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United Nations, New York
27 February - 09 March, 2012

The fifty-sixth session of the Commission on the Status of Women took place at United Nations Headquarters in New York from Monday, 27 February to Friday, 9 March 2012.

In accordance with its multi-year programme of work (ECOSOC resolution 2009/15), the 2012 priority theme of the Commission on the Status of Women was "The empowerment of rural women and their role in poverty and hunger eradication, development and current challenges".

The Commission also evaluated progress in the implementation of the agreed conclusions from its fifty-second session on "Financing for gender equality and the empowerment of women".

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	Date 27 February - 09 March, 2012 Time Location United Nations, New York Organizer UN Women [ UN ENTITY ] External Link http://www.unwomen.org/csw/csw56/

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	Please sign in to add a Comment by New Era Capital Corporation [NGO] 28 Feb 2012 Is it too late to register? If not, what is the process? Thanx Please sign in to Reply to this Comment by UN Women [ UN ENTITY ] 5 Mar 2012 The deadline for pre-registration expired on 17 January 2012. Please see the NGO participation page at http://www.un.org/womenwatch/daw/csw/NGO.html for more information. by Forum Maghrebin pour l'Environnement et le Développement [NGO] 18 Feb 2012 Maroc cas compliqué les femmes sont discriminées pour l exercice réel politique Please sign in to Reply to this Comment by UN Women [ UN ENTITY ] 17 Feb 2012 Pre-registered NGOs: Download the first and second advisories with important information about the session. Please share the advisories with your representatives: * On-site registration at UNHQ New York * CSW56 side events Please visit http://www.unwomen.org/csw/ngo/ to download the advisories. Please sign in to Reply to this Comment by UN Women [ UN ENTITY ] 17 Feb 2012 REMINDER: Deadline 17 February 2012 for submission of requests for oral statements by NGOs in consultative status with ECOSOC! Go to http://www.unwomen.org/csw/ngo to sign up before the deadline expires. Please sign in to Reply to this Comment by Teachers and Employees Association for Change, Education Reforms and Solidarity [NGO] 16 Feb 2012 Three representatives will be attending the NGO CSW 56th Session parallel programs at the Church Center and would like also to attend if possible some sessions at the UN Plaza. Is it still alright at this time, for you to send an invite for our three Teachers, Inc. participants, their names are, Flora Arellano, Eleanor Jose and Lucia Vitamog. What we need is official invite. Our organization have funded their travel expenses for this. Thanks in advance for your early reply on this! Please sign in to Reply to this Comment by UN Women [ UN ENTITY ] 17 Feb 2012 Unfortunately, we are not able to accept pre-registrations at this point anymore. The deadline for pre-registration expired more than a month ago. by Arab Lawyers Union [NGO] 15 Feb 2012 Dear friends , Is there possibility to replace our representative with another name ? Urgent Email us :alu@link.net helasmar@hotmail.com Please sign in to Reply to this Comment by UN Women [ UN ENTITY ] 17 Feb 2012 Please send your request to csw@unwomen.org. We will try to help! by Concern Health Education Project NGO [NGO] 10 Feb 2012 We are working in Concern Health Education Project NGO a member of the DPI accra and have applied for ecosoc. Delta airline has communicated to us please how do we get the letter of invitation to get our ticket from delta air line to be able to attend to this conference. email us: concernhealthghana@yahoo.com thank you Please sign in to Reply to this Comment by UN Women [ UN ENTITY ] 17 Feb 2012 We emailed you in this matter. by Institute of Inter-Balkan Relations [NGO] 5 Feb 2012 We will be reinstating our DPI ECOSOC designation for 2012 the first week of February and would like to know if we are able to register 2 of our representatives for CSW at this time as the online registration is no longer available. Thank you G Galanis geocolors1@gmail.com NY ECOSOC representative Institute of Inter Balkan Relations Please sign in to Reply to this Comment by UN Women [ UN ENTITY ] 17 Feb 2012 Unfortunately, we are not able to accept pre-registrations at this point anymore. The deadline for pre-registration expired on 17 January 2012 by Physicians for Human Rights [NGO] 30 Jan 2012 Hi, How do we add a travel itinerary (arrival date/time, departure date/time) for each person that is registered? Is this still an option? We have done it in previous years but cannot find a link to this. Any help before the January 31st Midnight deadline would be greatly appreciated! Thanks! Please sign in to Reply to this Comment by UN Women [ UN ENTITY ] 17 Feb 2012 We do not require a travel itinerary for CSW registration. by Coordinadora Española para el Lobby Europeo de Mujeres [NGO] 16 Jan 2012 We have an important question: The letter signed