17th Meeting - 56th Regular Session of Human Rights…

- Annual full-day discussion on the human rights of women - Morning panel, 1st segment

SPEAKERS:

• Ms. Heidi Schroderus-Fox, Vice-President of the Human Rights Council     
• Mr. Volker Türk, United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (introduction)
• Ms. Esther Waweru, Senior Legal Advisor at Equality Now  
• Ms. Genoveva Tisheva, Vice-Chair of the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women            
• Ms. Agata Szypulska, Seconded National Expert in Gender-Based Violence at the European Institute for Gender Equality         
• Ms. Anne-Sophie Parent, Chair of Older Women's Network, Europe          
• Albania - Minister of Health and Social Protection of Albania, H.E. Ms. Albana Koçiu
• European Union, Ms. Anna Andersen
• Estonia (on behalf of a group of countries), Ms. Riia Salsa-Audiffren
• Slovenia (on behalf of a group of countries), Ms. Katarina Salaj
• Pakistan (on behalf of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation - OIC), Mr. Zain Aflab
• Kyrgyzstan (on behalf of a group of countries), Mr.  Omar Sultanov
• Gambia (on behalf of Group of African States - African Group), Ms. Bafou Jeng
• Vanuatu (on behalf of a group of countries), Mr. Sumbue Antas
• Türkiye (on behalf of a group of countries), Ms. Cansu Bahran
• Antigua and Barbados , Ms. Aya Raphael
• Bolivia (Plurinational State of), Ms. Ines Carrasco
• Kazakhstan, Mr. Yerlan Alimbayev
• Israel, Mr. David Eyal
• UN Women, Ms. Adriana Quinones
• Commission des droits de l'homme du Cameroun, Mr. Appollinaire Tite Amougui
• Advocates for Human Rights, Mr. Nathan Madson
• Girls Not Brides: The Global Partnership to End Child Marriage, Ms. Isatou Touray
• AKAHATÁ Equipo de Trabajo en Sexualidad y Géneros Asociación Civil, Mr. Fernando D'Elio
• Save the Children International, Ms. Veronica Forcignanò
• International Bar Association, Ms. Catherine Kent

- Annual full-day discussion on the human rights of women - Morning panel, 2nd segment 

SPEAKERS:

• Iran (Islamic Republic of), Ms. Khadije Karimi
• United States, Ms. Michèle Taylor
• France, Ms. Isabelle Rome
• Montenegro, Ms. Slavica Milačić
• Sierra Leone, Mr. Samuel Housman Buggie Saffa
• Belgium, Marc Pecsteen de Buytswerve
• Georgia, Ms. Ana Gurgenidze
• Nigeria, Ms. Oduwaiye Odunola
• Iraq, Ms. Zainab Al Abtan
• Switzerland, Mr. Jurg Lauber
• Canada, Ms. Leslie E. Norton
• Kuwait, Ms. Mariam Al Ali
• Italy, Mr. Vincenzo Grassi
• Morocco, Ms. Miriam Ragala
• Americans for Democracy & Human Rights in Bahrain Inc, Ms. Nuria Méndez
• Promotion du Développement Economique et Social - PDES, Ms. Aicha Tolimat
• Réseau Unité pour le Développement de Mauritanie, Ms. Gajmoula Boussif
• Ms. Esther Waweru, Senior Legal Advisor at Equality Now (Final Remarks)
• Ms. Genoveva Tisheva, Vice-Chair of the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (Final Remarks)          
• Ms. Agata Szypulska, Seconded National Expert in Gender-Based Violence at the European Institute for Gender Equality (Final Remarks)

- ITEM 3: ID with WG on discrimination against women and girls (Cont'd)

SPEAKERS:

• Albania, Ms. Amanda Vrana          
• Senegal, Mr. Fall Fallou Mbow
• Panama, Ms. Grisselle del Carmen Rodriguez Ramirez
• Brazil, Mr. Andre Simas Magalhaes
• Timor-Leste, Ms. Didina Coelho
• Cameroon, Ms. Nadjma Adoum
• Cuba, Mr. Roberto Soto
• Jordan, Mr. Belal Hazaimeh
• Honduras, Ms. Marcela Maria Arias Moncada
• Switzerland, Ms. Daniela Buchmann
• UNFPA, Ms. Carmen Mané
• Zimbabwe, Mr. Nesbert Samasuwo
• Romania, Ms. Sorara Popa
• Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of), Mr. Jimmy Alexanders Hernandez
• Togo, Ms. Hassana Titipkina
• South Africa, Ms. Portia Mngomezulu
• Burkina Faso, Ms. Eliélé Traore
• Thailand, Ms. Natchaya Suwan Nasri
• Marshall Islands, Mr. Samuel K. Jr. Lanwi
• Austria, Ms. Vera Fuchs
• Malawi, Ms. Caroline Cyrenia Sakina Bwanali Mussa
• Azerbaijan, Ms. Gunel Niyazova
  
• Botswana, Mr. Tumelo Tsimanyana
• Rwanda, Mr. James Ngango
• Antigua and Barbuda, Ms. Annetta Jackson
• India, Ms. Anupama Singh
• Republic of Moldova, Mr. Vladimir Cuc
• Ukraine, Ms. Ganna Zavalykut
• Belize, Ms. Melissa Rodri
• Lebanon, Ms. Rana El Khoury
• Gambia, Ms. Bafou Jeng
• Tunisia, Mr. Ramzi Louati
• Commission nationale indépendante des droits de l'homme (Burundi), Ms. Chantal Bakamiriza
• Center for Reproductive Rights, Inc., Ms. Tania Agosti
• Rutgers, Ms. Kinda Majari
• International Volunteerism Organization for Women, Education and Development – VIDES, Ms. Francesca Barosini
• Plan International, Inc., Ms. Phenny Ogembo
• Humanists International, Ms. Elizabeth O'Casey
• Conselho Indigenista Missionário CIMI, Ms. Ivanilda Torres Dos Santo
• International Lesbian and Gay Association, Ms. Venus Alves
• Equality Now, Ms. Hyshyama Hamin
• International Planned Parenthood Federation, Ms. Violeta Canaves
• Action Canada for Population and Development, Mr. Quinn Lazenby
• Ms. Dorothy Estrada-Tanck, Chair of the working group (Final Remarks)