Chemin Eugène-Rigot, 1202 Genève, Switzerland
in Genève 1202
PANEL DISCUSSION | TABLE RONDE
TUESDAY 11 OCTOBER 2016, 11:00 – 12:30
AUDITORIUM IVAN PICTET | MAISON DE LA PAIX, GENEVA
Girls and young women around the world are ready to be heard, but to fulfill their rights and realise the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, it is critical that we work together to create the spaces for their full participation. To celebrate the International Day of the Girl on 11 October, this roundtable will highlight the state of girls’ rights and the gender data gap in the context of the 2030 Agenda, providing a platform for both human rights experts and young women to explore the challenges girls face and propose solutions to ensure that all girls can learn, lead, decide and thrive. Plan International will also be presenting its latest report ‘Counting the Invisible’, which focuses on the gender data gap.
MODERATOR
Kate Gilmore, United Nations Deputy High Commissioner for Human Rights
PANELLISTS
Welcome remarks by the Graduate Institute
Luca and Ngandu, young activists for girls’ rights from Germany and Zambia
Ambassador Beatriz Londoño Soto, Permanent Representative of Colombia to the United Nations Office at Geneva
Anne-Birgitte Albrectsen, CEO of Plan International
Alfonso Barragues, Director (a.i.) of the United Nations Population Fund
Interpretation will be available in English and French and a welcome coffee will be offered from 10:30am.
Organised in partnership with Plan International and with the support of the International Geneva Gender Champions, the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), the Permanent Missions of Canada and Colombia to the United Nations in Geneva, the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), and the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN Women).
