Media Advisory
UNIFEM at the United Nations Conference on the World Financial and Economic Crisis and Its Impact on Development, UN Headquarters, New York, 24–26 June
For immediate release
Date: 22 June 2009
Media Inquiries:
Oisika Chakrabarti, Media Specialist, UNIFEM Headquarters, +1 212 906-6506,
The United Nations is convening a three-day summit of world leaders to assess the global economic crisis and its impact on development. The meeting was mandated at the Follow-up International Conference on Financing for Development, held in December 2008 in Doha, