PROGRAMME AGENDA MARCH 29-31, 2021 DAY 1. MARCH 29, 2021
POWER MOMENT
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7.00 - 7.45 hrs Opening Ceremony: Auditorium Malala Remarks: Yousafzai - António Guterres, Secretary-General of the United Nations - Olga Sánchez Cordero, Minister of Interior, Mexico - Elvira Pablo, Generation Equality Youth Task Force - Sharon Bhagwan Rolls, member of the Generation Equality Forum Global Civil Society Advisory Group - Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka, UN Women Executive Director - Emmanuel Macron, President of France - Andrés Manuel López Obrador, President of Mexico
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POWER MOMENT
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8.30 - 10.00 hrs Women and Transformative Leadership for Generation Equality Auditorium Malala Confirmed participants Yousafzai
Opening Address: - Amina Mohammed, UN Deputy Secretary General
Opening Video Message: - Sanna Marin, Prime Minister of Finland
Chair: - Christy Tanner, Executive Vice President and General Manager of CBS News Digital
Panel Speakers: - H.R.H. Crown Princess Mary of Denmark - Aminata Touré, Prime Minister of Senegal (2013-2014) - Inés Yabar, Sustainability Activist - Helen Clark, Prime Minister of New Zealand (1999-2008) - Carmen Calvo, Vice President of Spain - Olga Sanchez Cordero, Minister of the Interior of Mexico - Beatriz Argimón, Vice President of Uruguay - Amanda Nguyen, CEO and Founder of Rise - Rigoberta Menchú, Nobel Peace Prize Laureate (1992) - Hajer Sharief, Human Rights Advocate and co-founder of “Together We Build It”
Closing Remarks: - Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka, Executive Director of UN Women - Confirmed
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CRISES AND HOPE Thematic Dialogues (Session 1)
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10.00 - 11.30 hrs 1. The Economy. The crisis of economic and global development Auditorium models and their impact on women and girls, with a focus on the Marielle COVID 19 context. Franco
Moderator: - Anita Bhatia, Deputy Executive Director, UN Women
Speakers: - Adija Adamu, Coordinator of the African Indigenous Women’s Organization - Alicia Bárcena Ibarra, Executive Secretary, United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) - Caren Grown, Global Director Gender, World Bank - Isabelle Durant, Acting Secretary-General, United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) - Joyce Banda, Former President of Malawi and Founder of the Joyce Banda Foundation - Manuela Tomei,Director of the Conditions of Work and Equality Department, International Labour Organisation (ILO) - Marta Lucía Ramírez de Rincón, Vice President, Government of Colombia - Obiageli Ezekwesili, Economic Policy Expert, The Africa Economic Development Policy Initiative (AEDPI) - Stanislav Raščan, State Secretary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Government of Slovenia - Rebecca Grynspan, Secretary-General, Ibero-American General Secretariat (SEGIB)
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10.00 - 11.30 hrs 2. Gender-based Violence. The crisis of gender-based violence Auditorium – especially in the context of COVID-19 – and the need for Marielle awareness, prosecution and eradication. Franco
Moderator: - Jennifer Lipenga, Social Accountability & Movement Building Program Associate, Every Girl in School Alliance
Speakers: - Catalina Devandas Aguilar, Ambassador, Permanent Mission of Costa Rica to the UN Office in Geneva - Céline Bonnaire, Executive Director, Kering Foundation - Dubravka Šimonovic, UN Special Rapporteur on Violence against Women, Its causes and Consequences, Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) - Jaha Dukureh, UN Women Ambassador for Africa & Founder and Executive Director of Safe Hands for Girls - Fabiola Alanis Samano, Commissioner on the Prevention and Eradication of Violence against Women, Government of Mexico - Ghida Anani, Founder and Director, Abaad - Rocio Rosero, Women’s Rights Defender - Sarah Schlitz, State Secretary for Gender Equality, Equal Opportunity and Diversity, Government of Belgium - Hon. Justice Zione Ntaba, High Court Judge, Malawi Viviane Michel, President, Femmes Autochtones du Quebec (FAQNW)- Quebec Native Women Inc.
