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SUMMARY:Discussion Forum - Gendered Dimensions of Crimes that Affect the Environment
DESCRIPTION:SAVE THE DATE:  \nDISCUSSION FORUM ON THE GENDERED DIMENSIONS OF CRIMES THAT AFFECT THE ENVIRONMENT  \n21-22 February 2024 \n  \nIn the framework of the International Gender Champions Initiative (IGC)\, UNODC and UN Women\, together with the Government of Slovenia\, are pleased to invite you to the Discussion Forum on the Gendered Dimensions of Crimes that Affect the Environment. The Discussion Forum will take place online on Wednesday 21 February 2024 at 14:30 -17:00 (CET) / 8:30 – 11:00 (EST) and Thursday 22 February 2024 at 14:00 -17:45 (CET) / 8:00 – 11:45 (EST) and will begin with a high-level opening session to be followed by panel discussions with subject-matter experts from various organizations and sectors. Interpretation will be available in Spanish and Portuguese. \nThe high-level opening will feature: \n• Ms. Ghada Waly\, Executive Director\, United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime \n• Ms. Sima Bahous\, Executive Director\, UN Women \n• H.E. Ambassador Ms. Barbara Žvokelj\, Permanent Representative of Slovenia to the United Nations in Vienna \n• Ms. Anne Heloise Barbosa do Nascimento\, Youth activist\, Action Coalition – Feminist Action for Climate Justice\, Generation Equality \n  \nREGISTER HERE \n\nProtecting people and the planet represents one of the world’s greatest and most urgent challenges. In this context\, women and girls are among those who have and continue to be disproportionately impacted by the triple crisis\, due to structural gender inequality. However\, the specific gender dynamics of the crimes that affect the environment\, such as wildlife and forest crimes\, crimes in the fisheries sector\, illegal mining\, trafficking in precious metals and waste\, and other crimes related to climate justice are still not well understood. Despite the growing attention on the importance of understanding the intersectional gendered dimensions of these crimes\, research has not yet focused on the different ways men and women may engage with the illicit supply chain—whether as offenders\, defenders (handlers\, managers\, guardians)\, influencers\, beneficiaries and/or victims. This discussion forum will culminate in an outcome document to inform future policymaking and programming on these matters. \n  \nMore information can be found on the Discussion Forum Website. \n  \nPlease register here. \n  \nWe look forward to seeing you there! \n  \n  \n*** \n\nINVITACIÓN: \nFORO DE DISCUSIÓN SOBRE LAS DIMENSIONES DE GÉNERO DE LOS DELITOS QUE AFECTAN EL AMBIENTE  \n21-22 de febrero de 2024 \n\nEn el marco de la Iniciativa Internacional de Campeonas/es de Género\, la Oficina de las Naciones Unidas contra la Droga y el Delito (UNODC) y ONU Mujeres\, junto con el Gobierno de Eslovenia\, se complacen en invitarle a un Foro de Discusión sobre las Dimensiones de Género de los Delitos que Afectan el Ambiente. El Foro de Discusión se llevará a cabo en línea el miércoles 21 de febrero de 2024 a las 14:30-17:00 (CET) / 8:30-11:00 (EST) y el jueves 22 de febrero de 2024 a las 14:00-17:45 (CET) / 8:00-11:45 (EST) y comenzará con una sesión de apertura de alto nivel\, seguida por paneles de discusión con expertos y expertas en la materia de diversas organizaciones y sectores. \n  \nLa sesión de apertura de alto nivel contará con la participación de: \n\nGhada Waly\, Directora Ejecutiva\, Oficina de las Naciones Unidas contra la Droga y el Delito\nSima Bahous\, Directora Ejecutiva\, ONU Mujeres (video)\nEmbajadora Barbara Zvokelj\, Representante Permanente de Eslovenia en las Naciones Unidas\nAnne Heloise Barbosa do Nascimento\, Activista Joven\, Coalición para la Acción – Acción Feminista para la Justicia Climática\, Generación Igualdad\n\n  \nREGÍSTRESE ACÁ \n  \nProteger a las personas y al planeta representa uno de los desafíos más grandes y urgentes que enfrenta el mundo. En este contexto\, las mujeres y las niñas se encuentran entre quienes han sido y continúan siendo desproporcionadamente impactados/as por la triple crisis\, debido a la desigualdad de género estructural. Sin embargo\, aún no se comprenden bien las dinámicas de género de los delitos que afectan al medio ambiente\, como los delitos contra la vida silvestre y los bosques\, los delitos en el sector pesquero\, la minería ilegal y el tráfico de metales preciosos y de desechos. A pesar de la creciente atención sobre la importancia de comprender las dimensiones interseccionales de género de estos crímenes\, la investigación aún no se ha centrado en las diferentes formas en que hombres y mujeres se involucran en la cadena de suministro ilícita\, ya sea como delincuentes\, defensores/as (operadores/as\, administradores/as\, guardianes/as)\, influenciadores/as\, beneficiarios/as y/o víctimas. Esta discusión culminará en un documento final que servirá de base para la formulación de programas y políticas públicas. \n  \nMás información disponible en la página web del evento. \n  \nPor favor regístrese acá. \n  \n¡Esperamos contar con su participación!
