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At the 61st session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW61), UN Women is hosting a Youth Forum titled, “Youth Create Gender Equality–Economic Empowerment in the Changing World of Work”, from 11 – 12 March at the UN Headquarters in New York.
In its second year now, the CSW Youth Forum will convene nearly 1000 youth leaders and activists from around the world, to discuss the emerging challenges and opportunities for youth as they strive for gender equality and sustainable development. The Forum will create a safe space for young people to strategize and collaborate towards a global movement for gender equality and empowerment of all women and girls.
The two-day Forum will close with a Youth Declaration, anchored in the voices and experiences of young people, to inform discussions at CSW61 on its priority theme of “Women’s Economic Empowerment in the changing world of work”.
Photo: UN Women/Ryan Brown
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At the 61st session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW61), UN Women is hosting a Youth Forum titled, “Youth Create Gender Equality–Economic Empowerment in the Changing World of Work”, from 11 – 12 March at the UN Headquarters in New York.
In its second year now, the CSW Youth Forum will convene nearly 1000 youth leaders and activists from around the world, to discuss the emerging challenges and opportunities for youth as they strive for gender equality and sustainable development. The Forum will create a safe space for young people to strategize and collaborate towards a global movement for gender equality and empowerment of all women and girls.
The two-day Forum will close with a Youth Declaration, anchored in the voices and experiences of young people, to inform discussions at CSW61 on its priority theme of “Women’s Economic Empowerment in the changing world of work”.
Photo: UN Women/Ryan Brown
Read More: www.unwomen.org/en/news/stories/2017/3/feature-youth-powe...
Justina Mutale Foundation United Nations CSW61 Event Woman and Girls in a Changing World of Work at the Hospital Club London Justina Portrait
Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka, Executive Director of UN Women and Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations and Patricia Arquette (USA), Actress kick off an exciting UN Women campaign created pro bono by Grey Advertising, #StopTheRobbery, to raise awareness of the gender pay gap. The campaign spotlights how women across the world are effectively being “robbed” 23 percent of their salary.
Photo: UN Women/Ryan Brown
At the UN General Assembly in New York, champions of equal pay took centre stage, putting forth a clarion call to end the global gender pay gap that stands at 23 per cent. The event launched the high-profile Equal Pay Platform of Champions, a diverse group of advocates to amplify and galvanize mobilization—as part of a broader ILO-UN Women Global Equal Pay Coalition—calling for equal pay for work of equal value. The event at the UN was hosted by UN Women in partnership with ILO, and co-sponsored by the Missions of Iceland, South Africa and Switzerland, coinciding with the opening day of the 61st Commission on the Status of Women, the largest inter-governmental forum on women’s rights and gender equality, which is focusing this year on the theme of “Women’s Economic Empowerment in the Changing World of Work”.
The Platform of Champions builds momentum to address the issue of pay inequality, which affects women and girls in every country in the world. It brings together Oscar Award-winning American actress Patricia Arquette, two-time Olympic gold medalist and soccer superstar Abby Wambach, along with leaders from trade unions, civil society, government and private sector, film makers and gender equality advocates.
Photo: UN Women/Ryan Brown
Lucia Makamure, from South Africa, is the Alliance & Partnerships Officer for Gender links. Makamure is a trained journalist with over 10 years of experience working on public policy issues. Her career began at the Zimbabwe Independent as a political reporter. Her work on gender, education, climate change and human rights issues has been published in several publications in Southern Africa and internationally by news agencies like Reuters. Lucia is a 2016 Commonwealth Scholar currently studying towards a Masters of Public Policy and Management with the University of York.
“In our part of the world, the biggest impact of climate change is access to water. Climate change has a woman’s face. It is mostly women, and young girls, who are affected. It’s girls and women who have to sacrifice the time they could use for studying and school, to go out to fetch water. They have to walk longer to find water. When it floods, it’s the women who have to now go out to look for food for the family. Gender must be at the heart of any climate change policy.”
Portrait of Lucia Makamure taken during the 61st Session of the Commission on the Status of Women in New York. 16 March 2017.
Photo: UN Women/Ryan Brown
Diane Elson, from the United Kingdom, is Emeritus Professor in the Department of Sociology at Essex University, Visiting Professor at the WiSE Research Centre, Glasgow Caledonian University and Research Associate at the Center for Women’s Global Leadership, Rutgers University. She is a member of the UN Committee for Development Policy and is a consultant to UN Women. In 2016, Dr. Elson was awarded the Leontief Prize for Advancing the Frontiers of Economic Thought. She has served as chair of the UK Women’s Budget Group and as Vice-President of the International Association for Feminist Economics. She is the author of many publications and articles on gender equality and economic policy.
“Until recently, there was a rise in female labour force participation. Now that has levelled off and in some countries, it’s going down. But women’s share in unpaid and care work is not going down. In some countries there is a narrowing of the gender pay gap, and in others the progress on this has stalled. But gender pay gap only accounts for wages from formal employment; it does not factor in the earnings of millions of women who work in the informal sector or without proper contracts. When we looked at the gender earnings gap in UK, for example, it’s bigger than the gender wage gap.”
