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SAVE THE DATE: SEPT 19 Strengthening Gender Justice and Human Rights to Achieve Sustainable Development

The Women’s Major Group (WMG) and Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (FES) New York Office are pleased to invite you to the side event, “Strengthening Gender Justice and Human Rights to Achieve Sustainable Development,” on Thursday, September 19th, from 3 pm to 6 pm EST in the United Nations Trusteeship Council Chamber (located in the UN General Assembly building), New York, USA.

The event will also be webcast live and on-demand at http://webtv.un.org

This event will launch the joint publication of WMG/FES paper titled “Strengthening Gender Justice and Human Rights to Achieve Sustainable Development.” Additionally, this event will launch the WMG compilation document “Gender Equality, Women’s Rights and Women’s Priorities: Recommendations for the Proposed Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and the Post- 2015 Development Agenda”, from which the WMG/FES paper is drawn. These publications highlight women’s perspectives on sustainable development themes and provide detailed analyses and recommendations.

Please RSVP via email to noelenen@gmail.com and copy fes.associate@fesny.org by Tuesday 17 September to confirm your participation.

Download the flyer here

Help Spread the Word!

Sample Tweets

  • Join @Women_Rio20  on Thurs Sept 19th for a discussion on #Post2015 Sustainable Devt #GenderEquality #WomensRights
  • Watch live: WMG & FES #Post2015 & #SDGs pub launch at 3pmEST Sept 19 via http://webtv.un.org @Women_Rio20
  • Learn more about @Women_Rio20 recommendations for the #Post2015 Sustainable Devt Goals on Sept 19th, 3pm athttp://webtv.un.org
  • Check out flyer for WMG & FES upcoming Sept 19 publication launch http://ow.ly/oBsp7 #Post2015 #SDGs #womensrights

Sample Facebook Posts

  • “Ensure that, as small producers, women have equal rights to access and control productive resources such as land, seed, water, and forests.”-Azra Sayeed, hear more on Sept 19th, 3pm  http://ow.ly/oBsp7
  • “Women´s intense work in natural resource-related production and survival…is barely recognized and often neglected” -Vivienne Solis, hear more on Sept 19th @Women_Rio20
  • Speakers at the WMG/FES event on Sept 19th will discuss the inter-linkages between sustainable development and advancing gender equality
  • Learn about the recommendations of the Women’s Major Group on the Post 2015 processes and sustainable development goals on Sept 19th, 3pm http://ow.ly/oBsp7
Downloadable File(s): PDF icon Programme