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10.00 - 11.30 hrs 3. Feminist Movements. The challenges of feminist movements Auditorium and grassroots women’s organizations including in the COVID-19 Marielle context Franco
Moderator: - Shannon Kowalski, Director of Advocacy and Policy, International Women’s Health Coalition (IWHC)
Speakers: - Cecilia Chacón Castillo, Secretary of Human Rights, Government of Ecuador - Karen Elleman, Former Minister for Equal Opportunities, Government of Denmark - Lopa Banerjee, Director of Civil Society Division & Executive Coordination of Generation Equality Forum, UN Women - Mersi Shehu, Regional Cooperation for Youth and Children, Albania - Monica Aleman, Senior Programme Officer, Ford Foundation - Quiteria Anicia Fernandes Guirengane, Youth Activist, Mozambique - Tarcila Rivera Zea, Founder & Vice President, CHIRAPAQ Centro de Culturas Indígenas del Perú
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10.00 - 11.30 hrs 4. Media. The role of media in building a feminist agenda. Auditorium Marielle Moderator: Franco - Marion Reimers, Journalist, Fox Sport
Speakers: - Cindy Southworth, Women’s Safety Policy Manager, Facebook - Edmund Yakani, Executive Director, Community Empowerment for Progress Organization (CEPO), South Sudan - Eva-Maria Liimets, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Government of Estonia - Guy Berger, Director for Freedom of Expression and Media Development, UNESCO - Kanbar Hossein-Bor, Deputy High Commissioner to Bangladesh, Government of the United Kingdom - Nina Goswani, BBC Creative Diversity Lead and Journalist - Pascalle Grotenhuis, Director Social Development & Ambassador for Women’s Rights & Gender Equality, Government of the Netherlands - Zaineb Dahmoul, Youth Advocate, World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts (WAGGGS), Tunisia
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11.30 - 13.00 hrs 5. Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights (SRHR). Auditorium Understanding challenges to bodily autonomy, access, and Marielle respect of SRHR, with a focus on the COVID-19 context. Franco
Moderator: - TBC
Speakers: - Aíde García, International Relations Coordinator, Católicas por el Derecho a Decidir - Audrey Fontaine, Generation Equality Youth Task Force - Darren Welch, General Director for Global Health, Foreign, Commonwealth, & Development Office, Government of the United Kingdom - Diene Keita, Deputy Executive Director, United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) - Gro Lindstad, Executive Director, Forum for Women and Development (FOKUS) - Josephine Aseme, Founder, Greater Women Initiative for Health and Rights - Karina Gould, Minister of International Development, Government of Canada - Pauline Faith Gartor, Executive Director, Girls Health Alliance - Teresa Alarcón Rodríguez, Rebeldía Collective
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11.30 - 13.00 hrs 6. Crisis in the achievement of gender equality in peace and Auditorium security and humanitarian sector. Marielle Franco Moderator: - Susanne Mikhail, Regional Director, Arab States, UN Women
Speakers: - Angela Kane, Senior Fellow, Vienna Centre for Disarmament and Non-Proliferation - Bineta Diop, Special Envoy on Women, Peace and Security to the African Union and Founder of Femmes Africa Solidarité - Daniela Soto Pito, Coordinator, Programa Mujer Consejo Regional Indigena del Cauca - Kateryna Levchenko, Governmental Commissioner for Gender Policy, Government of Ukraine - Jaqueline O’Neill, Ambassador for Women, Peace, and Security, Government of Cana-da - María Fernanda Espinosa, Former Minister of Foreign Affairs and of Defense of Ecua-dor, former President of the UN General Assembly - May Maloney, Deputy Head, Addressing Sexual Violence, International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) - Paivi Kannisto, Chief, Women, Peace, & Security, UN Women - Radhika Coomaraswamy, Former Under-Secretary-General, Special Representative for Children and Armed Conflict - Sandie Hanna, Programs Officer, Palestinian Working Woman Society for Development (PWWSD) - Siga Fatima Jagne, Commissioner for Social Affairs and Gender of the Economic Com-munity of West African States (ECOWAS) - Sonja Hyland, Ambassador, Political Director, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Ireland
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11.30 - 13.00 hrs 7. Climate. Feminism in the context of the environmental crisis Auditorium and the climate emergency. Marielle Franco Moderator: - Oulimata Sarr, Regional Director, Western and Central Africa, UN Women
Speakers: - Dean Jonas, Minister of Social Transformation and The Blue Economy, Government of Antigua and Barbuda - Hindou Oumarou Ibrahim, Co-Founder and President, Association for Indigenous Women and Peoples of Chad - Jennifer Uchendu, Founder, Susty Vibes - Lucy Mulenkei, Executive Director, Indigenous Information Network - Martha Delgado Peralta, Under-Secretary of Multilateral Affairs and Human Rights, Government of Mexico - Maja Vidakovic Lalic, Founder and Director, Belgrade’s Mikser Festival - Mary Robinson, Former President of Ireland; Former UN High Commissioner for Human Rights - Miriam Miranda, Coordinator, Organización Fraternal Negra de Honduras (OFRANEH)