Portrait of Diane Elson taken during the 61st Session of the Commission on the Status of Women in New York. 16 March 2017.
Photo: UN Women/Ryan Brown
Emma Kaliya, from Malawi, is currently the Chairperson of FEMNET and Program Manager of the Malawi Human Rights Resource Centre. She has 16 years of experience advocating for women’s rights at international, regional and national levels, training individuals and organizations on human rights and gender, and has conducted research on women’s rights
“When it comes to bringing women equal to men, we have to make sure that the existing laws are enforced. The employment act in Malawi, for example, doesn’t allow for discrimination against women. It provides for maternity leave and other provisions. But when it comes to practice, employers may give only one week of maternity to women. Enforcement is important because if employers do not comply with the law, they can be punished and that would serve as a deterrence to others. As an Equal Pay Champion, I want to engage the minister of labour and other stakeholders in the private sector, and partner with trade unions to improve the situation of women in the informal sector. We also have to remove the barriers, such as sexual harassment at the workplace.”
Portrait of Emma Kaliya taken during the 61st Session of the Commission on the Status of Women in New York. 16 March 2017.
Photo: UN Women/Ryan Brown
Sandra Letio, now 29, started a soap-making business with only USD 15. With sheer determination and talent, and with better access to financial resources facilitated by UN Women, Letio grew her business into the Pelere Group, now estimated to be worth USD 700,000. Since then, she has worked with UN Women Uganda to successfully facilitate youth entrepreneur’s access to financial loans and grants. Letio recently shared her inspiring story with participants at the CSW61 Youth Forum, organized by UN Women.
“I was 23 years old and unemployed, looking for jobs, but finding none. I had USD 15 to invest and a basic recipe for making soaps. Today, my business is valued at USD 700,000. When I first started, many people refused to take me seriously, or give me contracts, because I was young. Some men even harassed me; said they would give me business if I married them. I am the ambassador for youth entrepreneurs in Uganda. We may be young, but we should be given equal opportunities.”
Portrait of Sandra Letio taken during the 61st Session of the Commission on the Status of Women in New York. 16 March 2017.
Photo: UN Women/Ryan Brown
UN Women Executive Director Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka addresses the opening of the 61st Session of the Commission on the Status of Women held at United Nations Headquarters in New York. 13 March 2017.
Photo: UN Women/Ryan Brown
Justina Mutale Foundation United Nations CSW61 Event Woman and Girls in a Changing World of Work at the Hospital Club London Justina Portrait
At the UN General Assembly in New York, champions of equal pay took centre stage, putting forth a clarion call to end the global gender pay gap that stands at 23 per cent. The event launched the high-profile Equal Pay Platform of Champions, a diverse group of advocates to amplify and galvanize mobilization—as part of a broader ILO-UN Women Global Equal Pay Coalition—calling for equal pay for work of equal value. The event at the UN was hosted by UN Women in partnership with ILO, and co-sponsored by the Missions of Iceland, South Africa and Switzerland, coinciding with the opening day of the 61st Commission on the Status of Women, the largest inter-governmental forum on women’s rights and gender equality, which is focusing this year on the theme of “Women’s Economic Empowerment in the Changing World of Work”.
The Platform of Champions builds momentum to address the issue of pay inequality, which affects women and girls in every country in the world. It brings together Oscar Award-winning American actress Patricia Arquette, two-time Olympic gold medalist and soccer superstar Abby Wambach, along with leaders from trade unions, civil society, government and private sector, film makers and gender equality advocates.
Photo: UN Women/Ryan Brown
Panel Co-Chairs Simona Scarpaleggia, CEO, IKEA Switzerland and Luis Guillermo Solís Rivera, President of Costa Rica, present Secretary-General Antonio Guterres with the final report of the UN Secretary-General’s High-Level Panel on Women’s Economic Empowerment.
Photo: UN Women/Ryan Brown
At the 61st session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW61), UN Women is hosting a Youth Forum titled, “Youth Create Gender Equality–Economic Empowerment in the Changing World of Work”, from 11 – 12 March at the UN Headquarters in New York.
In its second year now, the CSW Youth Forum will convene nearly 1000 youth leaders and activists from around the world, to discuss the emerging challenges and opportunities for youth as they strive for gender equality and sustainable development. The Forum will create a safe space for young people to strategize and collaborate towards a global movement for gender equality and empowerment of all women and girls.
The two-day Forum will close with a Youth Declaration, anchored in the voices and experiences of young people, to inform discussions at CSW61 on its priority theme of “Women’s Economic Empowerment in the changing world of work”.
Photo: UN Women/Ryan Brown
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UN Secretary-General António Guterres met with women’s rights activists attending the 61st session of the Commission on the Status of Women to discuss challenges, opportunities and the way forward to ensure gender equality and women’s empowerment, including how the UN can deliver on its own commitments on gender equality. The town-hall style discussion was moderated by Under-Secretary-General and UN Women Executive Director Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka.