URL:https://ngocongo.org/event/discussion-forum-gendered-dimensions-of-crimes-that-affect-the-environment/
CATEGORIES:CoNGO Recommended Events,UN Events,UN Member State
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240220T131500
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SUMMARY:World Day of Social Justice
DESCRIPTION:For more information\, please visit: https://social.desa.un.org/issues/poverty-eradication/events/wdsj2024
URL:https://ngocongo.org/event/world-day-of-social-justice/
CATEGORIES:CoNGO Recommended Events,UN Events,UN Member State
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SUMMARY:UN Security Council Exit Briefing
DESCRIPTION:The UN Security Council Exit Briefing features outgoing members of the UN Security Council of the 2022-2023 term: Albania\, Ghana\, and TBC* (to be confirmed) Gabon and the United Arab Emirates. This UNSC Exit Briefing is to be held on January 25th from 10:00am-12:00pm EST at UNHQ in the ECOSOC chamber. This will be the sixth open\, transparent and inclusive UNSC Exit Briefing hosted by The World Federation of United Nations Associations. \n\n\n\n United Nations Security Council Exit Briefing \n\n\nJanuary 25\, 2024 \n\n\n10:00am-12:00pm EST \n\n\nIn-person event in the ECOSOC Chamber – RSVP here  \n\n\n  \n\n\nThis Exit Briefing provides an opportunity for outgoing members of the Council to share in successes\, challenges and lessons-learned during their term\, while highlighting opportunities and recommendations going forward. \n\n\n  \n\n\nIn order to increase engagement and transparency\, all CSOs and other members of the larger UN community unable to attend in-person are invited to watch the event through UN Web TV\, as it will be live-streamed. If you wish to either attend the event\, please RSVP in the registration link above. \n\n\n  \n\n\nIf you are able to attend in-person and would like to ask a question during this briefing\, please submit your question using the RSVP form.  We also invite you to engage via Twitter using the hashtag #UNSCExit.
URL:https://ngocongo.org/event/un-security-council-exit-briefing/
CATEGORIES:CoNGO Recommended Events,UN Events,UN Member State
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240123T123000
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SUMMARY:UNA-China side event to 45th session of the Working Group on the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) “Take Comprehensive Approach to Advancing Global Human Rights Governance”
DESCRIPTION:On the occasion of the(UPR)\, UNA-China will hold a side event entitled “Take Comprehensive Approach to Advancing Global Human Rights Governance” at 12:30 – 14:00 (CET)\, on January 23\, 2024\, in Room XXVI\, Palais des Nations\, Geneva. This event will invite Chinese and foreign experts to discuss the challenges and solutions facing global human rights governance and how will China contribute to the global human rights cause. The concept note for this event is enclosed hereafter for your reference. \nWe sincerely invite you to attend this side event in person and participate in interactive discussion. The working language will be English. \nPlease be kindly advised that in order to enter Palais des Nations\, you need to request for accreditation through the online platform Indico\, get your accreditation approved and obtain a digital pass badge. For more information\, please refer to the webpage https://www.ohchr.org/en/hr-bodies/upr/accreditation.
URL:https://ngocongo.org/event/una-china-side-event-to-45th-session-of-the-working-group-on-the-universal-periodic-review-upr-take-comprehensive-approach-to-advancing-global-human-rights-governance/
CATEGORIES:CoNGO Recommended Events,UN Events,UN Member State
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230210T113000
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SUMMARY:Don't Steal My Childhood: Child Labor and Children in Migration
DESCRIPTION:Don’t Steal My Childhood! \nChild Labor and Children in Migration \n\nDespite significant progress in reducing child labor in the past two decades\, most recent data show that global progress has stalled since 2016. Forced child labor deprives children of their childhood\, their potential and their dignity. It is harmful to their physical and mental health and development\, ultimately with severe consequences for the entire society. Therefore\, it is crucial to address the problem\, especially if we are to reach the ambitious 2025 target date for ending child labor (SDG 8.7). \nAt the beginning of 2020\, the latest global estimates indicated that 1 in 10 children aged 5 and over were involved in child labor worldwide – equating to an estimated 160 million children. A further 8.9 million children will be in child labor by the end of 2022 as a result of rising poverty driven by the pandemic. \nWithin the already ‘at risk’ group of child laborers\, recent analysis points to an even more vulnerable group\, namely child migrants. Children in migration\, mainly the youngest ones\, are at particularly high risk of being exploited and trafficked along migration routes and in host countries. \nSome of the literature refers to them as the ‘invisible group\,” suggesting that amongst child laborers\, migrant children receive less pay\, work longer hours\, attend school less often\, and face higher death rates at work in comparison to local children.\nMost governments have failed to develop effective policy responses to assist and protect child laborers despite the fact they are obliged to do so by multiple international acts. \nReal progress\, however\, requires translating these commitments into national laws that are then actually used as tools for action. Nations must also protect and promote other child rights\, including birth registration\, strong social protection systems\, quality education\, health care and nutrition starting with mothers and infants. They must also extend protection from violence\, abuse\, neglect\, dire poverty and exploitation\, by supporting meaningful economic and livelihood opportunities for adult family members. These rights are guaranteed to all children\, all child laborers\, and those who need additional special protections\, such as migrant children working in child labor. \nIn particular\, measures to prevent and respond to child labor during a humanitarian crisis should link the humanitarian\, development\, and peace dimensions by using the transformative power of Early Childhood Education and Care Programs. All the measures should help build social cohesion\, resilience and peace\, and strengthen existing government\, economic and social structures.