Download UN WORKS for BPW International Dr. Arzu ÖZYOL 2014

UN WORKS for BPW
International
Dr. Arzu ÖZYOL
2014-2017
ADVOCACY
The root of our advocacy feature is embedded in
the work with the United Nations. BPW lobbied
for the formation of the Commission on the
Status of Women (CSW) and supported many
women’s issues soon after the founding of the
United Nations. The effort of BPW International
was granted by general consultative statue.
BPW has continued its representation in almost
68 years by our UN Representatives who have an
immense source of knowledge and experiences at
UN Headquarters in New York, Vienna, Geneva; UN
regional offices (UNECA, UNECE, UNESCAP,
UNESCWA, UNECLAC); UNESCO, UNICEF, ILO,
WHO, UNCTAD, UNIDO, FAO, UN DPI; and
continues to work closely with UN Global Compact
and UN Women in the framework of United
Nations Women’s Empowerment Principles.
UN OFFICE
2014-2017
WORK PACKAGE I
DISSEMINATION of UN WORKS
• Restructuring the UN link on the web-page of BPW
International (especially for facilitating access to updated
information from UN Office)
• Restarting use of Webex (especially for creating strong
organizational memory)
• Using Social Media Tools (especially for increasing awareness
on the works of ad-hoc initiatives)
WORK PACKAGE 2:
EFFECTIVE PARTICIPATION IN CSW PROCESSES
FOR D20
• Identification of D20 will be realized according to the criteria that are
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mentioned in the application form of D20.
Accreditation for equal number of delegates from each region is
preferable
Participation to the Forum that will be held on March 9 and March 21
(please visit for more information: www.ngocsw.org) is mandatory.
Participation to the morning briefings is mandatory.
Reporting of the sessions which the delegates participated in, is
mandatory for D20.
WORK PACKAGE III
INSTITUTIONALIZATION
Regular Reporting by UN Representatives and
Members: It is important to create organizational
memory and enable our members to access
information about UN issues on time. The tool for
Regular Reports were developed for our members
who participated in the meetings on behalf of
BPW.
Annual Reporting by UN Representatives : It is
important to increase advocacy capacity of our
Organization and make performance rating of the
UN representatives. The tool for Annual Reports
were developed to systemize the works of our
representatives.
Increasing the number of UN Agencies that we will
collaborate with
There are many cross cutting issues concerning women’s overall wellbeing in matters of health, education, access to all resources, work,
safety, human rights and personal dignity, however, BPW
International will benefit from/to the cooperation of different UN
agencies.
WORK PACKAGE I V
AD-HOC INITIATIVES
Increasing in the number of members (including young BPW members) who are active in
UN Works at national, regional and international levels
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THE WOMEN’S EMPOWERMENT PRINCIPLES
BEIJING+20
COMMISSION ON THE STATUS OF WOMEN
SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS
CEDAW PROCESS
OR FOR DIFFERENT TOPICS ASSOCIATED WITH THE UN PROCESSES and POLICIES THAT OUR
MEMBERS RECOMMENDED, IF THEY WILL UNDERTAKE THE LEADERSHIP OF THE INITIATIVE .
WORK PACKAGE V
E- LEARNING PROGRAM AS A TOOL of
CAPACITY DEVELOPMENT AND FUND RAISING
• By the 1st level certification, all
of the members will benefit the
program free of charge to
increase awareness about the
basic concepts of feminist
literature and relavant UN
Processes.
• By the 2nd level certification, the
comprehensive program for a fee
will be offered to the members
and nonmembers who want to
become gender specialist in
business agent.
Developing a methodology to create gender
experts among our members
• Developing a methodology to create gender experts will open the doors
of companies to professionally trained BPW members and create a
subsidiary source of income for BPW International to increase the
services that we provide to the communities at the global level.