Programs and Events

Local Programs and Events:

In collaboration with our partners, we host educational and fund raising events September through May in various cities in North Carolina.   Last fall, we showed "Taking Root", a documentary film telling the story of 2004 Nobel Peace Prize winner  Wangari Maathai.   During the spring, we walk and run together to raise funds for UN Trust Fund to end violence against women and girls.  In April we will host our annual 5K walk at Durham and Wilmington.  You can find more information here.

This year, we are starting a new program:  "serve locally for a global cause".   We want to partner with local organizations focused on environmental sustainability, ending domestic violence, ending the spread of HIV/AIDS, and developing women leaders.   E-mail us at northcarolina@unifem-usnc.org for more information and to see if we can partner.  

National Programs and Events:

  2010 Annual National Conference was held in NYC on June 11th and 12th.   The U.S. National Committee for UNIFEM (now part of UN Women) partnered with The National Council for Research on Women to present this conference with a focus to build collaborations to understand the intersections between violence against women and key social investiments: the economy, health and education.  This year's Annual National Conference will be here in Raleigh, North Carolina at North Carolina State University on June 11th, 2011.   If you are an organization in North Carolina focused on ending violence against women and want to see if we should partner for the the U.S. National Committee for UN Women's 2011 Annual National Conference, e-mail us at northcarolina@unifem-usnc.org.   If you are an individual or someone representing a philanthropic organization or a business or academic institution interested in sponsoring the U.S. National Committee for UN Women's 2011 Annual National Conference, e-mail us at northcarolina@unifem-usnc.org. For more information on the conference look here.

Global Programs and Events:

Ten representatives from the North Carolina Chapter and WomenNC attended the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women (UN CSW) and NGO Committee on the Status of Women in NYC in March.   The UN CSW undertook a 15 year review of the implementation of the Beijing Platform for Action,  an agenda for women's empowerment.    Emphasis this year was placed on the sharing of experiences and good practices, with a view to overcoming remaining obstacles and new challenges, including those related to the UN Millennium Development Goals.  UN Member States, representatives of non-governmental organizations and UN entities participated in the session.  A series of parallel events provided additional opportunities for information exchange and networking.   We plan to attend UN CSW and NGO CSW again in 2011 in NYC.   E-mail us at northcarolina@unifem-usnc.org if you want to join us.

WomenNC hosted several parallel sessions where four university students from North Carolina reported on their findings on CEDAW, North Carolina laws on domestic violence, best practice on solution to domestic violence, and women's health.   Learn more about WomenNC sessions.