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11.30 - 13.00 hrs 11. Institutional Mechanisms for the Advancement of Women. Auditorium Marielle Moderator: Franco - Nadine Gasman Zylbermann, President, National Institute of Women (INMUJERES), Government of Mexico - Lopa Banerjee, Director of Civil Society Division & Executive Coordinator of Generation Equality Forum, UN Women
Speakers: - Amal Hamed, Minister of Women’s Affairs, State of Palestine - Irene Montero Gil, Minister of Equality, Government of Spain - Jeannette Bayisenge, Minister of Gender and Family Promotion, Government of Rwanda - Lazzat Ramazanova, Chair of the National Commission for Women and Family and Demographic Policy under the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan - Maite Nkoana-Mashabane, Minister in the Presidency for Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities, Government of South Africa - Mónica Zalaquett, Minister for Women and Gender Equality, Government of Chile - Nelly Jacome Villalva, Technical Secretary for the National Council for Gender Equality, Ecuador
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13.00 - 14.30 hrs 8. Technology and Innovation for Gender Equality. Challenges and Auditorium opportunities evolving from the COVID-19 context. Marielle Franco Moderator: - Maria Noel Vaeza, Regional Director, Americas and the Caribbean, UN Women
Speakers: - Gabriela Ramos, Assistant Director-General for the Social and Human Sciences, United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) - Hawa Yokie, Youth Advisory Member, Plan International Sierra Leone - Linda Shomo, Founder and CEO, EasyPay - Margarita Yépez, Co-Founder, Datalat - Pam Dixon, Founder and Executive Director, World Privacy Forum - María José Martínez,Advisor, International Affairs Departament at Ministry of Women and Gender Equality, Chile
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13.00 - 14.30 hrs 9. Generation Equality: Girls’ and adolescents’ participation in Auditorium building a more equal world Marielle Franco Moderator: - Angela Castañeda, Red Paz, Mexico - Saidy Brown
Speakers: - Alesha Douglas, Youth Activist, Trinidad and Tobago - Alice Albright, Chief Executive Officer, Global Partnership for Education - Epsy Campbell Barr, Vice President, Government of Costa Rica - Faith Mwangi-Powell, Chief Executive Officer, Girls not Brides - Henrietta H. Fore, Executive Director, UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) - Liz Lum, Cameroon - Nyaradzayi Gumbonzvanda, AU Special Envoy Child Marriage - Saidy Brown, She Decides South Africa - Salomé Beyer, Colombia - Selin Ozunaldim, Founder, GirlUP Istanbul
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13.00 - 14.30 hrs 10. The crisis of the human rights of women and girls, including Auditorium in the COVID-19 context, and the issues of migration, social and Marielle racial justice. Franco
Moderator: - Lauren Aarons, Director of the Gender, Sexuality and Identity Programme, Amnesty International
Speakers: - Charlotte Bunch, Center for Women’s Global Leadership, Rutgers University - Gladys Acosta Vargas, Chairperson, CEDAW Committee - Helena Maleno Garzón, Colectivo Caminando sin Fronteras, Spain - Herdis Solborg Haraldsdottir, Department of Equality of Prime Minister’s Office, Government of Iceland - IIaria Bottigliero, Director Policy, Research and Learning, International Development Law Organization (IDLO) - Lyric Thompson, Senior Director, International Center for Research on Women (ICRW) - Myrna Cunningham, Co-Founder and Vice President of the Indigenous Initiative for Peace, Nicaragua
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CRISES AND HOPE Thematic Dialogues (Session 2)
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19.00 - 20.30 hrs 1. The Economy. The crisis of economic and global development Auditorium models and their impact on women and girls, with a focus on the Marielle COVID 19 context. Franco
Moderator: - TBC
Speakers: - Jayati Ghosh, Jawaharlal Nehru University Professor - Mariama Williams, Principal, Integrated Policy Research Institute (IPRI) and Director, Institute of Law and Economics (ILE) - Sandra Creamer, Chief Executive Officer, Australia National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Women’s Alliance - Veda Bharadwaja, Senior Program Officer, The Hunger Project India
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19.00 - 20.30 hrs 2. Gender-based Violence. The crisis of gender-based violence Auditorium – especially in the context of COVID-19 – and the need for Marielle awareness, prosecution and eradication. Franco
