFPRI
  [ Presentation | Paper ]
• Ms. Leymah Roberta Gbowee, Executive Director, Women, Peace and Security Network, Africa [ Paper ]

Access and participation of women and girls to education, training, science and technology, including for the promotion of women’s equal access to full employment and decent work

• Moderator’s summary
• Issues paper
• Moderator: Mr. Robert Storaci, Vice-Chair of CSW (Italy)

Panellists

• Ms. Codou Diaw, Executive Director of the Forum for African Women Educationalists [ Paper ]
• Ms. Annette Williams, Director of the UK Resource Centre for Women in Science, Engineering and Technology [ Presentation | Paper ]
• Ms. Monazza Aslam, Research Officer at the University of Oxford’s Centre for the Study of African Economies [ ]