CAP International will participate in the NGO CSW Forum, a platform to promote the voice of feminist organizations at the international level with the objective of their inclusion in the UN negotiations for gender equality in the scope of the 66th session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW). It will take place from 14 to 25 March 2022.
Join us on our Exhibit Booth here:
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PARALLEL EVENT: “Neither sex, nor work: abolishing prostitution to promote decent work”
While Member States will be discussing Women’s economic empowerment in the changing world of work – as CSW review theme, CAP International gathers Survivors leaders, Frontline NGOs, Trade unions & Member States Representatives to share their perspectives on best practices in the fight for decent work and access to dignified livelihoods through the elimination of prostitution systems and sexual exploitation.
Friday March 18th at 10:00 am EST / 3:00 pm CET
Co-sponsored by France, Sweden & OSCE/ODIHR
Registration: https://lc.cx/gwWz15
Our panelist include: Ms Anna EKSTEDT, Ambassador of Sweden ; Mr Jean-Claude BRUNET, Ambassador of France; Ms Diane MARTIN, Survivor (Scotland), Member of OSCE/ODIHR International Survivors of Trafficking Advisory Council (ISTAC) ; Ms Esohe AGHATISE, Founder and Executive Director of Iroko Onlus (Italy, Nigeria); Ms Flora Whitfield, Survivor, Communications and Program Manager for Breaking Free (USA); Mr Josua MATA, General-Secretary of Sentro Union, Philippines; Dr Muhammad Hidayat GREENFIELD, Regional Secretary of International Union of Food, Agricultural, Hotel, Restaurant, Catering, Tourism, Tobacco and Allied Workers’ Associations (IUF) Asia Pacific; Ms Sabine REYNOSA, Member of the Collective « Femmes-Mixité » of Confédération Générale du Travail (CGT), France. Moderation by Ms Claire GUIRAUD, Permanent Representation of CAP to the UN.
Watch the replay in English, French & Spanish.
Download transcript in English: Neither sex, nor work – abolishing prostitution to promote decent work CSW2022.
THEMATIC CONVERSATION CIRCLE: “The shadow war: impacts of Russian aggression on sexual exploitation of Ukrainian women”
As hundreds of thousands of women and children flee Ukraine after Russia’s aggression, the sex industry is already using war and vulnerability to bring them into prostitution. Come to learn & discuss with CAP members from the Baltic States about the situation and possible action.
Monday 21 March at 10m EST / 2pm GMT / 4pm EET
Moderated by Iluta Lāce, Marta Center (Latvia) & Eglé Puidokaite, Klaipeda Social and Psychological Support Center (Lithuania)
Registration: bit.ly/3i3a0ah
CAP ABOLITIONIST TALK SPECIAL CSW
CAP International members mobilize to offer conversation circles in English, Arabic, French and Spanish to visitors to know more about CAP & share the realities of prostitution and the abolitionist model.
[English] Thursday 17 March at 9am GMT / 2:30pm IST / 8pm AEDT
Come and meet CAP members to discuss abolition
Moderated by Nozizwe Madlala-Routledge, Embrace Dignity (South Africa), in English
Registration: bit.ly/3tHGLza
[Arabic] Thursday 17 March at 9am EST / 2pm CET / 5pm AST
شاركوا التحالف الدولي لالغاء الدعارة في حوار حول الدعارة وكيفية إلغائها
Moderated by Ghada Jabbour, KAFA (enough) Violence & Exploitation (Lebanon), in Arabic
Registration: bit.ly/3vZoDU5
[English] Thursday 17 March at 9am PST / 3pm GMT
Come and meet CAP members to discuss abolition
Moderated by Lynda Dearlove, women@thewell (UK), in English
Registration: bit.ly/34yy3dV
[French] Thursday 17 March at 10:30am EST / 5:30pm CET
Venez rencontrer les membres du CAP et échanger sur l’abolition de la prostitution
Moderated by Claire Quidet, Mouvement du Nid (France), en Français
Registration: bit.ly/3tS92TC
[Spanish] Monday 21 March at 9:30am PET / 5:30pm CET
Ven a conocer a los miembros de CAP para hablar de la abolición
Moderado por Rita Maria Hernandez, Mujeres Libres A. C. (Mexico), en español
Registration: bit.ly/34EVCC4
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