Moderator: - Roberta Clarke UN Women East and Southern Africa Regional Director
Speakers: - Ana Falu, Professor Emeritus, University of Cordoba, Argentina - Erika Mounyes, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Government of Panama - Jeevika Shiv, National Youth Gender Advocate India - Juany Garcia, National Youth Gender Advocate, Red Las Niñas y Jóvenes Lideran, Guatemala - Julie-Ann Guivarra, Ambassador for Gender Equality, Government of Australia - Khodeja Sultana, Country Director, Diakonia - Norma Don Juan Pérez, Coordinator, Coordinadora Nacional de Mujeres Indígenas de México-CONAMI - Zarghoona Wadood, Provincial Coordinator (Balochistan), National Forum of Women with Disabilities, Pakistan
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CRISES AND HOPE Thematic Dialogues (Session 2)
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19.00 - 20.30 hrs 3. Feminist Movements. The challenges of feminist movements Auditorium and grassroots women’s organizations including in the COVID-19 Marielle context Franco
Moderator: - Anisha Chugh, Deputy Executive Director, Women’s Fund Asia, India
Speakers: - Kumudini Samuel, co-founder, Women and Media Collective, Sri Lanka and Executive Committee Member, DAWN - Leila Hessini, Vice President, Global Fund for Women - Lydia Alpizar, Co-Director, Women Defenders Measoamerican Initiative - María Floridalma López Atz, Adolescent Representative & National Youth Gender Activist, Guatemalan Parliament for Children and Adolescents - Penelope Beckles, Minister of Housing and Urban Development, Government of Trinidad and Tobago - Tamika Peart, Coordinator, Bureau of Gender Affairs, Government of Jamaica - Virginia Vargas Valente, Member and Founder, Feminist Mercosur Network, Argentina
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19.00 - 20.30 hrs 4. Media. The role of the media in building a feminist agenda. Auditorium Marielle Moderator: Franco - Aimee Vega Montiel, National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM)
Speakers: - Carolyn Byerly, Professor and Chair in the Communication Culture and Media Studies, Howard University - Cindy Sirinya Bishop, UN Women Regional Goodwill Ambassador to Asia Pacific - Mohammad Naciri, Regional Director, Asia and the Pacific, UN Women - Sarah Macharia, Co-ordinator of Global Media Monitoring Project, World Association for Christian Communication
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20.30 - 22.00 hrs 5. Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights (SRHR). Auditorium Understanding challenges to bodily autonomy, access, and Marielle respect of SRHR, with a focus on the COVID-19 context. Franco
Moderator: - TBC
Speakers: - Adriana Uex, Coordinator, Coordinadora Nacional de Mujeres Indígenas CONAMI - Ana Theresia “Risa” Navarro Hontiveros-Baraquel, Senator, Government of the Philippines - Åsa Regnér, Deputy Executive Director, UN Women - Daren Paul Katigbak, Generation Equality Youth Task Force - Giselle Cariño, Chief Executive Officer, International Planned Parenthood Federation/Western Hemisphere Region (IPPFWHR) - Helen Clark, Former Prime Minister of New Zealand - Priscilla Usiobaifo, Founder and Executive Director, Brave Heart Initiative for Youth and Women, Nigeria - Sandra Castañeda, General Coordinator, Red de Salud de las Mujeres Latinoamericanas y del Caribe - Sara Beatriz García Gross, Coordinator, Agrupación Ciudadana por la Despenalización del Aborto
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20.30 - 22.00 hrs 6. Crisis in the achievement of gender equality in peace and Auditorium security and humanitarian sector. Marielle Franco Moderator: - Alma Pérez, Advisor Women, Peace and Security, UN Women Americas and the Caribbean
Speakers: - Ahood Al Zaabi, Director of the UN Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, United Arab Emirates (UAE) - Alicia Buenrostro, Deputy Permanent Representative, Permanent Mission of Mexico to the UN - Habiba Sarabi, Activist and Women Peacebuilder, Afghanistan - Meenakshi Gopinath, Founder and Honorary Director, Women in Security, Conflict Management and Peace (WISCOMP) - Mélanie Régimbal, Director, UN Regional Centre for Peace, Disarmament, and Development in Latin America and the Caribbean (UNLIREC) - Miki Jacevic, Vice Chair of Inclusive Security and Senior Fellow, Our Secure Future - Rituparna Borah, Co Director- Nazareya - Rosalina Tuyuc Velasquez, Founder, CONAVIGUA - Sanam Naraghi-Anderlini, Founder, Civil Society Action Network (ICAN) - Sarah Taylor, Director of International Policy Strategy and WPS, Inclusive Peace
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20.30 - 22.00 hrs 7. Climate. Feminism in the context of the environmental crisis Auditorium and the climate emergency. Marielle Franco Moderator: - Sandra Bernklua, Country Representative, Fiji Multi-Country Office, UN Women
Speakers: - Noelene Nabulivou, Co-Founder of Diverse Voices and Action (DIVA) for Equality - Trupti Jain, Founder and Director of Naireeta Service Private Limited - Bridget Burns, Women’s Environment & Development Organization