\nAs an outcome we expect that Member States\, UN agencies and NGOs will honor and renew pledges made at the 5th Global Conference on the Elimination of Child Labor -Durban 2022 and most importantly\, share their good practices and policies to end child labor\, paving the way for a global strategic partnership committed to achieving SDG Targets 8.7 and 16.2 while recognizing synergies between progress on SDG 8 and SDGs 1 (end poverty)\, 4 (quality education)\, 5 (gender equality)\, 10 (reduced inequalities) and 16 (peace\, justice and strong institutions). \nRecommendations\n• Recognize Child Labor as a serious violation of children’s rights enshrined in the Convention on the Rights of the Child\, in multiple international acts\, and in SDGs 8.7 and SDGs 16.2;\n• Promote birth registration;\n• Stop hiring children below the minimum age and invest in eradicating all forms of slavery;\n• Encourage businesses to prohibit child labor;\n• Use the link between the labor inspection and workplace occupational safety and health committees to establish a monitoring system;\n• Create and enforce policies for reducing the risk of child exploitation and trafficking along migration routes and in host countries;\n• Address the special protection needs of smuggled and or trafficked children\, those who are seeking asylum\, unaccompanied and separated minors and refugees;\n• Provide support to children found in child labor\, ensuring that they and their families can benefit from all social protection measures;\n• Listen to the voices of children currently in child labor\, as well as those who survived the experience. \n___________ \nCoNGO Notes: For more information on CoNGO–the Conference of NGOs in Consultative Relationship with the United Nations\, visit www.ngocongo.org. For specific information about how CoNGO and its substantive committees (also known as NGO Committees) work on matters related to the subject of the event on this page\, visit NGO Committees. In particular\, visit the NGO Committee on Migration and the NGO Committee on Social Development.
URL:https://ngocongo.org/event/child-labor-and-children-in-migration-2/
CATEGORIES:CoNGO Events,CoNGO Member Events,CSO event,UN Member State
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230210T113000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230210T124500
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SUMMARY:Don't Steal My Childhood: Child Labor and Children in Migration
DESCRIPTION:Don’t Steal My Childhood! \nChild Labor and Children in Migration \n\nDespite significant progress in reducing child labor in the past two decades\, most recent data show that global progress has stalled since 2016. Forced child labor deprives children of their childhood\, their potential and their dignity. It is harmful to their physical and mental health and development\, ultimately with severe consequences for the entire society. Therefore\, it is crucial to address the problem\, especially if we are to reach the ambitious 2025 target date for ending child labor (SDG 8.7). \nAt the beginning of 2020\, the latest global estimates indicated that 1 in 10 children aged 5 and over were involved in child labor worldwide – equating to an estimated 160 million children. A further 8.9 million children will be in child labor by the end of 2022 as a result of rising poverty driven by the pandemic. \nWithin the already ‘at risk’ group of child laborers\, recent analysis points to an even more vulnerable group\, namely child migrants. Children in migration\, mainly the youngest ones\, are at particularly high risk of being exploited and trafficked along migration routes and in host countries. \nSome of the literature refers to them as the ‘invisible group\,” suggesting that amongst child laborers\, migrant children receive less pay\, work longer hours\, attend school less often\, and face higher death rates at work in comparison to local children.\nMost governments have failed to develop effective policy responses to assist and protect child laborers despite the fact they are obliged to do so by multiple international acts. \nReal progress\, however\, requires translating these commitments into national laws that are then actually used as tools for action. Nations must also protect and promote other child rights\, including birth registration\, strong social protection systems\, quality education\, health care and nutrition starting with mothers and infants. They must also extend protection from violence\, abuse\, neglect\, dire poverty and exploitation\, by supporting meaningful economic and livelihood opportunities for adult family members. These rights are guaranteed to all children\, all child laborers\, and those who need additional special protections\, such as migrant children working in child labor. \nIn particular\, measures to prevent and respond to child labor during a humanitarian crisis should link the humanitarian\, development\, and peace dimensions by using the transformative power of Early Childhood Education and Care Programs. All the measures should help build social cohesion\, resilience and peace\, and strengthen existing government\, economic and social structures.\nAs an outcome we expect that Member States\, UN agencies and NGOs will honor and renew pledges made at the 5th Global Conference on the Elimination of Child Labor -Durban 2022 and most importantly\, share their good practices and policies to end child labor\, paving the way for a global strategic partnership committed to achieving SDG Targets 8.7 and 16.2 while recognizing synergies between progress on SDG 8 and SDGs 1 (end poverty)\, 4 (quality education)\, 5 (gender equality)\, 10 (reduced inequalities) and 16 (peace\, justice and strong institutions). \nRecommendations\n• Recognize Child Labor as a serious violation of children’s rights enshrined in the Convention on the Rights of the Child\, in multiple international acts\, and in SDGs 8.7 and SDGs 16.2;\n• Promote birth registration;\n• Stop hiring children below the minimum age and invest in eradicating all forms of slavery;\n• Encourage businesses to prohibit child labor;\n• Use the link between the labor inspection and workplace occupational safety and health committees to establish a monitoring system;\n• Create and enforce policies for reducing the risk of child exploitation and trafficking along migration routes and in host countries;\n• Address the special protection needs of smuggled and or trafficked children\, those who are seeking asylum\, unaccompanied and separated minors and refugees;\n• Provide support to children found in child labor\, ensuring that they and their families can benefit from all social protection measures;\n• Listen to the voices of children currently in child labor\, as well as those who survived the experience. \n___________ \nCoNGO Notes: For more information on CoNGO–the Conference of NGOs in Consultative Relationship with the United Nations\, visit www.ngocongo.org. For specific information about how CoNGO and its substantive committees (also known as NGO Committees) work on matters related to the subject of the event on this page\, visit NGO Committees. In particular\, visit the NGO Committee on Migration and the NGO Committee on Social Development.
