CSW 53 Priority Theme Meeting
January 27, 2009
Bahá’í International Community Offices
12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m.
Minutes
The meeting convened with each group meeting together. Near the end of the time, all groups came back together to report on the status of their group’s planning.
Sub Committee Meeting
Breakout Sessions Updates
I. The groups will have two questions, which people can discuss. Most of the rooms of are theater style. We are not sure how many people will be in each group, we will know the week before. It will be on the NGO CSW website.
II. Groups
a. Women, Care-Giving and HIV/AIDS
b. Women, Education and Training
i. Program is set. The introduction will outline theme and major points and expected outcomes. (5-7 min) Then break into 4 groups on different topics (25 min). Then review and selection of advocacy points and best practices. (25 min)
ii. Caroline will produce a small paper that will form a background for the discussion.
c. Violence Against Women
i. 8 min multimedia and an informal informational document for people to take with them. Still working on how the discussion will go. Assuming large group conversation with different levels of competence.
d. Older Women
e. Women and Climate Change
f. Review Theme: Equal participation of women and men in decision-making at all levels
g. Emerging Theme: Women and the global financial crisis
h. Women and Poverty
i. Good information sheet, figuring out how session will actually be structured. How does unequal sharing contribute to poverty, how does poverty contribute to unequal sharing.
Priority theme will not meet again until February 10, 2009 because it is at the same time as the roundtables next week.
Meeting adjourned at 1:00 p.m.
Minutes Prepared by Amber Baker, 2/2/2009