20.30 - 22.00 hrs 11. Institutional Mechanisms for the Advancement of Women. Auditorium Marielle Moderator: Franco - TBC
Speakers: - Mónica Bottero Tovagliare, Director of the National institute for Women, Eastern Republic of Uruguay - Mereseini Vuniwaqa, Minister for Education, The Republic of Fiji - Nharleen Santos-Millar, Chief Gender and Development Specialist, Republic of the Philippines - Renee Graham, Secretary for Women and Chief Executive, New Zealand
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22.00 - 23.30 hrs 8. Technology and Innovation for Gender Equality. Challenges and Auditorium opportunities evolving from the COVID-19 context. Marielle Franco Moderator: - Rwitwika Bhattacharya, CEO of Swaniti Initiative
Speakers: - Aisha Muhktar, Deputy Country Representative, Jordan, UN Women - Bonaria Siahaan, CEO of Yayasan CARE Peduli - Florence Nakiwala Kiyingi, Minister of State for Youth and Children Affairs in the Republic of Uganda - Kira Xonorika, Activist and Member of Transitar, Paraguay - Lourdes Barrera, Founder of Luchadoras Mexico - Sarah Mbi Enow Anyang Agbor, Commissioner for Human Resources, Science and Technology, African Union Commission (HRST-AUC) - Sonika Manandhar, CO-Founder, Aeloi Technologies - Subha Wijesiriwardena, Manager, Programs & Innovation, CREA
22.00 - 23.30 hrs 9. Generation Equality: Girls’ and adolescents’ participation in Auditorium building a more equal world Marielle Franco Moderator: - Manal Khan, She Decides - Sara Artemisa Román Sala
Speakers: - Darshana Rijal, Nepal - Dayoun Song, Girl Activist, South Korea/Vietnam - Faye Simanjuntak, Youth Activist, Indonesia - Gulmina Imran, Youth Activist, Pakistan - Jayathma Wickramanayake, United Nations Secretary-General’s Envoy on Youth - Kalpa Garg, Youth Activist, India - Xally Joselyn Padilla Martínez, Youth Activist, Mexico
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22.00 - 23.30 hrs 10. The crisis of the human rights of women and girls, including Auditorium in the COVID-19 context, and the issues of migration, social and Marielle racial justice. Franco
Moderator: - Amani Aruri, Generation Equality Youth Task Force, Palestine
Speakers: - Amaya Coppens, Member of the Mesoamerican Initiative of Women Defenders - Alina Vallejo Galeana, Youth Activist, Mexico - Elvira Constantina Pablo Antonio, National Network of Indigenous Women, Mexico - Victoria Tauli-Corpuz, Former United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples
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ACTION Action Coalition Sessions (Session 1)
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8.00 - 10.00 hrs Gender-Based Violence Auditorium Marielle Moderator: Franco - TBC
Speakers: - Asa Regner Deputy Executive Director UN Women - Gabrielle Henderson, Thematic Lead Action Coalition on GBV UN Women - Gwendoline Lefebvre, President of European Women’s Lobby - Helena Dalli, European Commissioner for Equality European Commission - Ixchel Adolpho Lucas, Representative of Las Niñas Lideran - Jessica Stern, OutRight Action International Executive Director - Margaret Kobia, Cabinet Secretary Ministry of Public Service and Gender Government of Kenya Mónica Bottero, National Institute for Women Director - Priya Kvam, Breakthrough Director of Strategy & Advocacy - Steven Daines, Accor Chief Talent Officer - Wendy Morton MP, Minister for European Neighbourhood and the Americas, UK Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office. Government of the United Kingdom
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8.00 - 10.00 hrs Economic Justice and Rights Auditorium Marielle Moderator: Franco - Seemin Qayum, OIC for Economic Empowerment, UN Women
Opening remarks: - Anita Bhatia, Deputy Executive Director, UN Women
Speakers: - Ángel Gurría, Secretary General, OECD - Ángeles Moreno Bau, Secretary of State for Development, Spain Sharan Burrow, Secretary General, International Trade Union Confederation - Ann Linde, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Sweden - Charlotte Lobe, COO, Department of International Relations and Cooperation, South Africa - Diane Ndarbawa, President, Manki Maroua, Cameroon - Gargee Gosh, President of Global Policy and Advocacy The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation - Jürgen Zattler, Director General for International Development Policy, Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development, Germany - Violet Shivutse, Chair, Huairou Commission
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8.00 - 10.00 hrs Technology and Innovation for Gender Equality Auditorium Marielle Moderator: Franco - Azmina Dhrodia, Senior Policy Manager, Gender and Data Rights, Web Foundation - Miriam Kakii, Youth Activist - Nandini Chami, Deputy Director, IT for Change - Nathalie Munyampenda, Chief Executive Office, Kepler