Photo: UN Women/Ryan Brown
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UN Secretary-General António Guterres met with women’s rights activists attending the 61st session of the Commission on the Status of Women to discuss challenges, opportunities and the way forward to ensure gender equality and women’s empowerment, including how the UN can deliver on its own commitments on gender equality. The town-hall style discussion was moderated by Under-Secretary-General and UN Women Executive Director Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka.
Photo: UN Women/Ryan Brown
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Scenes from the CSW61 Side Event - “Fighting Stereotypes with Judit Polgár, Chess Grandmaster and Planet 50-50 Champion”
hosted by the Permanent Mission of Hungary and UN Women
Followed by simultaneous chess game with Judit Polgár Chess Grandmaster
Speakers include:
Katalin Bogyay, Permanent Representative of Hungary to the United Nations
Katalin Novák, Minister of State for Family and Youth Affairs of Hungary
Ravi Karkara, Senior Advisor Strategic Partnership and Advocacy To the Assistant Secretary-General/Deputy Executive Director UN Women
Orsolya Pacsay-Tomassich
Deputy State Secretary for International and European Affairs, Ministry of Human Capacities of Hungary
CSW61 - Side Event - Integrating a gender perspective in the global compact for safe, orderly and regular migration
This event, held during the 61st session of the UN Commission on the Status of Women highlighted the importance of addressing
women’s human rights in the development and implementation of the global compact for safe, orderly and regular migration.
The side event was co-organized by the
Permanent Mission of Bangladesh, the Permanent Mission of Germany and UN Women.
Pictured: Horacio Sevilla Borja, Permanent
Representative of Ecuador to the United Nations
Photo: UN Women/Ryan Brown
At the 61st session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW61), UN Women is hosting a Youth Forum titled, “Youth Create Gender Equality–Economic Empowerment in the Changing World of Work”, from 11 – 12 March at the UN Headquarters in New York.
In its second year now, the CSW Youth Forum will convene nearly 1000 youth leaders and activists from around the world, to discuss the emerging challenges and opportunities for youth as they strive for gender equality and sustainable development. The Forum will create a safe space for young people to strategize and collaborate towards a global movement for gender equality and empowerment of all women and girls.
The two-day Forum will close with a Youth Declaration, anchored in the voices and experiences of young people, to inform discussions at CSW61 on its priority theme of “Women’s Economic Empowerment in the changing world of work”.
Pictured: Amina Mohammed, Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations speaking
Photo: UN Women/Ryan Brown
Read More: www.unwomen.org/en/news/stories/2017/3/feature-youth-powe...
At the UN General Assembly in New York, champions of equal pay took centre stage, putting forth a clarion call to end the global gender pay gap that stands at 23 per cent. The event launched the high-profile Equal Pay Platform of Champions, a diverse group of advocates to amplify and galvanize mobilization—as part of a broader ILO-UN Women Global Equal Pay Coalition—calling for equal pay for work of equal value. The event at the UN was hosted by UN Women in partnership with ILO, and co-sponsored by the Missions of Iceland, South Africa and Switzerland, coinciding with the opening day of the 61st Commission on the Status of Women, the largest inter-governmental forum on women’s rights and gender equality, which is focusing this year on the theme of “Women’s Economic Empowerment in the Changing World of Work”.
The Platform of Champions builds momentum to address the issue of pay inequality, which affects women and girls in every country in the world. It brings together Oscar Award-winning American actress Patricia Arquette, two-time Olympic gold medalist and soccer superstar Abby Wambach, along with leaders from trade unions, civil society, government and private sector, film makers and gender equality advocates.
Photo: UN Women/Ryan Brown
UN staff in New York gather at the “Knotted Gun” sculpture at the UN Visitor’s Centre entrance at 12:00 noon on Wednesday 15 March to call for an end to the six years of conflict in Syria. Staff held signs with photos of six year old Syrian children with the hashtag #notatarget as part of their action to stand in solidarity with the people of Syria.
UN Staff Statement: We, the staff of the United Nations wish to express our profound concern and outrage over the suffering of the people and especially the children of Syria.
The crucible of war continues to hold the people, and especially the children of Syria, hostage. For six years, Syrians have experienced appalling violence and flagrant disregard for human life. For six years, the world has watched in horror. Human decency and conscience demands that we end the carnage now.
The United Nations was founded on principles of human rights and respect for humanitarian values. It is our duty as individuals and as a collective to uphold these principles. We therefore stand in solidarity with the civilians and particularly the children who are suffering from abuses, indignity and destruction caused by ongoing violations of international norms. We stand united in solidarity with the people and especially the children of Syria.
We call upon the Member States of the United Nations, in particular the Security Council, to take urgent action to end the bloodshed in Syria.
Photo: UN Women/Ryan Brown
Shirley Pryce, from Jamaica, is a former domestic worker, currently chairs the Caribbean Domestic Workers Network and has been a human rights advocate for over 20 years. She sits on several other boards and committees including the International Domestic Workers Federation, the Association of Women's Organisation of Jamaica, the 51 per cent Coalition and the Consumer Affairs Commission. She was also one of two Caribbean representatives who participated in the International Labour Conference to develop and adopt the Domestic Workers Convention in 2011 which was aimed at adopting the historic set of international standards geared towards improving the working conditions of an estimated 53 million domestic workers worldwide.
