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UNGA Side Event: Global Women Leaders (GWL) Voices on UN reform and Our Common Agenda

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You can watch the livestream here. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R4zQjsz5dGo Background There is a vibrant international conversation about the future of multilateralism and the role of the United Nations that started with a global consultation for the commemoration of the 75th anniversary of the UN. This global consultation included voices from young activists,…

19 September 2022@ 9 – 11.30 AM

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Baha'i International Community to the UN (866 United Nations Plaza, Suite 120, New York, NY 10017) & Online via https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R4zQjsz5dGo
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Global Women Leaders: Voices for Change and Inclusion

You can watch the livestream here.

Background

There is a vibrant international conversation about the future of multilateralism and the role of the United Nations that started with a global consultation for the commemoration of the 75th anniversary of the UN. This global consultation included voices from young activists, civil society organizations, academia, the private sector, and of course governments. The outcomes were impressive in quantity and quality, the report “Shaping Our Future Together”, declarations from youth organizations and  civil society, and an intergovernmental outcome: the “UN75 Political Declaration” which mandated the UN Secretary General to prepare an implementation  roadmap. This roadmap, called “Our common Agenda” was launched in 2021 and has become a blueprint for a much needed UN reform and has brought about a wide and inclusive dialogue on the future of the Organization.

And, we know that any reform, any improved version of the UN will require a profound rethinking of the gender and women and girls’ rights architecture of the Organization. Our Common Agenda calls for:  “undertake a review of the capacity of the United Nations system—staffing, resources, architecture—to deliver on gender equality as a core priority across all entities”. This review is currently ongoing , and  will examine how the UN System is organised to deliver on gender equality and provide recommendations on how to uplift  its operations   and  effectiveness  as we accelerate pace for the implementation of SDG5 and the overall Agenda 2030.

Event Details

Against this backdrop, the side event aims at contributing to the ongoing dialogue about the need to put gender equality and women’s rights at the center of the UN reform and the implementation of Our Common Agenda. This will of course beyond the needed retooling of the organization, its operations and priorities, through a gender sensitive system-wide architecture, but also to identify the key structural challenges in the agenda and priorities set up by member states as they address the three pillars of the UN mandate: peace and security, sustainable development and human rights and deliver on their commitments enshrined in the Sustainable Development Goals, the Paris Climate Agreement and the Addis Ababa Action Agenda on Financing for Development.

Panelists

  • Helen Clark / 37th Prime Minister of New Zealand. Former Administrator of the United Nations Development Programme. Cofounder of GWL Voices.
  • Susana Malcorra / Former Minister of Foreign Affairs & Worship (2015-2017), Argentina. Former chief staff of the Secretary General of the United Nations. Member and cofounder of GWL Voices.
  • Danilo Turk / President of Slovenia (2007-2012), President of Club de Madrid.
  • Soon Young Yoon / Advocate for women’s human rights and author of “Citizen of the World — Soon-Young and the UN”. United Nations representative of the International Alliance of Women and Chair of the Board, Women’s Environment and Development Organization (WEDO).

Moderator

Nudhara Yusuf / Facilitator of the Global Governance Innovation Network, GGIN. Global Youth Coordinator, Coalition for the UN We Need.

Opening Remarks

Dan Perrel (Opening Remarks) / United Nations Representative at Baha’i International Community. Co Chair for C4UN.

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