Announcement WPP CSW58 event

19 Feb '14

The Women Peacemakers Program is happy to invite you for our CSW58 Panel Discussion in New York:

"Involving Religious Leaders in Women's Rights Work: Innovative Practices and Challenges from the Field"

A Panel Discussion jointly organized by the Women Peacemakers Program, The City College of New York, Ecumenical Women's Initiative, ABAAD - Resource Centre for Gender Equality, and Cordaid, hosted by the Permanent Mission of the Netherlands to the UN in New York.

Opening speech by Minister Lilianne Ploumen, Dutch Minister of Foreign Trade and Development Cooperation.

Practical Information:

2 - 3.15 PM, March 11
Venue: Permanent Mission of the Netherlands (NYC)
666 Third Avenue, 19th floor, between 42nd and 43rd street
RSVP to: nyv-rsvp@minbuza.nl

Event Highlights:

The panel discussion will highlight challenges and opportunities at play when working with religious leaders for the advancement of the gender equality agenda.
The speakers will provide an overview of global trends & developments in terms of religious fundamentalism and efforts undertaken by civil society to address it.
The event will showcase three case studies (Balkans, Lebanon, Regional), thereby focusing on innovative practices successes and lessons learned in terms of working for gender equality and women's rights in religiously diverse as well as (post-)conflict settings.
Upon a discussion with the audience, the meeting will conclude with a list of key action recommendations in light of the Post 2015 Development Agenda.

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