“Before, only men used to sit on company boards, have the top jobs in Jamaica. Now that’s changing. More women are taking on management jobs. For domestic workers too, things have changed. We are more respected that we used to be; we are better aware of our rights and employers are more educated about our rights. But for domestic workers to be truly empowered, we need laws to protect their rights. Jamaica has ratified the ILO Convention on Domestic Workers, but now we are need to develop a national law. As the head of the Caribbean Domestic Workers Network, I am also advocating with other Caribbean countries to ratify the ILO Convention and then implement it through national laws.”
Portrait of Shirley Pryce taken during the 61st Session of the Commission on the Status of Women in New York. 16 March 2017.
Photo: UN Women/Ryan Brown
UN staff in New York gather at the “Knotted Gun” sculpture at the UN Visitor’s Centre entrance at 12:00 noon on Wednesday 15 March to call for an end to the six years of conflict in Syria. Staff held signs with photos of six year old Syrian children with the hashtag #notatarget as part of their action to stand in solidarity with the people of Syria.
UN Staff Statement: We, the staff of the United Nations wish to express our profound concern and outrage over the suffering of the people and especially the children of Syria.
The crucible of war continues to hold the people, and especially the children of Syria, hostage. For six years, Syrians have experienced appalling violence and flagrant disregard for human life. For six years, the world has watched in horror. Human decency and conscience demands that we end the carnage now.
The United Nations was founded on principles of human rights and respect for humanitarian values. It is our duty as individuals and as a collective to uphold these principles. We therefore stand in solidarity with the civilians and particularly the children who are suffering from abuses, indignity and destruction caused by ongoing violations of international norms. We stand united in solidarity with the people and especially the children of Syria.
We call upon the Member States of the United Nations, in particular the Security Council, to take urgent action to end the bloodshed in Syria.
Photo: UN Women/Ryan Brown
At the 61st session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW61), UN Women is hosting a Youth Forum titled, “Youth Create Gender Equality–Economic Empowerment in the Changing World of Work”, from 11 – 12 March at the UN Headquarters in New York.
In its second year now, the CSW Youth Forum will convene nearly 1000 youth leaders and activists from around the world, to discuss the emerging challenges and opportunities for youth as they strive for gender equality and sustainable development. The Forum will create a safe space for young people to strategize and collaborate towards a global movement for gender equality and empowerment of all women and girls.
The two-day Forum will close with a Youth Declaration, anchored in the voices and experiences of young people, to inform discussions at CSW61 on its priority theme of “Women’s Economic Empowerment in the changing world of work”.
Pictured: scenes from the closing plenary of the youth forum
Photo: UN Women/Ryan Brown
Read More: www.unwomen.org/en/news/stories/2017/3/feature-youth-powe...
At the 61st session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW61), UN Women is hosting a Youth Forum titled, “Youth Create Gender Equality–Economic Empowerment in the Changing World of Work”, from 11 – 12 March at the UN Headquarters in New York.
In its second year now, the CSW Youth Forum will convene nearly 1000 youth leaders and activists from around the world, to discuss the emerging challenges and opportunities for youth as they strive for gender equality and sustainable development. The Forum will create a safe space for young people to strategize and collaborate towards a global movement for gender equality and empowerment of all women and girls.
The two-day Forum will close with a Youth Declaration, anchored in the voices and experiences of young people, to inform discussions at CSW61 on its priority theme of “Women’s Economic Empowerment in the changing world of work”.
Pictured: Musical Performance by William Otuck
Photo: UN Women/Ryan Brown
Read More: www.unwomen.org/en/news/stories/2017/3/feature-youth-powe...
At the UN General Assembly in New York, champions of equal pay took centre stage, putting forth a clarion call to end the global gender pay gap that stands at 23 per cent. The event launched the high-profile Equal Pay Platform of Champions, a diverse group of advocates to amplify and galvanize mobilization—as part of a broader ILO-UN Women Global Equal Pay Coalition—calling for equal pay for work of equal value. The event at the UN was hosted by UN Women in partnership with ILO, and co-sponsored by the Missions of Iceland, South Africa and Switzerland, coinciding with the opening day of the 61st Commission on the Status of Women, the largest inter-governmental forum on women’s rights and gender equality, which is focusing this year on the theme of “Women’s Economic Empowerment in the Changing World of Work”.
The Platform of Champions builds momentum to address the issue of pay inequality, which affects women and girls in every country in the world. It brings together Oscar Award-winning American actress Patricia Arquette, two-time Olympic gold medalist and soccer superstar Abby Wambach, along with leaders from trade unions, civil society, government and private sector, film makers and gender equality advocates.