by the President of the organization requesting a UN Grounds Pass to attend to the Commission, should be sent before it? or may be presented in New York before the start of the Commision? Thanks again. Coordinadora Española para el Lobby Europeo de Mujeres CELEM. Please sign in to Reply to this Comment by UN Women [ UN ENTITY ] 16 Jan 2012 Before arriving to CSW, the online grounds pass application form, which is available in CSOnet, needs to be filled out and printed for all participants. Participants will be required to bring two print-outs of this form to the on-site registration in order to obtain a UN grounds pass. Best regards, Civil Society Section UN Women by Coordinadora Española para el Lobby Europeo de Mujeres [NGO] 16 Jan 2012 We would like to know if there is simultaneous translation into Spanish. Yours sincerely, Coordinadora Española para el Lobby Europeo de Mujeres CELEM. Please sign in to Reply to this Comment by UN Women [ UN ENTITY ] 16 Jan 2012 There will be simultaneous translation into Spanish at the official events. We are not able to guarantee availability of interpretation for the side and parallel events that are organized by Member States, UN entities, and NGOs, since this is decided by the organizers. Best regards, Civil Society Section, UN Women by Negucci Women in Construction and Technology [NGO] 15 Jan 2012 Negucci Women In Construction and Technology (Agriculture) Requesting for Assistant in registering our Representatives to the upcoming 56th Commission for the Status of Women held in New York from 27th February - 8th March 2012.,,, the link is not letting us get through Please sign in to Reply to this Comment by UN Women [ UN ENTITY ] 15 Jan 2012 Dear Negucci Women In Construction and Technology, Thank you for your message. Please be advised that the link to the CSW56 online pre-registration is working, however NGOs need to be in consultative status with ECOSOC in order to be able to pre-register representatives via this link. According to our records, Negucci Women In Construction and Technology is not in consultative status with ECOSOC (please see http://csonet.org/content/documents/E2011INF4.pdf for a list of non-governmental organizations in consultative status with ECOSOC) We welcome you to view the live webcasts of meetings provided via United Nations Webcast at http://www.un.org/webcast/ Also, there are many parallel events held outside of the United Nations that do not require membership in an NGO in consultative status with ECOSOC. The NGO Committee on the Status of Women, which is a group of New York-based women¿s NGOs in consultative status with ECOSOC, facilitates hundreds of parallel events that are held at the Church Center at the corner of 44th Street and First Avenue (across the street from the United Nations complex). Please visit its website at http://www.ngocsw.org should you be interested in finding out more. If your organization wishes to apply for consultative status with ECOSOC, please refer to the website of the NGO Branch of Department of Economic and Social Affairs: http://csonet.org/?menu=83 Please be aware that the accreditation process takes at least several months to complete. Best regards, Civil Society Section UN Women by UN Women [ UN ENTITY ] 10 Jan 2012 ***** Announcement ¿ deadline approaching ***** The deadline for CSW56 pre-registration for ECOSOC-accredited NGOs is 17 January 2012. Pre-register now if you wish to join in. For more information, visit the CSW56 NGO participation page at http://www.unwomen.org/csw/ngo Please sign in to Reply to this Comment by UN Women [ UN ENTITY ] 15 Jan 2012 Dear AlJawf Women Organization, Thank you for your message. Please be advised that the link to the CSW56 online pre-registration is working, however NGOs need to be in consultative status with ECOSOC in order to be able to pre-register representatives via this link. Kindly check whether your organization is in consultative status with ECOSOC by consulting the list of non-governmental organizations in consultative status with ECOSOC which is available here: http://csonet.org/content/documents/E2011INF4.pdf We welcome representatives of organizations which are not in consultative status with ECOSOC to view the live webcasts of meetings provided via United Nations Webcast at http://www.un.org/webcast/ Also, there are many parallel events held outside of the United Nations that do not require membership in an NGO in consultative status with ECOSOC. The NGO Committee on the Status of Women, which is a group of New York-based women¿s NGOs in consultative status with ECOSOC, facilitates hundreds of parallel events that are held at the Church Center at the corner of 44th Street and First Avenue (across the street from the United Nations complex). Please visit its website at http://www.ngocsw.org should you be interested in finding out more. If your organization wishes to apply for consultative status with ECOSOC, please refer to the website of the NGO Branch of Department of Economic and Social Affairs: http://csonet.org/?menu=83 