Speakers: - Gabriela Martin. Social Builder - Oya Unlu Kizil, Corporate Communications and External Affairs VP, Koc Holding - Patty Alleman, Senior Gender and Development Advisor, UNICEF - Paula Ingabire, Minister of ICT and Innovation, Rwanda - Ville Skinnari, Minister for Development and Foreign Trade, Finland - Zia Khan, Senior Vice President for Innovation, The Rockefeller Foundation
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10.00 - 12.00 hrs Compact on Women, Peace and Security and Humanitarian Action Auditorium Marielle Moderator: Franco - Isobel Yeung, Journalist, VICE
Speaker: - Ambassador Victoria Sulimani, Deputy Permanent Representative of the Permanent Mission of Sierra Leone to the United Nations - Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah, Deputy Prime Minister, Republic of Namibia - Nujeen Mustafa, disability rights and refugee youth activist - Peter Batchelor, Head of the Conflict and Fragility Policy and Engagement Team at the Crisis Bureau of the United Nations Development Programme - Rania Dagash-Kamara, Chief for Policy and Best Practices, United Nations Department of Peace Operations - Sarah Costa, Executive Director of the Women’s Refugee Commission - Simon Coveney TD, Minister for Foreign Affairs and Minister for Defense of Ireland in a pre-recorded video statement - Teresa Whitfield, Director of the Policy and Mediation Division of the United Nations Department of Political and Peacebuilding Affairs
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10.00 - 12.00 hrs Feminist Action for Climate Justice Auditorium Marielle Moderator: Franco - TBC
Speakers: - Bridget Burns, Director of Women’s Environment & Development Organization - Fleur Newman, Gender Affairs Officer, United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change - Joanita Babirye, Girls for Climate Uganda Team Lead - Marcela Guerrero Campos, Minister on the Status of Women, Costa Rica - Mithika Mwenda, Executive Director, PACJA - Thilmeeza Hussain, Ambassador of the Permanent Mission of the Maldives to the UN - Raquel Lagunas, UNDP Head of Gender Unit - Ryme Assaad, Co-founder, Rise2030
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10.00 - 12.00 hrs Bodily Autonomy and Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights Auditorium Marielle Moderator: Franco - Kate Hampton, Chief Executive Officer, Children’s Investment Fund Foundation (CIFF)
Speakers: - Agathe Blanc-Kamissoko, Programme Manager, Alliance Droits & Santé - Alvaro Bermejo, Executive Director, International Planned Parenthood Federation (IPPF) - Annalijn Conklin, Assistant Professor, University of British Columbia - Asa Regner, Deputy Executive Director, UN Women - Edurne Cadernas, Director of Institutional Relations, Ministry of Women, Genders and Diversity, Argentina - Elisabeth Moreno, Minister of Gender Equality and Diversity, France - Françoise Moudouthe, Chief Executive Officer, African Women’s Development Fund (AWDF) - Global Financing Facility for Women, Children and Adolescents (GFF) - Karla Rax Choc, Project Coordinator, N’aleb’ak ONG - Kate Hampton, CEO of Children’s Investment Fund Foundation - Manak Matiyani, Executive Director, The YP Foundation - Monique Vledder, Head of Secretariat and Practice Manager, - Mabel Bianco, Executive Director, Fundación para Estudio e Investigación de la Mujer (FEIM) - Natalia Kanem, Under-Secretary-General and UNFPA Executive Director - Vania Kibui, Policy Advocacy Specialist, Youth In Action (Y-Act)
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10.00 - 12.00 hrs Feminist Movement and Leadership Auditorium Marielle Moderator: Franco - TBC
Presenters: - Cynthia Lopez Claro, IPU, Board Member - Hakima Abbas, Co-Executive Director of the Association for Women’s Rights in Devel-opment - Kitty van der Heijden, Director General for International Cooperation, The Netherlands - Patricia Kaliati, Malawi - Minister of Gender, Children and Community Development - Shamiso Chigorimbo, Gender Links Alliances Manager - Veronica Birga, Chief of Women’s Rights and Gender Section, Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights - Xenia Kellner, Founder of Young Feminist Europe
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12.00 - 13.30 hrs Plenary session: Cities and territories in front of an inclusive Auditorium recovery: a 25-year Beijing review Malala Yousafzai Moderator: - Emilia Saiz, Secretaria General de Ciudades y Gobiernos Locales Unidos (CGLU)
Speakers: - Arnaud Ngatcha, Vice Mayor, Government of París - Carolina Cosse, Mayor, Government of Montevideo - Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo, Mayor, Government of Mexico City - Eric Garcetti, Mayor, Government of Los Angeles - Ekrem İmamoğlu, Mayor, Government of Istambul - Laia Bonet, Mayor, Government of Barcelona - María Fernanda Espinosa, President of the 73 United Nations General Assembly - Thembi Nkadimeng, Mayor, Government of Polokwane - Mayra Mendoza, Mayor, Government of Quilmes