Photo: UN Women/Ryan Brown
CSW61 - Side Event - The Changing World of Work with Need for 21st Century Skills
The event will showcase UN Women's innovative Virtual Skills School that brings together stakeholders from the public, private and civil society sectors to ensure that all women and girls have a chance to access learning opportunities that will help them access education, decent jobs and entrepreneurship, while at the same time working closely with employers to ensure gender-sensitive work environments through implementation of the WEPs.
Pictured: Srishti Bakshi, 2016-2017 Champion for Change, Empower Women
Photo: UN Women/Ryan Brown
UN staff in New York gather at the “Knotted Gun” sculpture at the UN Visitor’s Centre entrance at 12:00 noon on Wednesday 15 March to call for an end to the six years of conflict in Syria. Staff held signs with photos of six year old Syrian children with the hashtag #notatarget as part of their action to stand in solidarity with the people of Syria.
Pictured: Khetsiwe Dlamini, Chief of Staff, UN Women, addresses the gathering
Text of the UN Staff Statement:
We, the staff of the United Nations wish to express our profound concern and outrage over the suffering of the people and especially the children of Syria.
The crucible of war continues to hold the people, and especially the children of Syria, hostage. For six years, Syrians have experienced appalling violence and flagrant disregard for human life. For six years, the world has watched in horror. Human decency and conscience demands that we end the carnage now.
The United Nations was founded on principles of human rights and respect for humanitarian values. It is our duty as individuals and as a collective to uphold these principles. We therefore stand in solidarity with the civilians and particularly the children who are suffering from abuses, indignity and destruction caused by ongoing violations of international norms. We stand united in solidarity with the people and especially the children of Syria.
We call upon the Member States of the United Nations, in particular the Security Council, to take urgent action to end the bloodshed in Syria.
Photo: UN Women/Ryan Brown
At the UN General Assembly in New York, champions of equal pay took centre stage, putting forth a clarion call to end the global gender pay gap that stands at 23 per cent. The event launched the high-profile Equal Pay Platform of Champions, a diverse group of advocates to amplify and galvanize mobilization—as part of a broader ILO-UN Women Global Equal Pay Coalition—calling for equal pay for work of equal value. The event at the UN was hosted by UN Women in partnership with ILO, and co-sponsored by the Missions of Iceland, South Africa and Switzerland, coinciding with the opening day of the 61st Commission on the Status of Women, the largest inter-governmental forum on women’s rights and gender equality, which is focusing this year on the theme of “Women’s Economic Empowerment in the Changing World of Work”.
The Platform of Champions builds momentum to address the issue of pay inequality, which affects women and girls in every country in the world. It brings together Oscar Award-winning American actress Patricia Arquette, two-time Olympic gold medalist and soccer superstar Abby Wambach, along with leaders from trade unions, civil society, government and private sector, film makers and gender equality advocates.
Photo: UN Women/Ryan Brown
UN Deputy Secretary General Amina Mohammed addresses the breakfast session “Women and the Future of Work – delivering decent employment and access to the labour market.” The event aims at raising awareness about the key challenges for women in the labour market and the changing world of work and encouraging high-level political support and commitments to strengthened economic empowerment of women. The event will also draw attention to the existing collaboration between partners in this area and invite participants to build further multi-stakeholder partnerships to improve the current position and access of women to the labour market, while ensuring decent employment opportunities.
Speakers include:
Neven Mimica, EU Commissioner for International Cooperation and Development; Patty Hajdu, Minister for Employment, Workforce Development and Labour, Canada; Maria Fabiana Tunez, State Secretary and President of the National Council on Women, Argentina; Gloria A. Tango, Assistant Secretary, Department of Labor and Employment of the Philippines
Photo: UN Women/Ryan Brown
At the UN General Assembly in New York, champions of equal pay took centre stage, putting forth a clarion call to end the global gender pay gap that stands at 23 per cent. The event launched the high-profile Equal Pay Platform of Champions, a diverse group of advocates to amplify and galvanize mobilization—as part of a broader ILO-UN Women Global Equal Pay Coalition—calling for equal pay for work of equal value. The event at the UN was hosted by UN Women in partnership with ILO, and co-sponsored by the Missions of Iceland, South Africa and Switzerland, coinciding with the opening day of the 61st Commission on the Status of Women, the largest inter-governmental forum on women’s rights and gender equality, which is focusing this year on the theme of “Women’s Economic Empowerment in the Changing World of Work”.
The Platform of Champions builds momentum to address the issue of pay inequality, which affects women and girls in every country in the world. It brings together Oscar Award-winning American actress Patricia Arquette, two-time Olympic gold medalist and soccer superstar Abby Wambach, along with leaders from trade unions, civil society, government and private sector, film makers and gender equality advocates.
Photo: UN Women/Ryan Brown
CSW61 - Side Event - Integrating a gender perspective in the global compact for safe, orderly and regular migration
This event, held during the 61st session of the UN Commission on the Status of Women highlighted the importance of addressing
women’s human rights in the development and implementation of the global compact for safe, orderly and regular migration.
The side event was co-organized by the
Permanent Mission of Bangladesh, the Permanent Mission of Germany and UN Women.