URL:https://ngocongo.org/event/child-labor-and-children-in-migration/
CATEGORIES:CoNGO Events,CoNGO Member Events,CSO event,UN Member State
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220125T080000
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SUMMARY:Mobilizing Moral Influence and Governance to End the Systemic Injustices of Racism\, the Legacy of Colonialism and Slavery
DESCRIPTION:8th Annual Symposium on the Role of Religion and Faith-Based Organizations \nin International Affairs\n\nMobilizing Moral Influence and Governance to End the Systemic Injustices of Racism\, the Legacy of Colonialism and Slavery\n25 January 2022\n8:00 – 12:30 EDT\nClick here to register\n\nPROGRAM \nModerators for the Day: Ms. Quinn Wonderling\, Senior Coordinator of United Nations and International Affairs\, General Board of Church and Society of The United Methodist Church and Rev. Audri Scott Williams\, Global Peace Walker and Spiritual Director of the Spiritual Enrichment Center in Dothan\, AL\, USA \n8:00 Welcome and Housekeeping\n Outline of the purpose and agenda for the Symposium \n8:10  Opening Session: Perspectives from the UN system\, government and faith organizations on their work to increase the urgency and saliency of the issue and integrate efforts to overcome systemic injustices in their work \n\nH.E. Alice Wairimu Nderitu\, Special Adviser of the UN Secretary-General on the Prevention of Genocide \nH.E. Mr. Miguel Angel Moratinos\, High Representative of the UN Alliance of Civilizations \nMember State Representative (TBC)\nMs. Diene Keita\, UN Assistant Secretary-General and UNFPA Deputy Executive Director (Programme)\nDr. Azza Karam\, General Secretary\, Religions for Peace \nMr. Rudelmar Bueno De Faria\, ACT Alliance Secretary General \n\n8:55 Session 2: Deepening understanding of how pernicious and all-encompassing racism\, and the legacy of colonialism and slavery remain today \nModerator:  Rabbi Burton Visotzky\, Jewish Theological Seminary \nSupport: Simon Chambers\, ACT Alliance \nPanelists: \n\nDr. Ganoune Diop\, General Secretary\, International Religious Liberty Association\nMs. Manjula Pradeep\, Human rights activist and lawyer\, Gujarat\, India\nMs. Sara Hamood\, Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights\, Geneva\nMs. Hayley Ramsay-Jones\, Representative to the UN\, Soka Gakkai International\, Geneva\nDr. Sanjoy Bhattacharya\, Professor\, University of York\, UK\, and Head\, WHO Collaborating Center for Global Health Histories \n\n10:00 Session 3:  Showcasing innovative experiences and concrete actions for positive change change throughout the international community \nModerator: Rev. Philip Vinod Peacock\, Executive for Justice and Witness\, World Communion of Reformed Churches \nSupport: Ms. Donna Bollinger\, Advocacy Officer\, World Council of Churches \nPanelists: \n\nMs. Miriam Ekiudoko\, UN Working Group of Experts on People of African Descent\nDr. Masiiwa Gunda\, Programme Executive for Programmatic Responses on Overcoming Racism\, World Council of Churches \nMs. Maytha Alhassen\, Religion and Public Life in Media and Entertainment Fellow\, Harvard University\, Co-Executive producer\, Ramy\nMr. Tahil Sharma\, North America Regional Coordinator\, United Religions Initiative (URI)\nMs. Ruth Messinger\, former President of American Jewish World Service (AJWS)\n\n\nQ & A \n11:05 Session 4: The panel aims to promote policy recommendations and practical steps to strengthen partnerships among diverse stakeholders\, including faith-based organizations\, the UN System\, and non-governmental entities in different regions. The panel will focus on how to turn our analyses about the historic injustices and legacies of slavery\, colonialism and racism into effective campaigns for justice by faith-based and religious bodies and into public policies implemented by governments and multilateral bodies. Giving examples of what is already being done along these lines through your organization and experience will be a must. \nModerator: Rev. Dr. Liberato Bautista\, Assistant General Secretary\, UN and International Affairs-General Board of Church and Society of The United Methodist Church and President\, Conference of NGOs in Consultative Relationship with the UN \nSupport: Ms. Monica Willard\, United Religions Initiative \nPanelists: \n\nH.E. Ambassador Francisco Duarte Lopes\, Permanent Representative of Portugal to the UN in New York\nDr. Abbas Barzegar\, Director\, The Horizon Forum\nMr. Cooper Christiancy\, JD\, Research and Advocacy Advisor to the United Nations Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of racism\nMs. Vanessa Griddine-Jones\, JD\, LL.M.\, Executive Director\, Congressional Black Caucus Institute\nMs. Audrey Kitagawa\, JD\, President/Founder of the International Academy for Multicultural Cooperation \nDr. Abubakar Kabwogi\, Founding Secretary General\, Africa Council of  Religious Leaders\n\nQ&A \n12:10 Concluding Remarks  \nDrawing from the Symposium discussions\, highlighting key points and recommendations to end the systemic injustices of racism\, the legacy of colonialism and slavery \n\nMs. Quinn Wonderling and Ms. Audri Scott Williams\, Symposium Moderators\nDr. Ryan Smith\, Chair\, Symposium Planning Group and Programme Executive\, Ecumenical Office to the UN and Representative to UN Headquarters\nMs. Ana Jimenez\, UN Inter-agency Task Force on Religion and Sustainable Development\n\nMORE ABOUT THE SYMPOSIUM: \n\nThe 8th Annual Symposium on the Role of Religion and Faith-based Organizations in International Affairs\, entitled\n“Mobilizing Moral Influence and Governance to End the Systemic Injustices of Racism\, the legacy of Colonialism and Slavery”\, will be held virtually 8:00 – 12:30 EDT on Tuesday 25 January 2022. \nThis edition of the Symposium will focus on the urgent need to transform our world\, exposing and redressing the systemic injustices of racism\, colonialism and slavery that continue to pervade all aspects of society – local\, national and international.  