INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY 2012
“Empower Rural Women – End Hunger and Poverty”
7 March 2012, 10:00 a.m. – 12:00 noon
United Nations Headquarters, Conference Room 4 (NLB)
United Nations Headquarters, Conference Room 4 (NLB)
Please note: The organizers will give out tickets to NGOs that are participating in CSW 56 (i.e., with valid UN grounds passes) on the day of the event, Wednesday 7 March, at 9a in the CSW info desk area in the General Assembly lobby.
Opening
- H.E. Mr. Ban Ki-moon, Secretary-General of the United Nations
- H.E. Ms. Marjon V. Kamara, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Liberia to the United Nations and Chairperson the 56th session of the Commission of the Status of Women
- Video message: Ms. Michelle Bachelet, Under Secretary-General and Executive Director of UN Women
Panel Discussion
- Ms. Mishkat Al Moumin, Former Minister of Environment in Iraq and Founder and Director of the NGO Women and the Environment (tbc).
- Ms. Anne Itto, Former Caretaker Minister of Agriculture and Forestry and the current Deputy Secretary General of the Sudan People's Liberation Movement (SPLM) in the Republic of South Sudan.
- Ms. Marina Fe Balmori Durano, Research Coordinator for Political Economy of Globalization, Development Alternatives with Women for a New Era (DAWN), Manila, Philippines.
- Ms. Mirian Masaquiza, Secretariat of the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues.
- Ms. Yelena Kudryavtseva, UN Women Sub-regional office for Eastern Europe and Central Asia
Closing Remarks
- Ms. Lakshmi Puri, Assistant Secretary-General and Deputy Executive Director of UN Women
Moderator
- Ms. Femi Oke, International broadcaster and a correspondent for WNYC Radio’s national syndicated news show The Takeaway
Event will be webcast live: www.unwomen.org
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