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19.00 - 21.00 hrs Gender-Based Violence Auditorium Marielle Moderator: Franco - TBC
Speakers: - Aldijana SISIC, Chief, UN Trust Fund for EVAW - Princess Nothemba (Nono) Simelela, Assistant Director-General for Strategic Programmatic Priorities and Special Advisor to the Director-General World Health Organisation - Gabrielle Henderson – Thematic Lead Action Coalition on GBV. UN Women - Gudlaugur Thór Thordarsson, Minister for Foreign Affairs and International Development Cooperation of Iceland Government of Iceland - Jutta Urpilainen, Commissioner European Commission - Kalliope Mingeirou, Chief, Ending Violence Against Women section UN Women - Nicolette Naylor, International Program Director Gender, Racial and Ethnic Justice,The Ford Foundation - Thina Maphosa, Representative Yes Trust Zimbabwe
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19.00 - 21.00 hrs Economic Justice and Rights Auditorium Marielle Moderator: Franco - Seemin Qayum, OIC for Economic Empowerment, UN Women
Opening remarks: - Anita Bhatia, Deputy Executive Director, UN Women
Speakers: - Emilia Reyes, Co-Convenor, Women’s Working Group on Financing for Development - Laura Huertas Thompson, President, ANYAR, Panama - Memory Kachambwa, Executive Director, The African Women’s Development and Communication Network (FEMNET) - Nadine Gasman, President of the National Institute for Women in Mexico - Preeti Sinha, Executive Secretary, UNCDF - Rosita Namji, Head of Global Social Innovation, PayPal - Sofía Sprechmann-Sineiro, Secretary General, CARE International - Venge Nyirongo, Thematic Lead – Economic Justice and Rights, UN Women
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Available languages: 33 English, Spanish, French and Arabic DAY 2. MARCH 30, 2021
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19.00 - 21.00 hrs Technology and Innovation for Gender Equality Auditorium Marielle Moderator: Franco - Anne Patterson, Director, Communications and Digital Engagement, Digital Opportunity Trust - Francisca Varela, Director, Kodea Foundation - Samia Melki, President, Kadirat - Yasodara Cordova, Activist and Researcher
Speakers: - Latanya Mapp Frett, President and CEO, Global Fund for Women - Mónica Zalaquett, Minister for Women and Gender Equality, Republic of Chile - Najla Allani, Directrice Générale du Centre de Recherches, d’Etudes, de Documentation et d’Information sur la Femme (CREDIF), Tunisia - Renata Avila, Co-Founder, A+ Alliance - Shaloo GargManaging Director, Microsoft for Startups, Silicon Valley/Southwest, Mi-crosoft - Sylvia Poll, Head, Digital Society Division, ITU - Uffa Modey, Co-Founder, Digital Grassroots
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21.00 - 23.00 hrs Compact on Women, Peace and Security and Humanitarian Action Auditorium Marielle Moderator: Franco - Jane Ferguson, PBS Newshour Special Correspondent
Speakers: - Hibaaq Osman, Founder and CEO of Karama - Ine Eriksen Søreide, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Norway - Mavic Cabrera-Balleza, Founder and CEO of the Global Network of Women Peacebuilders - Rita Lopidia, Executive Director and Co-founder of Eve Organization for Women Development - Ruvendrini Menikdiwela, Director of UNHCR’s New York Office - Sharon Bhagwan-Rolls, Chair of the Board and Regional Representative of the Pacific at the Global Partnership for the Prevention of Armed Conflict - Zahra Vieneuve, Steering Committee Member of the Feminist Humanitarian Network, and Program Director of Freedom from Violence at Global Fund for Women
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Available languages: 35 English, Spanish, French and Arabic DAY 2. MARCH 30, 2021
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21.00 - 23.00 hrs Feminist Action for Climate Justice Auditorium Marielle Moderator: Franco - TBC
Speaker: - Abdulla Shahid, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Maldives - Angelique Pouponneau, CEO, SeyCCAT - Bridget Burns, Director, WEDO - Cate Owren, IUCN Senior Gender Programme Manager - Kehkashan Basu, Founder, Green Hope Foundation - Laura Garcia, President & CEO Global Greengrants Foundation - Lorena Aguilar, Latin American Faculty of Social Sciences - Nohora Alejandra Quiguantar, Coordinator, Tejiendo Pensamientos - Olga Djanaeva, ALGA Director
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Available languages: 36 English, Spanish, French and Arabic DAY 2. MARCH 30, 2021
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21.00 - 23.00 hrs Bodily Autonomy and Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights Auditorium Marielle Speaker: Franco - Adriana Uex González, Member, Comisión de Niñez y Juventud, Enlace Continental de Mujeres Indígenas de las Américas (ECMIA) - Annalijn Conklin, Assistant Professor, University of British Columbia - Charlemagne Marie Ragnag-Néwendé OUEDRAOGO, Minister of Health, Burkina Faso - Cynthia Adanze Nge, Chief Executive Officer, Integrated Health Organization - Diana Moreka, Sr. Project Manager SRHR, Trust for Indigenous Culture and Health (TICAH) - Eunice Leyva Garcia, Executive Director, Youth Coalition for Sexual and Reproductive Rights - Flemming Møller Mortensen, Minister for Development Cooperation and Nordic Cooperation, Denmark - Jagoda Shahpaska, Minister of Labour and Social Policy, Republic of North Macedonia - Lynae Brayboy, Chief Medical Officer, CLUE - Marisa Viana, Executive Coordinator, RESURJ - Riju Dhakal, President, YUWA - Sarah Hendriks, Action Coalitions Co-Lead, Director, Programme, Policy & Intergov-ernmental Division, UN Women - Shannon Kowalski, Director of Policy and Advocacy, International Women’s Health Coalition (IWHC) - Sivananthi Thanenthiran, Executive Director, Asian Pacific Resource and Research Centre for Women (ARROW)
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Available languages: 37 English, Spanish, French and Arabic DAY 2. MARCH 30, 2021
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21.00 - 23.00 hrs Feminist Movements and Leadership Auditorium Marielle Moderator: Franco - TBC
Presenter: - Amanda McRae, Women Enabled International, Director of UN Advocacy - Bronwyn Tilbury, International Women’s Development Agency, Feminist Movement Strengthening Advisor - Karina Gould, Canada-- Minister of international Development - Kavita Ramdas, Director, OSF- Women’s Rights Program - Stephanie Green, Global Philanthropy -Senior Director - Subha Wijesiriwardena, CREA, Program and Innovations Manager - Zenaida Perez Gutierrez, ANPMI- Programme Director
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Available languages: 38 English, Spanish, French and Arabic DAY 3. MARCH 31, 2021
ACTION AND CELEBRATION
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7.30 - 8.30 hrs Side event led by the Government of Mexico: Launch of the Group of Auditorium Friends for Gender Equality Malala Yousafzai
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ACTION AND CELEBRATION
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8.30 - 9.15 hrs Las Reinas Chulas Welcoming and Opening Auditorium Malala The Work Ahead: Action Coalitions and the Compact on the Yousafzai Women, Peace and Security and Humanitarian Action
Gender based-violence • Suneeta Dhar, Senior Advisor, Global Coalition for Inclusive and Safe spaces and cities for women and girls
Economic Justice and Rights • Ann Linde, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Sweden • Naledi Pandor, Minister for the Department of International Relations and Co-operation, South Africa
Bodily autonomy and SHRH • Adriana Uex, Children and Youth Political Commission (Youth-led organization), ECMIA (Enlance Continental de las Mujeres Indigenas de las Americas)
Feminist Action for Climate Justice • Ursula Miniszewski, Director of Gender Equity, Global Greengrants FundTechnology and Innovation for Gender Equality • Mónica Zalaquett, Women and Gender Equity Minister, Chile
Feminist Movement and Leadership • Robert Triefus, EVP, Brand and Customer, Gucci
Compact on Women, Peace and Security and Humanitarian Action • Amani Aruri
Synergies and coherence within the Action Coalitions and the Compact on the Women, Peace and Security and Humanitarian Action • Sarah Hendriks, Director Policy, Programme and Intergovernmental Division, UN Women
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ACTION AND CELEBRATION
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9.15 - 10.15 hrs Imagining 2026 Youth panel discussion Auditorium Malala Moderator: Yousafzai - Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka, Executive Director, UN Women
Speakers: - Hiya Shah, Girls Learn International - İlayda Eskitaşcioğlu (Turkey) - Fellow at the UNESCO Chair for Gender Equality and Sustainable Development - Joanita Babirye (Uganda), from the AC on Climate Justice - María Floridalma López Atz (Guatemala) Guatemalan Parliament for Children and Adolescents
Reflexions - Core Group of Generation Equality Forum
10.15 - 10.37 hrs Cultural Activity Auditorium Malala Yousafzai
10.37 - 11.07 hrs • Civil Society Pathway Auditorium Malala Reflexions Yousafzai - Core Group of Generation Equality Forum
11.07 - 11.30 hrs Cultural Activity Auditorium Malala Yousafzai
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CLOSING
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11.30 - 12.30 hrs a. Mobilizing Commitments Auditorium Malala b. Closing remarks– Passing the Torch (3 min each) Yousafzai - Nadine Gasman, President of the National Institute for Women, Government of Mexico - Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka, Executive Director, UN Women - Civil Society Advisory Group representative - Youth Task Force representative - Jean-Yves Le Drian, Minister of Europe and Foreign Affairs, Government of France - Marcelo Ebrard, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Government of Mexico
12.30 - 13.00 hrs Musical performance Auditorium Malala Yousafzai
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