As a common table bringing together institutions of governance and of moral and cultural influence\, it will explore how the lingering historical injustices shape the social inequalities that have been exposed by crises of global proportions including Covid-19. \nThe Symposium also aims to contribute to a move towards healing and reconciling our world. It will identify solutions and concrete recommendations for how the UN and governments\, in partnership with religious bodies\, faith-based groups and other stakeholders\, can foster an antiracist and anticolonialist society – a society based on the genuine embrace of the whole human family as one humanity\, bound by the imperative of respect of every person’s dignity and inalienable worth. \nContext \nRacism and concomitant concerns of racial discrimination and xenophobia\, colonialism and redress for historic slavery\, as well as ending modern-day forms of slavery have become highly topical. \nFrom the United Nations Security Council and Human Rights Council’s hearing from human rights and land defenders to movements against systemic injustices like Black Lives Matter to the recognition of graves of indigenous children\, the world cannot ignore the history and necessity for changes in the systems that allowed and encouraged abuses to occur. \nThe International Decade for People of African Descent\, which began in 2015\, is drawing to a close.  2021 is the twentieth anniversary of the World Conference Against Racism held in Durban\, South Africa.  And on September 21\, 2021\, UN Secretary-General António Guterres submitted his report ‘Our Common Agenda’ to the General Assembly which states that “New approaches to proactively support the participation in public affairs of those who have traditionally been marginalized\, including minority and indigenous groups\, are also necessary.” \nWhen it comes to addressing the lingering transgenerational traumas of slavery\, several remarkable projects have seen the day\, including the UNESCO project “Healing the Wounds of Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade and Slavery”. There is also the multiplication of commissions for truth and reconciliation showing unprecedented determination and global mobilization to address the scourge of racism. The upcoming Decade of Indigenous Languages (2022 – 2032) will focus on indigenous language users’ human rights. These\, and many more initiatives\, all provide immediate occasions for faith-based organizations to partner with UN agencies to contribute to the healing of people and the planet\, and of international relations. \nShaping a just\, inclusive\, and sustainable future for the human family and the planet we all inhabit is a common task.  Sounding a wake-up call\, “Our Common Agenda” emphatically warned that “We need a pathway that protects people and the planet\, allowing for sustainable development. This means broad shifts in what prosperity and progress mean\, how to incentivize and measure them\, and how to evaluate policies.” Addressing the intersecting pandemics and crises must be aimed at the achievement of a truly intercultural\, multireligious\, and pluralistic world. \nInjustices have been done to real people\, real nations\, and the planet we share. The healing of our world and redressing the legacy of colonialism must be global\, multilateral\, intercultural\, and multifaceted. Antiracism is a commitment to protect human rights and a sustainable future. We cannot postpone action. \nInequalities are forcing public institutions to revisit other crises that are intersecting with racism. Public discourse today is much more welcoming of a re-examination of people and institutions and their entanglement and complicity with racism\, colonialism\, and slavery. \nToday\, international institutions\, governments\, and religions have the historic opportunity and responsibility to address the multiplicity of injustices—local and international\, global and planetary. With our heightened awareness of the intersecting character of these crises\, analysed through the lens of gender\, race\, class\, sexuality\, ethnicity\, and indeed of culture and religion\, the time of reckoning is upon us. \nToday\, racism and attendant issues actively subverts our best imagination of what makes for peace and justice\, for mercy and compassion\, for dignity and equality. We must reverse course and redress historic grievances and forge a new future. \nThe self-appropriated rights to possess indigenous minds\, lands and other resources have been embraced by religions and faith-based institutions embodied through policies based on manifest destiny\, exceptionalism\, and the Doctrine of Discovery. \nIncreasing signs of building a better future appear when religions\, religious institutions and philosophies are unashamedly repudiating their past complicities with slavery\, colonialism and racism. It is equally a sign of enlightened maturity for nations to recognize and repudiate their violent past of colonial aggressions\, of abuses\, and of violations of people’s human rights and the integrity of their communities. \nThe Symposium