Pictured: Inkeri Von Hase, UN Women, reads the statement of Oby Nwankwo, CEDAW (Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women)
Photo: UN Women/Ryan Brown
UN Women Executive Director Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka addresses the breakfast session “Women and the Future of Work – delivering decent employment and access to the labour market.” The event aims at raising awareness about the key challenges for women in the labour market and the changing world of work and encouraging high-level political support and commitments to strengthened economic empowerment of women. The event will also draw attention to the existing collaboration between partners in this area and invite participants to build further multi-stakeholder partnerships to improve the current position and access of women to the labour market, while ensuring decent employment opportunities.
Speakers include:
Neven Mimica, EU Commissioner for International Cooperation and Development; Patty Hajdu, Minister for Employment, Workforce Development and Labour, Canada; Maria Fabiana Tunez, State Secretary and President of the National Council on Women, Argentina; Gloria A. Tango, Assistant Secretary, Department of Labor and Employment of the Philippines
Photo: UN Women/Ryan Brown
United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres addresses the opening of the 61st Session of the Commission on the Status of Women held at United Nations Headquarters in New York. 13 March 2017.
Photo: UN Women/Ryan Brown
At the UN General Assembly in New York, champions of equal pay took centre stage, putting forth a clarion call to end the global gender pay gap that stands at 23 per cent. The event launched the high-profile Equal Pay Platform of Champions, a diverse group of advocates to amplify and galvanize mobilization—as part of a broader ILO-UN Women Global Equal Pay Coalition—calling for equal pay for work of equal value. The event at the UN was hosted by UN Women in partnership with ILO, and co-sponsored by the Missions of Iceland, South Africa and Switzerland, coinciding with the opening day of the 61st Commission on the Status of Women, the largest inter-governmental forum on women’s rights and gender equality, which is focusing this year on the theme of “Women’s Economic Empowerment in the Changing World of Work”.
The Platform of Champions builds momentum to address the issue of pay inequality, which affects women and girls in every country in the world. It brings together Oscar Award-winning American actress Patricia Arquette, two-time Olympic gold medalist and soccer superstar Abby Wambach, along with leaders from trade unions, civil society, government and private sector, film makers and gender equality advocates.
Photo: UN Women/Ryan Brown
Scenes from the CSW61 Side Event - “Fighting Stereotypes with Judit Polgár, Chess Grandmaster and Planet 50-50 Champion”
hosted by the Permanent Mission of Hungary and UN Women
Followed by simultaneous chess game with Judit Polgár Chess Grandmaster
Speakers include:
Katalin Bogyay, Permanent Representative of Hungary to the United Nations
Katalin Novák, Minister of State for Family and Youth Affairs of Hungary
Ravi Karkara, Senior Advisor Strategic Partnership and Advocacy To the Assistant Secretary-General/Deputy Executive Director UN Women
Orsolya Pacsay-Tomassich
Deputy State Secretary for International and European Affairs, Ministry of Human Capacities of Hungary
Scenes from the CSW61 Side Event - “Fighting Stereotypes with Judit Polgár, Chess Grandmaster and Planet 50-50 Champion”
hosted by the Permanent Mission of Hungary and UN Women
Followed by simultaneous chess game with Judit Polgár Chess Grandmaster
Speakers include:
Katalin Bogyay, Permanent Representative of Hungary to the United Nations
Katalin Novák, Minister of State for Family and Youth Affairs of Hungary
Ravi Karkara, Senior Advisor Strategic Partnership and Advocacy To the Assistant Secretary-General/Deputy Executive Director UN Women
Orsolya Pacsay-Tomassich
Deputy State Secretary for International and European Affairs, Ministry of Human Capacities of Hungary
Bimla Chandrasekharan, from India, is the Founder Director of Ekta (meaning unity), whose work centers around strengthening women's political leadership, protecting women's human rights and sensitizing men and boys on the need to work towards gender equality. Ekta works on SDG Goal 5 with multiple strategic interventions. The organization gives priority to creating awareness at various levels with specific focus at the grassroots. Ekta works consistently with youth to explore how cities with adequate infrastructure and support, can enable greater mobility and safe spaces for women and girls.
Portrait of Bimla Chandrasekharan taken during the 61st Session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) in New York. 16 March 2017.
“Women come from different backgrounds with different experiences here, and we can take back some of these experiences to the women we work with in our countries. At CSW, we learn about a spectrum of issues impacting women. For example, I will take back what I have learned about improving women’s management skills and strategies to address women’s safety at workplaces and public transportation.”
Photo: UN Women/Ryan Brown
UN Women's Civil Society Advisory Group (CSAG) for the term 2017-2019 met during the 61st session of the UN's Commission on the Status of Women. The CSAG, comprising internationally renowned feminist leaders from women's rights organizations, male gender equality networks, youth and LGBTI Groups, Trade Unions and media, will play an advisory role to the Executive Director on key strategic and political issues.
