Location: Chicago Council on Global Affairs Conference Center, 130 East Randolph Street, Chicago, IL 60601 Description: In recent years the US government has incorporated gender equality as a metric of policy development and program investment of its domestic and foreign policies. Yet despite many indicators of progress for women and girls everywhere more work remains,…
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Consultation Day: Commission on the Status of Women (CSW 59)
Location: 777 United Nations Plaza, 1st Floor, New York, New York 10017 Description: For the 30,000 non-governmental representatives attending the Fourth World Conference on Women in 1995, as well as for the many who could not, the meeting was a glorious achievement. The Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action (BPfA) was the “can do” result…
Women and Girls Rising: Progress and Resistance Around the World
Time: 3-4 pm Location: Wilson Center, Woodrow Wilson Plaza, 1300 Pennsylvania, Ave., NW Washington, D.C. 20004 Description: The Women in Public Service Project at the Wilson Center will host the event “Women and Girls Rising: Progress and Resistance Around the World.” The event will be moderated by Foreign Policy Correspondent Indira Lakshmanan. Opening remarks will…
International Conventions on Women-- Successes or Failure?
Location: The World Bank, Washington DC 20433 Description: What have been the successes and failures of United Nations Global Conferences over the past forty years? How has the debate and focus changed over time? What can be learnt from the past for the implementation of the SDGs? The Gender and Development Chapter of the 1818…
Lifetime Achievement Award Public Affairs Alliance of Iranian Americans 2015
Time: 6:00 pm Location: Metropolitan Club in New York City Description: Mahnaz Afkhami will be honored with the Lifetime Achievement Award at the Public Affairs Alliance of Iranian Americans’ Annual Gala at the Metropolitan Club in New York City. The Gala will celebrate the PAAIA’s accomplishments over the past year, as well as honor three…
The World We Seek: Reigniting the Dialogue on Human Security
Time: 9:00 am – 5:30 pm Location: Kenney Auditorium (Johns Hopkins SAIS), 1740 Massachusetts Ave Washington, DC 20036 Description: The Women’s Learning Partnership and the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies will present a day-long event examining and re-imagining the Universal Declaration of Human Rights as the foundation for global security and sustainable development,…
World NGO Day Forum February 27 & 28, 2014
World NGO Day Forum View full program Interview with Mahnaz Afkhami Mahnaz Afkhami, a World NGO Day Goodwill Ambassador, speaks at the World NGO Day Forum February 27 and 28 in Helsinki, Finland. WLP World NGO Day Goodwill message for 2014: “In today’s world, science and technology offer endless possibilities, but cannot alone meet humankind’s…