Gender and the Sustainable Development Goals: Are the SDGs good news for women? - Book Launch as part of the UNRISD Seminar Series

When:
April 06, 2016 @ 11:30 – April 06, 2016 @ 13:00
Where:
United Nations Office at Geneva, Library Events Room, B-135
Avenue de la Paix, 1202 Genève, Switzerland
in Genève 1202
Contact:
Event website

Agenda 2030 is ambitious in its vision, "transforming our world", broad in its 17 goals and 169 targets, and universal in its application to all countries. Is it good news for women? In this panel, experts from the UN and academia will reflect on the SDGs’ potential, strengths and weaknesses from a gender perspective, and the challenges of their implementation.
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Programme

Welcome Remarks

Sigrun Habermann-Box, United Nations Office at Geneva, Library

Moderator

Caroline Sweetman, Editor, Gender & Development

Speakers

Valeria Esquivel, Research Coordinator on Gender and Development, United Nations Research Institute for Social Development (UNRISD)

Gabriele Koehler, UNRISD Senior Research Associate and Member of the Governing Board of Women in Europe for a Common Future

Rafael Diez de Medina, Director, Department of Statistics at International Labour Office (ILO)

Taffere Tesfachew, Director, Division for Africa, Least Developed Countries and Special Programmes, United Nations Conference on Trade and Development
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