The Role of Participatory Governance and Civil Society in Empowering Women: Moving Forward the MDGs, CSW58

European Union CSW Event

Event Details

  • Time

    03:00pm

  • Date

    13 Mar, 2014

  • Location

    • United Nations, Room CR C
    • 760 United Nations Plaza New York, NY

  • Contact

    WLP

Mahnaz Afkhami

President, Women’s Learning Partnership and Former Secretary General of the Women's Organization of Iran and Minister for Women’s Affairs 

There are strong calls for specific commitment to gender equality, women’s rights, and women’s empowerment in the post-2015 development framework and Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), as well as robust mainstreaming of gender considerations across all parts of the framework.

At this European Union event at the 58th Session of the UN Commission on the Status of Women (CSW), speakers will discuss reasons for limited progress towards achieving MDGs for women and girls, and what opportunities are available for civil society to engage in development policy processes.

WLP's Mahnaz Afkhami will be joined by:

Kate Lapin, Regional Coordinator of Asia Pacific Forum on Women, Law, and Development (APWLD)

Viviane Teitelbaum, President of the European Women’s Lobby

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