Launch of UN Women’s SDG monitoring report, “Turning promises into action”
UN Women invites you to the launch of the new global monitoring report, “Turning promises into action: Gender equality in the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development”.
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Event type: Lectures, seminars, panel discussions
Start date: 14 February 2018 | Start time: 18:30 UTC +00:00
End date: 14 February 2018 | End time: 21:30 UTC +00:00
Location:
Japan Society, 333 East 47th Street, New York,
NY,
USA,
10017
Event description
UN Women invites you to the launch of the new global monitoring report, “Turning promises into action: Gender equality in the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development”.
Programme
1–1.30 p.m. – Registration (Foyer)
1.30–2 p.m. – Opening remarks by Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka, Executive Director, UN Women
2–3.30 p.m. – Presentation of the report’s findings by Shahra Razavi, Chief of Research and Data, UN Women, and moderated panel discussion with:
- Fernando Filgueira, Senior Researcher at Centro de Implementación de Políticas Públicas para la Igualdad y el Crecimiento (CIPPEC), Argentina, and Associate Researcher at Centro de Informaciones y Estudios del Uruguay (IESU)
- Adebayo Olukoshi, Regional Director for Africa and West Asia, International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance (IDEA)
- Gita Sen, Distinguished Professor and Director, Ramalingaswami Centre on Equity and Social Determinants of Health, Public Health Foundation of India, and Adjunct Professor, Global Health and Population, Harvard TH Chan School of Public Health, Harvard University
- Panel Moderated by Nermeen Shaikh, producer and co-host of Democracy Now!
3.30–4.30 p.m. – Refreshments (Foyer)
Sponsored by: UN Women Headquarters
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