Please be aware that the accreditation process takes at least several months to complete. Best regards, Civil Society Section UN Women by AlJawf Women Organization [NGO] 12 Jan 2012 The link to register for the Broken, please provide us with the information on the register before the end of the time and we will be thankful and appreciate your cooperation by Joseken Foundation [NGO] 9 Jan 2012 Dear Sir/Madam; we are requesting to assist us in registering representatives to the upcoming 56th commission for the status of women in newyork as from 27th feb. to 8th march 2012. please contact us on: foundationjosken@yahoo.com Best Regards Japheth Please sign in to Reply to this Comment by UN Women [ UN ENTITY ] 9 Jan 2012 Thank you for your interest in attending the fifty-sixth session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW56). We regret to inform you that only NGOs in consultative status with the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) are eligible to attend annual sessions of the Commission on the Status of Women. Please find a list of non-governmental organizations in consultative status with the Economic and Social Council as of 1 September 2011 here: http://csonet.org/content/documents/E2011INF4.pdf We welcome you to view the live webcasts of meetings provided via United Nations Webcast at http://www.un.org/webcast/ There are many parallel events held outside of the United Nations that do not require membership in an NGO in consultative status with ECOSOC. The NGO Committee on the Status of Women, which is a group of New York-based women¿s NGOs in consultative status with ECOSOC, facilitates hundreds of parallel events that are held at the Church Center at the corner of 44th Street and First Avenue (across the street from the United Nations complex). Please visit its website at http://www.ngocsw.org should you be interested in finding out more. If your organization wishes to apply for consultative status with ECOSOC, please refer to the website of the NGO Branch of Department of Economic and Social Affairs: http://csonet.org/?menu=83 Please be aware that the accreditation process takes at least several months to complete. Best regards, Civil Society Section UN Women by UNION DE L' ACTION FEMININE (WAF) [NGO] 9 Jan 2012 We are trying to register online but it seems that the registration is not open as it is written in red uaf Please sign in to Reply to this Comment by UN Women [ UN ENTITY ] 15 Jan 2012 Dear Union de l'action féminine, It looks like there are two different profiles in the system for the same organization (one profile showing consultative status with ECOSOC and the other one not). You will need to login with the account that shows consultative status with ECOSOC in order to pre-register your representatives to CSW56. To assist with this issue, we sent an email to the official address of your organization. Kindly reply to this email, Best regards, Civil Society Section UN Women by UNION DE L' ACTION FEMININE (WAF) [NGO] 14 Jan 2012 Thanks for your reply;Actually we sent an email to NGO branch and were provided with the same username and password.yet he problem is still persisting as the online registration is not open as stated in red again Is there a way to send information of representatives before the dealine Thanks by UN Women [ UN ENTITY ] 9 Jan 2012 Since Union de l'action féminine is listed as in special consultative status with ECOSOC (2003), we would ask you to kindly send an email to csw@unwomen.org and we will be happy to follow up with UN NGO Branch concerning access to the online pre-registration. Best regards, Civil Society Section UN Women by Women Environmental Conservation Project (WECOP) [NGO] 9 Jan 2012 wecop is a womens organization and has participated oncsw56 in 2005 and wouls like to participatedin the coming event on feb to march 8th, it has partcipated in unpfii for the last five years . Please sign in to Reply to this Comment by UN Women [ UN ENTITY ] 9 Jan 2012 Thank you for your interest in attending the fifty-sixth session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW56). We regret to inform you that only NGOs in consultative status with the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) are eligible to attend annual sessions of the Commission on the Status of Women. Please find a list of non-governmental organizations in consultative status with the Economic and Social Council as of 1 September 2011 here: http://csonet.org/content/documents/E2011INF4.pdf We welcome you to view the live webcasts of meetings provided via United Nations Webcast at http://www.un.org/webcast/ There are many parallel events held outside of the United Nations that do not require membership in an NGO in consultative status with ECOSOC. The NGO Committee on the Status of Women, which is a group of New York-based women¿s NGOs in consultative status with ECOSOC, facilitates hundreds of parallel events that are held at the Church Center at the corner of 44th Street and First Avenue (across the street from the United Nations