International Women's Day

Next 8th March will mark the International Women’s Day centenary. Women for Women in collaboration with Google has renewed its “Join me on the Bridge” campaign to raise awareness on the role of woman in society. Originally conceived of by women from Rwanda and Congo as a sign of solidarity between women in two conflict-ridden countries, last year’s edition brought together thousands of women and men at more than 100 bridge events on four continents.




Below is a list of events arranged by UN agencies and other organizations in occasion of the International Women's Day:
UN WOMEN

http://www.un.org/womenwatch/daw/csw/55sess.htm

The fifty-fifth session of the Commission on the Status of Women will take place at United Nations Headquarters in New York from Tuesday, 22 February to Friday, 4 March 2011.

Women Watch - UN news agency on gender Issues

http://www.un.org/womenwatch/

UNFPA-UN Population Fund

http://countryoffice.unfpa.org/uganda/?events=3038

ILO – International Labour Organization celebrating the IWD 7-11 March 2011

http://www.ilo.org/gender/Events/lang--en/WCMS_151275/index.htm

ITU-International Telecommunication Union

http://www.itu.int/en/womensday/Pages/default.aspx

UNESCAP – UN Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific

http://www.unescap.org/sdd/meetings/IWD-2011/

UNGEI - United Nations Girls’ Education Initiative

http://www.ungei.org/news/index_2714.html

UNESCO

http://portal.unesco.org/fr/ev.php-URL_ID=48335&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html

UNCCD – UN Convention to combat desertification

http://www.unccd.int/publicinfo/IWD/menu.php?noMenus=1

Council of Europe

http://www.coe.int/t/dghl/standardsetting/equality/default_en.asp

www.coe.int/t/dc/press/source/20100305_sg_en.doc

European Union

http://www.europarl.europa.eu/document/activities/cont/201102/20110222ATT14128/20110222ATT14128EN.pdf

http://www.europarl.org.uk/section/outreach/event/international-womens-day-having-your-voice-europe

Commonwealth

http://www.commonwealthnhri.org/events/31555/35503/events/

EASSI Eastern African Sub-regional Support Initiative for the Advancement of Women

http://www.eassi.org/

http://www.eassi.org/index.php?option=com_simplecalendar&view=detail&id=14:international-womens-day

SADC Southern African Development Community

http://www.sadc.int/gender/browse/page/788

Committee for Asian Women

http://www.cawinfo.org/2011/02/caws-celebration-of-100-year-of-international-womens-day-update/

  

Women Thrive Worldwide

http://www.interaction.org/event/international-womens-day-2011

Global Fund for Women

http://www.globalfundforwomen.org/take-action/events

Plan . Coalition of organizations aiming to raise the profile of International Women’s Day

http://www.plan-uk.org/newsroom/Plan-EQUALS-coalition/

Hunger Project -

http://www.thehungerproject.co.uk/internationalwomensday/?gclid=CJjqn5rIoKcCFcoe3wodk3PSeQ

Maslaha

http://maslaha.org/about/whats-happening/projects/women/maslaha-celebrates-100-years-international-womens-day

Global Pulse - Global media and communication network devoted to bringing women a global voice.

http://www.worldpulse.com/

Oxfam

http://www.oxfam.org.uk/applications/blogs/pressoffice/2010/03/08/be-part-of-celebrating-100-years-of-international-womens-day/

Women Deliver

http://www.womendeliver.org/updates/entry/care-conference-2011-and-international-womens-day-celebration/

Interaction - Consortium of international foundations

http://www.interaction.org/

Women for peace

http://www.peacewomen.org/news_article.php?id=140&type=event