Side Event at United Nations on 15th December: UNWomen, WECF and Women's Major Group
WECF is co-organising a side event entitled 'From 'Brown' Economy to 'Equitable' Economy - Women's priorities for Rio+20".
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Minister
Friis Bach of Development Cooperation of Denmark, Deputy Executive Director
Lakshmi Puri of UN Women, International Labour Organisation, and the Women
Rio+20 Steering Committee will be strategizing about the most important
outcomes for Rio+20 from a gender and women's priority perspective.
Title: From Brown to Equitable Economies – Women’s priorities for Rio +20
Organizer: UN WOMEN & Women in Europe for a Common Future (WECF) – Women International
Venue: Conference Room 1 in the North Lawn Building
The complete programme can be found here
Rio+20 Intersessional
15-16 December 2011
Programme
18:15 Welcome
Christine von Weizsäcker, WECF and Representative of VAM (organising partners of the Women’s major group)
UN Women key points for Rio+20 Lakshmi Puri, Deputy Executive Director UN Women, Assistant Secretary General
18:25 Part 1
Green Economy and Poverty Eradication – From a gender perspective
Introduction – H.E. Christian Friis Bach, Minister of Development Cooperation, Denmark – Chair Gender and Green Economy – Nidhi Tandon, author of UN Women paper Rio+20 Key messages Women’s Major Group – Anita Nayar, DAWN Development Alternatives with Women for a New era
Discussion with panelists and the participants
19:20 Part 2
Case Studies: Green Jobs for Women – Lessons from Brown Economy
Kaisha Atakhanova, Social Eco Fund, Kazakhstan Peter Poschen / Kees v.d. Ree, International Labour Organisation ILO
Discussion with panelists and the participants
19:45 Closing
Contact: Sascha Gabizon, Executive Director, WECF: sascha.gabizon@wecf.eu Anna Falth, Economics Specialist, UN Women: anna.falth@unwomen.org
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