complex). Please visit its website at http://www.ngocsw.org should you be interested in finding out more. If your organization wishes to apply for consultative status with ECOSOC, please refer to the website of the NGO Branch of Department of Economic and Social Affairs: http://csonet.org/?menu=83 Please be aware that the accreditation process takes at least several months to complete. Best regards, Civil Society Section UN Women by ASOCIACIÓN DE MUJERES Y FAMILIAS DEL AMBITO RURAL [NGO] 9 Jan 2012 We are very interested in registering and getting passed for the CSW56. Pleaae let us know how. I tried the registration online and it says that there is no on line preregistration available for this event, although I have my loggin details. Can you help me? time is almost out and I am trying since it is opened on november Please sign in to Reply to this Comment by UN Women [ UN ENTITY ] 9 Jan 2012 Thank you for your interest in attending the fifty-sixth session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW56). We regret to inform you that only NGOs in consultative status with the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) are eligible to attend annual sessions of the Commission on the Status of Women. Please find a list of non-governmental organizations in consultative status with the Economic and Social Council as of 1 September 2011 here: http://csonet.org/content/documents/E2011INF4.pdf We welcome you to view the live webcasts of meetings provided via United Nations Webcast at http://www.un.org/webcast/ There are many parallel events held outside of the United Nations that do not require membership in an NGO in consultative status with ECOSOC. The NGO Committee on the Status of Women, which is a group of New York-based women¿s NGOs in consultative status with ECOSOC, facilitates hundreds of parallel events that are held at the Church Center at the corner of 44th Street and First Avenue (across the street from the United Nations complex). Please visit its website at http://www.ngocsw.org should you be interested in finding out more. If your organization wishes to apply for consultative status with ECOSOC, please refer to the website of the NGO Branch of Department of Economic and Social Affairs: http://csonet.org/?menu=83 Please be aware that the accreditation process takes at least several months to complete. Best regards, Civil Society Section UN Women by Safehaven Fields Consultancy Services [NGO] 4 Jan 2012 SAFEHAVEN FIELDS CONSULTANCY SERVICES (NGO)4TH JAN 2012. We have a delegation of six, we are very interested to register and get a pass . can we be registered and have a formal invitation to enable us obtain a visa?Thanks in anticipation Please sign in to Reply to this Comment by UN Women [ UN ENTITY ] 9 Jan 2012 Thank you for your interest in attending the fifty-sixth session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW56). We regret to inform you that only NGOs in consultative status with the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) are eligible to attend annual sessions of the Commission on the Status of Women. Please find a list of non-governmental organizations in consultative status with the Economic and Social Council as of 1 September 2011 here: http://csonet.org/content/documents/E2011INF4.pdf We welcome you to view the live webcasts of meetings provided via United Nations Webcast at http://www.un.org/webcast/ There are many parallel events held outside of the United Nations that do not require membership in an NGO in consultative status with ECOSOC. The NGO Committee on the Status of Women, which is a group of New York-based women¿s NGOs in consultative status with ECOSOC, facilitates hundreds of parallel events that are held at the Church Center at the corner of 44th Street and First Avenue (across the street from the United Nations complex). Please visit its website at http://www.ngocsw.org should you be interested in finding out more. If your organization wishes to apply for consultative status with ECOSOC, please refer to the website of the NGO Branch of Department of Economic and Social Affairs: http://csonet.org/?menu=83 Please be aware that the accreditation process takes at least several months to complete. Best regards, Civil Society Section UN Women by Youth With A Vision-The Gambia [NGO] 3 Jan 2012 Girls Platform under Youth With A Vision-The Gambia should like to send a representative can we kindly have a formal invitation Please sign in to Reply to this Comment by UN Women [ UN ENTITY ] 9 Jan 2012 Thank you for your interest in attending the fifty-sixth session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW56). We regret to inform you that only NGOs in consultative status with the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) are eligible to attend annual sessions of the Commission on the Status of Women. Please find a list of non-governmental organizations in consultative status with the Economic and Social Council as of 1 September 2011 here: http://csonet.org/content/documents/E2011INF4.pdf We welcome