PROGRAMME AGENDA MARCH 29-31, 2021 DAY 1. MARCH 29, 2021 POWER MOMENT *TIME (GMT-6) ACTIVITY AUDITORIUM 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 * Mexico City Time Available languages: 2 English, Spanish, French and Arabic DAY 1. MARCH 29, 2021 POWER MOMENT *TIME (GMT-6) ACTIVITY AUDITORIUM 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 * Mexico City Time Available languages: 3 English, Spanish, French and Arabic DAY 1. MARCH 29, 2021 CRISES AND HOPE Thematic Dialogues (Session 1) *TIME (GMT-6) ACTIVITY AUDITORIUM 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) * Mexico City Time Available languages: 4 English, Spanish, French and Arabic DAY 1. MARCH 29, 2021 CRISES AND HOPE Thematic Dialogues (Session 1) *TIME (GMT-6) ACTIVITY AUDITORIUM 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. * Mexico City Time Available languages: 5 English, Spanish, French and Arabic DAY 1. MARCH 29, 2021 CRISES AND HOPE Thematic Dialogues (Session 1) *TIME (GMT-6) ACTIVITY AUDITORIUM 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 * Mexico City Time Available languages: 6 English, Spanish, French and Arabic DAY 1. MARCH 29, 2021 CRISES AND HOPE Thematic Dialogues (Session 1) *TIME (GMT-6) ACTIVITY AUDITORIUM 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 * Mexico City Time Available languages: 7 English, Spanish, French and Arabic DAY 1. MARCH 29, 2021 CRISES AND HOPE Thematic Dialogues (Session 1) *TIME (GMT-6) ACTIVITY AUDITORIUM 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 * Mexico City Time Available languages: 8 English, Spanish, French and Arabic DAY 1. MARCH 29, 2021 CRISES AND HOPE Thematic Dialogues (Session 1) *TIME (GMT-6) ACTIVITY AUDITORIUM 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 * Mexico City Time Available languages: 9 English, Spanish, French and Arabic DAY 1. MARCH 29, 2021 CRISES AND HOPE Thematic Dialogues (Session 1) *TIME (GMT-6) ACTIVITY AUDITORIUM 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,