will address the ways in which the historic injustice of slavery\, colonialism\, and racism have lingered in our midst and exacerbate the many current challenges facing our world. It will explore how forms of ethnocentrism\, tribalism\, casteism\, classism and colorism damage human relations and how such relations have been put asunder by classifications of power and supremacy\, of superiority and inferiority\, among human beings and their communities. \nTo overcome and abolish the intersecting crises brought about by slavery\, racism\, and colonialism\, we must go beyond symptoms to the root causes. Addressing these crises\, in fact\, is a condition sine qua non for the healing that is desperately needed on all levels. The role of religion\,  as much as nation-states\, in these intersecting historic and contemporary pandemics and crises are tangible. \nRevisiting the various slaveries\, colonialisms and racism in their historic intersections and social intersectionality will provide unique perspectives regarding how they have brought much suffering\, lingering inter- and transgenerational traumas and deaths\, not only of people of African descent but also indigenous peoples and peoples of color. \nAntiracism must be one of the common goals in which the UN and its multilateral bodies work together on with religious and faith-based organizations. \nThe 2022 edition of the Annual Symposium is promoted by:\nWorld Council of Churches\nUnited Nations Alliance of Civilizations (UNAOC)\nUnited Nations Office on Genocide Prevention and the Responsibility to Protect\nUnited Nations Population Fund (UNFPA)\nGeneral Board of Church and Society\, United Methodist Church\nMilstein Center for Interreligious Dialogue\nIslamic Relief USA\nACT Alliance\nSeventh-Day Adventist Church\nUnited Religions Initiative\nSoka Gakkai International
URL:https://ngocongo.org/event/6888-2/
LOCATION:Virtual
CATEGORIES:CoNGO Member Events,CSO event,UN Events,UN Member State
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SUMMARY:Mobilizing Moral Influence and Governance to End the Systemic Injustices of Racism\, the Legacy of Colonialism and Slavery
DESCRIPTION:8th Annual Symposium on the Role of Religion and Faith-Based Organizations \nin International Affairs\n\nMobilizing Moral Influence and Governance to End the Systemic Injustices of Racism\, the Legacy of Colonialism and Slavery\n25 January 2022\n8:00 – 12:30 EDT\nClick here to register\n\nPROGRAM \nModerators for the Day: Ms. Quinn Wonderling\, Senior Coordinator of United Nations and International Affairs\, General Board of Church and Society of The United Methodist Church and Rev. Audri Scott Williams\, Global Peace Walker and Spiritual Director of the Spiritual Enrichment Center in Dothan\, AL\, USA \n8:00 Welcome and Housekeeping\n Outline of the purpose and agenda for the Symposium \n8:10  Opening Session: Perspectives from the UN system\, government and faith organizations on their work to increase the urgency and saliency of the issue and integrate efforts to overcome systemic injustices in their work \n\nH.E. Alice Wairimu Nderitu\, Special Adviser of the UN Secretary-General on the Prevention of Genocide \nH.E. Mr. Miguel Angel Moratinos\, High Representative of the UN Alliance of Civilizations \nMember State Representative (TBC)\nMs. Diene Keita\, UN Assistant Secretary-General and UNFPA Deputy Executive Director (Programme)\nDr. Azza Karam\, General Secretary\, Religions for Peace \nMr. Rudelmar Bueno De Faria\, ACT Alliance Secretary General \n\n8:55 Session 2: Deepening understanding of how pernicious and all-encompassing racism\, and the legacy of colonialism and slavery remain today \nModerator:  Rabbi Burton Visotzky\, Jewish Theological Seminary \nSupport: Simon Chambers\, ACT Alliance \nPanelists: \n\nDr. Ganoune Diop\, General Secretary\, International Religious Liberty Association\nMs. Manjula Pradeep\, Human rights activist and lawyer\, Gujarat\, India\nMs. Sara Hamood\, Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights\, Geneva\nMs. Hayley Ramsay-Jones\, Representative to the UN\, Soka Gakkai International\, Geneva\nDr. Sanjoy Bhattacharya\, Professor\, University of York\, UK\, and Head\, WHO Collaborating Center for Global Health Histories \n\n10:00 Session 3:  Showcasing innovative experiences and concrete actions for positive change change throughout the international community \nModerator: Rev. Philip Vinod Peacock\, Executive for Justice and Witness\, World Communion of Reformed Churches \nSupport: Ms. Donna Bollinger\, Advocacy Officer\, World Council of Churches \nPanelists: \n\nMs. Miriam Ekiudoko\, UN Working Group of Experts on People of African Descent\nDr. Masiiwa Gunda\, Programme Executive for Programmatic Responses on Overcoming Racism\, World Council of Churches \nMs. Maytha Alhassen\, Religion and Public Life in Media and Entertainment Fellow\, Harvard University\, Co-Executive producer\, Ramy\nMr. Tahil Sharma\, North America Regional Coordinator\, United Religions Initiative (URI)\nMs. Ruth Messinger\, former President of American Jewish World Service (AJWS)\n\n\nQ & A \n11:05 Session 4: The panel aims to promote policy recommendations and practical steps to strengthen partnerships among diverse stakeholders\, including faith-based organizations\, the UN System\, and non-governmental entities in different regions. The panel will focus on how to turn our analyses about the historic injustices and legacies of slavery\, colonialism and racism into effective campaigns for justice by faith-based and religious bodies and into