We are pleased to announce that Nobel Peace Prize winner Leymah Gbowee and UN Women's Lakshmi Puri have been added as speakers to the NGO CSW Forum Consultation Day lineup.
Leymah Gbowee is a Liberian peace and women's rights activist who was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2011. As war ravaged Liberia, Ms. Gbowee organized Christian and Muslim women to demonstrate together, founding Liberian Mass Action for Peace and launching protests and a sex strike. Gbowee's part in helping to oust Charles Taylor was featured in the documentary Pray the Devil Back to Hell. You can learn more about Ms. Gbowee at http://leymahgbowee.com/.
Lakshmi Puri is UN Women's Deputy Executive Director and Assistant Secretary-General for Intergovernmental Support and Strategic Partnerships, a position to which she was appointed by UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon in March 2011. Ms. Puri has more than 37 years’ experience in economic and development policy-making as well as in political, peace and security, humanitarian and human rights–related diplomacy. She once held the rank of Permanent Secretary of the Government of India, was Ambassador of India to Hungary and accredited to Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Please note that registration for the NGO CSW Forum Consultation Day remains open, until we reach full capacity. To register, please visit our website.
Leymah Gbowee is a Liberian peace and women's rights activist who was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2011. As war ravaged Liberia, Ms. Gbowee organized Christian and Muslim women to demonstrate together, founding Liberian Mass Action for Peace and launching protests and a sex strike. Gbowee's part in helping to oust Charles Taylor was featured in the documentary Pray the Devil Back to Hell. You can learn more about Ms. Gbowee at http://leymahgbowee.com/.
Lakshmi Puri is UN Women's Deputy Executive Director and Assistant Secretary-General for Intergovernmental Support and Strategic Partnerships, a position to which she was appointed by UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon in March 2011. Ms. Puri has more than 37 years’ experience in economic and development policy-making as well as in political, peace and security, humanitarian and human rights–related diplomacy. She once held the rank of Permanent Secretary of the Government of India, was Ambassador of India to Hungary and accredited to Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Please note that registration for the NGO CSW Forum Consultation Day remains open, until we reach full capacity. To register, please visit our website.
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