you to view the live webcasts of meetings provided via United Nations Webcast at http://www.un.org/webcast/ There are many parallel events held outside of the United Nations that do not require membership in an NGO in consultative status with ECOSOC. The NGO Committee on the Status of Women, which is a group of New York-based women¿s NGOs in consultative status with ECOSOC, facilitates hundreds of parallel events that are held at the Church Center at the corner of 44th Street and First Avenue (across the street from the United Nations complex). Please visit its website at http://www.ngocsw.org should you be interested in finding out more. If your organization wishes to apply for consultative status with ECOSOC, please refer to the website of the NGO Branch of Department of Economic and Social Affairs: http://csonet.org/?menu=83 Please be aware that the accreditation process takes at least several months to complete. Best regards, Civil Society Section UN Women by Femade [NGO] 27 Dec 2011 We are very interested in registering and getting passed for the CSW56. Pleaae let us know how. I treied the registration online and it is taking me to another page. Please sign in to Reply to this Comment by UN Women [ UN ENTITY ] 9 Jan 2012 Thank you for your interest in attending the fifty-sixth session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW56). We regret to inform you that only NGOs in consultative status with the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) are eligible to attend annual sessions of the Commission on the Status of Women. Please find a list of non-governmental organizations in consultative status with the Economic and Social Council as of 1 September 2011 here: http://csonet.org/content/documents/E2011INF4.pdf We welcome you to view the live webcasts of meetings provided via United Nations Webcast at http://www.un.org/webcast/ There are many parallel events held outside of the United Nations that do not require membership in an NGO in consultative status with ECOSOC. The NGO Committee on the Status of Women, which is a group of New York-based women¿s NGOs in consultative status with ECOSOC, facilitates hundreds of parallel events that are held at the Church Center at the corner of 44th Street and First Avenue (across the street from the United Nations complex). Please visit its website at http://www.ngocsw.org should you be interested in finding out more. If your organization wishes to apply for consultative status with ECOSOC, please refer to the website of the NGO Branch of Department of Economic and Social Affairs: http://csonet.org/?menu=83 Please be aware that the accreditation process takes at least several months to complete. Best regards, Civil Society Section UN Women by Youth Foundation of Bangladesh [NGO] 22 Dec 2011 Dear Sir/Madam We are Highly interested to register, can u help me to confirm our registration. Thanks Mohammad Safi Ul Alam Please sign in to Reply to this Comment by UN Women [ UN ENTITY ] 9 Jan 2012 Thank you for your interest in attending the fifty-sixth session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW56). We regret to inform you that only NGOs in consultative status with the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) are eligible to attend annual sessions of the Commission on the Status of Women. Please find a list of non-governmental organizations in consultative status with the Economic and Social Council as of 1 September 2011 here: http://csonet.org/content/documents/E2011INF4.pdf We welcome you to view the live webcasts of meetings provided via United Nations Webcast at http://www.un.org/webcast/ There are many parallel events held outside of the United Nations that do not require membership in an NGO in consultative status with ECOSOC. The NGO Committee on the Status of Women, which is a group of New York-based women¿s NGOs in consultative status with ECOSOC, facilitates hundreds of parallel events that are held at the Church Center at the corner of 44th Street and First Avenue (across the street from the United Nations complex). Please visit its website at http://www.ngocsw.org should you be interested in finding out more. If your organization wishes to apply for consultative status with ECOSOC, please refer to the website of the NGO Branch of Department of Economic and Social Affairs: http://csonet.org/?menu=83 Please be aware that the accreditation process takes at least several months to complete. Best regards, Civil Society Section UN Women by Longhouse Treaty Nations [NGO] 12 Dec 2011 Longhouse Treaty Nations has a Delegation of 5 that we would like to register for this meeting. Can assist us. Thank you. Please sign in to Reply to this Comment by UN Women [ UN ENTITY ] 9 Jan 2012 Thank you for your interest in attending the fifty-sixth session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW56). We regret to inform you that only NGOs in consultative status with the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) are eligible to attend annual sessions of the Commission on the Status