Accelerating efforts to eliminate child marriage in Africa by 2030
High-level event co-hosted by the Permanent Missions of Zambia and Canada, in partnership with UNICEF, UNFPA and UN Women, where global leaders and, in particular, African leaders are renewing their commitments and accelerating efforts to end child marriage by 2030.
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Event type: Lectures, seminars, panel discussions
Start date: 26 September 2018 | Start time: 17:15 UTC +00:00
End date: 26 September 2018 | End time: 18:30 UTC +00:00
Location:
Conference Room 9, United Nations Headquarters, New York,
NY,
United States,
10017
Event description
High-level event co-hosted by the Permanent Missions of Zambia and Canada, in partnership with UNICEF, UNFPA and UN Women, where global leaders and, in particular, African leaders are renewing their commitments and accelerating efforts to end child marriage by 2030.
Speakers include:
- Edgar Chagwa Lungu, President of the Republic of Zambia
- Faustin-Archange Touadéra, President of the Central African Republic
- Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa, President of the Republic of Zimbabwe
- Marie-Claude Bibeau, Minister for International Development, Canada
- Amina J. Mohammed, UN Deputy Secretary-General
- Natalia Kanem, UNFPA Executive Director
- Åsa Regnér, Deputy Executive Director, UN Women
- Fatoumata Ndiaye, UNICEF Deputy Executive Director
RSVP: Contact zambia[at]un.org and chifwailahellen[at]gmail.com, tel +1 212 888-5213.
Sponsored by: UN Women Headquarters
Other Co-Sponsors: Permanent Missions of Zambia and Canada, in partnership with UNICEF, UNFPA