public policies implemented by governments and multilateral bodies. Giving examples of what is already being done along these lines through your organization and experience will be a must. \nModerator: Rev. Dr. Liberato Bautista\, Assistant General Secretary\, UN and International Affairs-General Board of Church and Society of The United Methodist Church and President\, Conference of NGOs in Consultative Relationship with the UN \nSupport: Ms. Monica Willard\, United Religions Initiative \nPanelists: \n\nH.E. Ambassador Francisco Duarte Lopes\, Permanent Representative of Portugal to the UN in New York\nDr. Abbas Barzegar\, Director\, The Horizon Forum\nMr. Cooper Christiancy\, JD\, Research and Advocacy Advisor to the United Nations Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of racism\nMs. Vanessa Griddine-Jones\, JD\, LL.M.\, Executive Director\, Congressional Black Caucus Institute\nMs. Audrey Kitagawa\, JD\, President/Founder of the International Academy for Multicultural Cooperation \nDr. Abubakar Kabwogi\, Founding Secretary General\, Africa Council of  Religious Leaders\n\nQ&A \n12:10 Concluding Remarks  \nDrawing from the Symposium discussions\, highlighting key points and recommendations to end the systemic injustices of racism\, the legacy of colonialism and slavery \n\nMs. Quinn Wonderling and Ms. Audri Scott Williams\, Symposium Moderators\nDr. Ryan Smith\, Chair\, Symposium Planning Group and Programme Executive\, Ecumenical Office to the UN and Representative to UN Headquarters\nMs. Ana Jimenez\, UN Inter-agency Task Force on Religion and Sustainable Development\n\nMORE ABOUT THE SYMPOSIUM: \n\nThe 8th Annual Symposium on the Role of Religion and Faith-based Organizations in International Affairs\, entitled\n“Mobilizing Moral Influence and Governance to End the Systemic Injustices of Racism\, the legacy of Colonialism and Slavery”\, will be held virtually 8:00 – 12:30 EDT on Tuesday 25 January 2022. \nThis edition of the Symposium will focus on the urgent need to transform our world\, exposing and redressing the systemic injustices of racism\, colonialism and slavery that continue to pervade all aspects of society – local\, national and international.  As a common table bringing together institutions of governance and of moral and cultural influence\, it will explore how the lingering historical injustices shape the social inequalities that have been exposed by crises of global proportions including Covid-19. \nThe Symposium also aims to contribute to a move towards healing and reconciling our world. It will identify solutions and concrete recommendations for how the UN and governments\, in partnership with religious bodies\, faith-based groups and other stakeholders\, can foster an antiracist and anticolonialist society – a society based on the genuine embrace of the whole human family as one humanity\, bound by the imperative of respect of every person’s dignity and inalienable worth. \nContext \nRacism and concomitant concerns of racial discrimination and xenophobia\, colonialism and redress for historic slavery\, as well as ending modern-day forms of slavery have become highly topical. \nFrom the United Nations Security Council and Human Rights Council’s hearing from human rights and land defenders to movements against systemic injustices like Black Lives Matter to the recognition of graves of indigenous children\, the world cannot ignore the history and necessity for changes in the systems that allowed and encouraged abuses to occur. \nThe International Decade for People of African Descent\, which began in 2015\, is drawing to a close.  2021 is the twentieth anniversary of the World Conference Against Racism held in Durban\, South Africa.  And on September 21\, 2021\, UN Secretary-General António Guterres submitted his report ‘Our Common Agenda’ to the General Assembly which states that “New approaches to proactively support the participation in public affairs of those who have traditionally been marginalized\, including minority and indigenous groups\, are also necessary.” \nWhen it comes to addressing the lingering transgenerational traumas of slavery\, several remarkable projects have seen the day\, including the UNESCO project “Healing the Wounds of Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade and Slavery”. There is also the multiplication of commissions for truth and reconciliation showing unprecedented determination and global mobilization to address the scourge of racism. The upcoming Decade of Indigenous Languages (2022 – 2032) will focus on indigenous language users’ human rights. These\, and many more initiatives\, all provide immediate occasions for faith-based organizations to partner with UN agencies to contribute to the healing of people and the planet\, and of international relations. \nShaping a just\, inclusive\, and sustainable future for the human family and the planet we all inhabit is a common task.  