of Women. Please find a list of non-governmental organizations in consultative status with the Economic and Social Council as of 1 September 2011 here: http://csonet.org/content/documents/E2011INF4.pdf We welcome you to view the live webcasts of meetings provided via United Nations Webcast at http://www.un.org/webcast/ There are many parallel events held outside of the United Nations that do not require membership in an NGO in consultative status with ECOSOC. The NGO Committee on the Status of Women, which is a group of New York-based women¿s NGOs in consultative status with ECOSOC, facilitates hundreds of parallel events that are held at the Church Center at the corner of 44th Street and First Avenue (across the street from the United Nations complex). Please visit its website at http://www.ngocsw.org should you be interested in finding out more. If your organization wishes to apply for consultative status with ECOSOC, please refer to the website of the NGO Branch of Department of Economic and Social Affairs: http://csonet.org/?menu=83 Please be aware that the accreditation process takes at least several months to complete. Best regards, Civil Society Section UN Women by Global Youth Action Network [NGO] 22 Dec 2011 Hi there, please get in touch with me at liam (at) takingitglobal.org and we will see what we can do :) bests ~L by The Voice of Libyan Women [NGO] 9 Dec 2011 Th Voice of Libyan Women is very interested in this event, would it be possible for us to get more information? Please sign in to Reply to this Comment by UN Women [ UN ENTITY ] 9 Jan 2012 Thank you for your interest in attending the fifty-sixth session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW56). Please find more information about CSW and NGO participation in CSW on our website at: http://www.unwomen.org/csw/csw56/ and http://www.unwomen.org/csw/ngo/ Best regards, Civil Society Section UN Women by Global Youth Action Network [NGO] 22 Dec 2011 Hi there, please get in touch with me at liam (at) takingitglobal.org and we will see what we can do :) bests ~L by Dialogue International Kapiri-Mposhi District [NGO] 9 Dec 2011 Dialogue International is interested in sending two women for this event please send over official invitation letters for smooth visa applications Please sign in to Reply to this Comment by UN Women [ UN ENTITY ] 9 Jan 2012 Thank you for your interest in attending the fifty-sixth session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW56). We regret to inform you that only NGOs in consultative status with the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) are eligible to attend annual sessions of the Commission on the Status of Women. Please find a list of non-governmental organizations in consultative status with the Economic and Social Council as of 1 September 2011 here: http://csonet.org/content/documents/E2011INF4.pdf We welcome you to view the live webcasts of meetings provided via United Nations Webcast at http://www.un.org/webcast/ There are many parallel events held outside of the United Nations that do not require membership in an NGO in consultative status with ECOSOC. The NGO Committee on the Status of Women, which is a group of New York-based women¿s NGOs in consultative status with ECOSOC, facilitates hundreds of parallel events that are held at the Church Center at the corner of 44th Street and First Avenue (across the street from the United Nations complex). Please visit its website at http://www.ngocsw.org should you be interested in finding out more. If your organization wishes to apply for consultative status with ECOSOC, please refer to the website of the NGO Branch of Department of Economic and Social Affairs: http://csonet.org/?menu=83 Please be aware that the accreditation process takes at least several months to complete. Best regards, Civil Society Section UN Women by Global Youth Action Network [NGO] 22 Dec 2011 Hi there, please get in touch with me at liam (at) takingitglobal.org and we will see what we can do :) bests ~L by Dialogue International Kapiri-Mposhi District [NGO] 9 Dec 2011 Dialogue International is interested in sending two women for this event please send over official invitation letters for smooth visa applications Please sign in to Reply to this Comment by Dialogue International Kapiri-Mposhi District [NGO] 23 Jan 2012 we have the ECOSOC status now would you please consider us now by Dialogue International Kapiri-Mposhi District [NGO] 23 Jan 2012 we have the ECOSOC status now would you please consider us now by UN Women [ UN ENTITY ] 9 Jan 2012 Thank you for your interest in attending the fifty-sixth session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW56). We regret to inform you that only NGOs in consultative status with the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) are eligible to attend annual sessions of the Commission on the Status of Women. Please find a list of non-governmental organizations in consultative status with the Economic and Social Council as of 1 September 2011 here: http://csonet.org/content/documents/E2011INF4.pdf We welcome you to view the live webcasts of meetings provided via United Nations Webcast at http://www.un.org/webcast/ There are many parallel events held outside of the United Nations that do not require membership in an NGO in consultative status with ECOSOC. The NGO Committee on the Status of Women, which is a group of New York-based women¿s NGOs in consultative status with ECOSOC, facilitates hundreds of parallel events that are held at the Church Center at the corner of 44th Street and First Avenue (across the street from the United Nations complex). Please visit its website at http://www.ngocsw.org should you be interested in finding out more. If your organization wishes to apply for consultative status with ECOSOC, please refer to the website of the NGO Branch of Department of Economic and Social Affairs: http://csonet.org/?menu=83 Please be aware that the accreditation process takes at least several months to complete. Best regards, Civil Society Section UN Women by Goood Life for all [NGO] 6 Dec 2011 our organization wants to register participants to the 56th commission on the status of women conference which will take place from Monday 27th February to Friday 9th March 2012,please advise on how we can do it.thank you Please sign in to Reply to this Comment by UN Women [ UN ENTITY ] 9 Jan 2012 Thank you for your interest in attending the fifty-sixth session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW56). We regret to inform you that only NGOs in consultative status with the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) are eligible to attend annual sessions of the Commission on the Status of Women. Please find a list of non-governmental organizations in consultative status with the Economic and Social Council as of 1 September 2011 here: http://csonet.org/content/documents/E2011INF4.pdf We welcome you to view the live webcasts of meetings provided via United Nations Webcast at http://www.un.org/webcast/ There are many parallel events held outside of the United Nations that do not require membership in an NGO in consultative status with ECOSOC. The NGO Committee on the Status of Women, which is a group of New York-based women¿s NGOs in consultative status with ECOSOC, facilitates hundreds of parallel events that are held at the Church Center at the corner of 44th Street and First Avenue (across the street from the United Nations complex). Please visit its website at http://www.ngocsw.org should you be interested in finding out more. If your organization wishes to apply for consultative status with ECOSOC, please refer to the website of the NGO Branch of Department of Economic and Social Affairs: http://csonet.org/?menu=83 Please be aware that the accreditation process takes at least several months to complete. Best regards, Civil Society Section UN Women by Centa for Organisational Development Ltd/Gte [NGO] 17 Nov 2011 Dear Irene, Our Organisation has submitted all the required documents for ECOSOC status registration and recognitions, can we get a waiver and be allowed to pre register online members of our organisation and partners who would like to attend the UNCSW56 as well as host parallel side event during the UNCSW56. Details of our work are available online at www.codnigeria.org and CSOnet. We look forward to your prompt response. Best Regards, Mrs. Nkiru Celine Okoro Executive Director Please sign in to Reply to this Comment by UN Women [ UN ENTITY ] 9 Jan 2012 Thank you for your interest in attending the fifty-sixth session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW56). We regret to inform you that only NGOs which are currently in consultative status with the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) are eligible to attend annual sessions of the Commission on the Status of Women. Please find a list of all non-governmental organizations currently in consultative status with the Economic and Social Council as of 1 September 2011 here: http://csonet.org/content/documents/E2011INF4.pdf We welcome you to view the live webcasts of CSW meetings provided via United Nations Webcast at http://www.un.org/webcast/ There are many parallel events held outside of the United Nations that do not require membership in an NGO in consultative status with ECOSOC. The NGO Committee on the Status of Women, which is a group of New York-based women¿s NGOs in consultative status with ECOSOC, facilitates hundreds of parallel events that are held at the Church Center at the corner of 44th Street and First Avenue (across the street from the United Nations complex). Please visit its website at http://www.ngocsw.org should you be interested in finding out more. Best regards, Civil Society Section UN Women by Umuada Igbo Nigeria [NGO] 18 Nov 2011 Dear Nkiru, actually the registration to CSW is only allowed for NGOS with ECOSOC status. if you have people coming for the CSW you could get in touch with NGOs who have the ECOSOC status already or call ECOSOC office for more guide. you could give me a call on +516 943 3174 Regards Dr. Ada