Pictured L-R: Kathryn Mary Relang, Executive Director of Women United Together Marshall Islands; Joanna Maycock, Secretary General of the European Women’s Lobby; Barbara Byers is the Canadian Labor Congress’ Secretary-Treasurer; Mervis, Youth Advocate from Malawi; UN Women Executive Director Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka; Dr. Hanan Ashrawi, distinguished Palestinian leader, legislator, activist, and scholar; Lydia Alpízar Durán, outgoing Executive Director of the Association for Women’s Rights in Development (AWID); Nidhi Goyal, Sexuality and Disability Program
Director at Point of View and researcher for Human Rights Watch; Dilar Dirik, PhD student and member of the International Representation of the Kurdish Women's Movement; Sam Vaghar, Executive Director and Co-founder of The Millennium Campus Network; Todd Minerson, Executive Director of White Ribbon
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At the UN General Assembly in New York, champions of equal pay took centre stage, putting forth a clarion call to end the global gender pay gap that stands at 23 per cent. The event launched the high-profile Equal Pay Platform of Champions, a diverse group of advocates to amplify and galvanize mobilization—as part of a broader ILO-UN Women Global Equal Pay Coalition—calling for equal pay for work of equal value. The event at the UN was hosted by UN Women in partnership with ILO, and co-sponsored by the Missions of Iceland, South Africa and Switzerland, coinciding with the opening day of the 61st Commission on the Status of Women, the largest inter-governmental forum on women’s rights and gender equality, which is focusing this year on the theme of “Women’s Economic Empowerment in the Changing World of Work”.
The Platform of Champions builds momentum to address the issue of pay inequality, which affects women and girls in every country in the world. It brings together Oscar Award-winning American actress Patricia Arquette, two-time Olympic gold medalist and soccer superstar Abby Wambach, along with leaders from trade unions, civil society, government and private sector, film makers and gender equality advocates.
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UN Secretary-General António Guterres met with women’s rights activists attending the 61st session of the Commission on the Status of Women to discuss challenges, opportunities and the way forward to ensure gender equality and women’s empowerment, including how the UN can deliver on its own commitments on gender equality. The town-hall style discussion was moderated by Under-Secretary-General and UN Women Executive Director Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka.
Photo: UN Women/Ryan Brown
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At the UN General Assembly in New York, champions of equal pay took centre stage, putting forth a clarion call to end the global gender pay gap that stands at 23 per cent. The event launched the high-profile Equal Pay Platform of Champions, a diverse group of advocates to amplify and galvanize mobilization—as part of a broader ILO-UN Women Global Equal Pay Coalition—calling for equal pay for work of equal value. The event at the UN was hosted by UN Women in partnership with ILO, and co-sponsored by the Missions of Iceland, South Africa and Switzerland, coinciding with the opening day of the 61st Commission on the Status of Women, the largest inter-governmental forum on women’s rights and gender equality, which is focusing this year on the theme of “Women’s Economic Empowerment in the Changing World of Work”.
The Platform of Champions builds momentum to address the issue of pay inequality, which affects women and girls in every country in the world. It brings together Oscar Award-winning American actress Patricia Arquette, two-time Olympic gold medalist and soccer superstar Abby Wambach, along with leaders from trade unions, civil society, government and private sector, film makers and gender equality advocates.
Photo: UN Women/Ryan Brown
At the 61st session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW61), UN Women is hosting a Youth Forum titled, “Youth Create Gender Equality–Economic Empowerment in the Changing World of Work”, from 11 – 12 March at the UN Headquarters in New York.
In its second year now, the CSW Youth Forum will convene nearly 1000 youth leaders and activists from around the world, to discuss the emerging challenges and opportunities for youth as they strive for gender equality and sustainable development. The Forum will create a safe space for young people to strategize and collaborate towards a global movement for gender equality and empowerment of all women and girls.
The two-day Forum will close with a Youth Declaration, anchored in the voices and experiences of young people, to inform discussions at CSW61 on its priority theme of “Women’s Economic Empowerment in the changing world of work”.
Pictured: scenes from the closing plenary of the youth forum
Photo: UN Women/Ryan Brown
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At the UN General Assembly in New York, champions of equal pay took centre stage, putting forth a clarion call to end the global gender pay gap that stands at 23 per cent. The event launched the high-profile Equal Pay Platform of Champions, a diverse group of advocates to amplify and galvanize mobilization—as part of a broader ILO-UN Women Global Equal Pay Coalition—calling for equal pay for work of equal value. The event at the UN was hosted by UN Women in partnership with ILO, and co-sponsored by the Missions of Iceland, South Africa and Switzerland, coinciding with the opening day of the 61st Commission on the Status of Women, the largest inter-governmental forum on women’s rights and gender equality, which is focusing this year on the theme of “Women’s Economic Empowerment in the Changing World of Work”.
The Platform of Champions builds momentum to address the issue of pay inequality, which affects women and girls in every country in the world. It brings together Oscar Award-winning American actress Patricia Arquette, two-time Olympic gold medalist and soccer superstar Abby Wambach, along with leaders from trade unions, civil society, government and private sector, film makers and gender equality advocates.