Sounding a wake-up call\, “Our Common Agenda” emphatically warned that “We need a pathway that protects people and the planet\, allowing for sustainable development. This means broad shifts in what prosperity and progress mean\, how to incentivize and measure them\, and how to evaluate policies.” Addressing the intersecting pandemics and crises must be aimed at the achievement of a truly intercultural\, multireligious\, and pluralistic world. \nInjustices have been done to real people\, real nations\, and the planet we share. The healing of our world and redressing the legacy of colonialism must be global\, multilateral\, intercultural\, and multifaceted. Antiracism is a commitment to protect human rights and a sustainable future. We cannot postpone action. \nInequalities are forcing public institutions to revisit other crises that are intersecting with racism. Public discourse today is much more welcoming of a re-examination of people and institutions and their entanglement and complicity with racism\, colonialism\, and slavery. \nToday\, international institutions\, governments\, and religions have the historic opportunity and responsibility to address the multiplicity of injustices—local and international\, global and planetary. With our heightened awareness of the intersecting character of these crises\, analysed through the lens of gender\, race\, class\, sexuality\, ethnicity\, and indeed of culture and religion\, the time of reckoning is upon us. \nToday\, racism and attendant issues actively subverts our best imagination of what makes for peace and justice\, for mercy and compassion\, for dignity and equality. We must reverse course and redress historic grievances and forge a new future. \nThe self-appropriated rights to possess indigenous minds\, lands and other resources have been embraced by religions and faith-based institutions embodied through policies based on manifest destiny\, exceptionalism\, and the Doctrine of Discovery. \nIncreasing signs of building a better future appear when religions\, religious institutions and philosophies are unashamedly repudiating their past complicities with slavery\, colonialism and racism. It is equally a sign of enlightened maturity for nations to recognize and repudiate their violent past of colonial aggressions\, of abuses\, and of violations of people’s human rights and the integrity of their communities. \nThe Symposium will address the ways in which the historic injustice of slavery\, colonialism\, and racism have lingered in our midst and exacerbate the many current challenges facing our world. It will explore how forms of ethnocentrism\, tribalism\, casteism\, classism and colorism damage human relations and how such relations have been put asunder by classifications of power and supremacy\, of superiority and inferiority\, among human beings and their communities. \nTo overcome and abolish the intersecting crises brought about by slavery\, racism\, and colonialism\, we must go beyond symptoms to the root causes. Addressing these crises\, in fact\, is a condition sine qua non for the healing that is desperately needed on all levels. The role of religion\,  as much as nation-states\, in these intersecting historic and contemporary pandemics and crises are tangible. \nRevisiting the various slaveries\, colonialisms and racism in their historic intersections and social intersectionality will provide unique perspectives regarding how they have brought much suffering\, lingering inter- and transgenerational traumas and deaths\, not only of people of African descent but also indigenous peoples and peoples of color. \nAntiracism must be one of the common goals in which the UN and its multilateral bodies work together on with religious and faith-based organizations. \nThe 2022 edition of the Annual Symposium is promoted by:\nWorld Council of Churches\nUnited Nations Alliance of Civilizations (UNAOC)\nUnited Nations Office on Genocide Prevention and the Responsibility to Protect\nUnited Nations Population Fund (UNFPA)\nGeneral Board of Church and Society\, United Methodist Church\nMilstein Center for Interreligious Dialogue\nIslamic Relief USA\nACT Alliance\nSeventh-Day Adventist Church\nUnited Religions Initiative\nSoka Gakkai International
URL:https://ngocongo.org/event/6888/
LOCATION:Virtual
CATEGORIES:CoNGO Member Events,CSO event,UN Events,UN Member State
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SUMMARY:2021 Freedom of Religion or Belief Priorities at the United Nations
DESCRIPTION:Join us on Friday\, May 7th\, from 1:15pm-2:45pm Eastern for a virtual event that will highlight various missions’ recent past and upcoming efforts to promote religious freedom and related rights in 2021 at the United Nations. The event will feature a panel of UN diplomats who will present on their mission’s specific priorities on this issue. Following the presentations\, there will be ample time for Q+A. \nOur expert panelists include:  \n\nMadeeha Ashraf\, Advisor\, U.S. Mission to the UN\nTimothy Sylvester\, Second Secretary\, U.K Mission to the UN \nKlas Nyman\, Counsellor\, EU Delegation to the UN\n\nWe anticipate the event will be insightful for our shared focus on promoting FoRB at and through the United Nations\, and we hope that you will join us. \nTo register\, please RSVP to info@unforb.org by 12pm on May 6. A Zoom link will be sent to you on the day of the event. \nWe look forward to your presence on May 7th. \nBest regards\, \nKelsey Zorzi\, President\, NGO Committee on Freedom of Religion or Belief – New York  \n________________________________________________________________________________________ \nCoNGO Notes: For more information on the NGO Committee on Freedom of Religion or Belief\, please visit unforb.org. For more information on the Committee of Religious NGOs at the United Nations\, please visit rngos.wordpress.com. For more information on the NGO Committee on Spirituality\, Values\, and Global Concerns-NY\, please visit csvgc-ny.org.
URL:https://ngocongo.org/event/2021-freedom-of-religion-or-belief-priorities-at-the-united-nations/
LOCATION:worldwide/virtual
CATEGORIES:CoNGO Events,CoNGO Member Events,UN Member State
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