Photo: UN Women/Ryan Brown
Patricia Munabi Babiiha is the Executive Director of Forum for Women in Democracy (FOWODE), a national women’s rights organisation in Uganda which promotes gender equality in decision making through capacity development, community empowerment, policy engagement and strategic partnerships and alliance building. She has participated in the design and implementation of several projects which include women’s rights, leadership training, and mentoring for transformational leadership among others. Ms. Munabi provides leadership to the FOWODE secretariat and oversees strategic planning, program implementation and fundraising. She is also very active in other networks and is currently a Board member of the African Women’s Development and Communication Network (FEMNET), and a member of the Uganda Feminist Forum.
“We need to first raise awareness about why it is important to look at a budget with a gender lens. When we began to work with citizens at grassroots levels on gender-responsive budgeting, we asked them what their actual needs were, and then taught them to track where the money is going. Because local women spoke out and said, ‘we need more funding for family planning,’ the government created specific budget lines for family planning. We’ve seen more girls going and staying in schools because communities demanded for separate toilets for boys and girls. Prior to the last election, the government promised to provide sanitary towels for girls, but then the Ministry of Education said there was no money in the budget for sanitary towels.”
Portrait of Patricia Munabi Babiiha taken during the 61st Session of the Commission on the Status of Women in New York. 16 March 2017.
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Young women attending the 61st session of the UN Commission on the Status of Women met UN Under-Secretary-General and Executive Director of UN Women, Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka at the Fearless Girl statue on Wall Street on 17 March. The statue, placed by Boston-based company State Street Global Advisors on Bowling Green, in the heart of Manhattan's Financial District ahead of the International Women’s Day to encourage increased representation of women on corporate boards, has gained high visibility as a symbol of strength, rebellion and resilience of women and girls.
L-R: Unami Moatswi; Daniela Zelaya; Ashken Aslikyan; Joyce Lee Boram and Heejin Lim (World YWCA); Candela Gonzalez; Zoelisoa Rakotomanana; Danae Fredes-Toledo; Emma Guthrie; Anna Spencer and Jean-Ann Ndow (WAGGGS); with UN Women Executive Director Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka at the Fearless Girl statue on Wall Street.
Photo: UN Women/Ryan Brown
At the UN General Assembly in New York, champions of equal pay took centre stage, putting forth a clarion call to end the global gender pay gap that stands at 23 per cent. The event launched the high-profile Equal Pay Platform of Champions, a diverse group of advocates to amplify and galvanize mobilization—as part of a broader ILO-UN Women Global Equal Pay Coalition—calling for equal pay for work of equal value. The event at the UN was hosted by UN Women in partnership with ILO, and co-sponsored by the Missions of Iceland, South Africa and Switzerland, coinciding with the opening day of the 61st Commission on the Status of Women, the largest inter-governmental forum on women’s rights and gender equality, which is focusing this year on the theme of “Women’s Economic Empowerment in the Changing World of Work”.
The Platform of Champions builds momentum to address the issue of pay inequality, which affects women and girls in every country in the world. It brings together Oscar Award-winning American actress Patricia Arquette, two-time Olympic gold medalist and soccer superstar Abby Wambach, along with leaders from trade unions, civil society, government and private sector, film makers and gender equality advocates.
Photo: UN Women/Ryan Brown
At the 61st session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW61), UN Women is hosting a Youth Forum titled, “Youth Create Gender Equality–Economic Empowerment in the Changing World of Work”, from 11 – 12 March at the UN Headquarters in New York.
In its second year now, the CSW Youth Forum will convene nearly 1000 youth leaders and activists from around the world, to discuss the emerging challenges and opportunities for youth as they strive for gender equality and sustainable development. The Forum will create a safe space for young people to strategize and collaborate towards a global movement for gender equality and empowerment of all women and girls.
The two-day Forum will close with a Youth Declaration, anchored in the voices and experiences of young people, to inform discussions at CSW61 on its priority theme of “Women’s Economic Empowerment in the changing world of work”.
Photo: UN Women/Ryan Brown
Read More: www.unwomen.org/en/news/stories/2017/3/feature-youth-powe...
At the UN General Assembly in New York, champions of equal pay took centre stage, putting forth a clarion call to end the global gender pay gap that stands at 23 per cent. The event launched the high-profile Equal Pay Platform of Champions, a diverse group of advocates to amplify and galvanize mobilization—as part of a broader ILO-UN Women Global Equal Pay Coalition—calling for equal pay for work of equal value. The event at the UN was hosted by UN Women in partnership with ILO, and co-sponsored by the Missions of Iceland, South Africa and Switzerland, coinciding with the opening day of the 61st Commission on the Status of Women, the largest inter-governmental forum on women’s rights and gender equality, which is focusing this year on the theme of “Women’s Economic Empowerment in the Changing World of Work”.
The Platform of Champions builds momentum to address the issue of pay inequality, which affects women and girls in every country in the world. It brings together Oscar Award-winning American actress Patricia Arquette, two-time Olympic gold medalist and soccer superstar Abby Wambach, along with leaders from trade unions, civil society, government and private sector, film makers and gender equality advocates.
Photo: UN Women/Ryan Brown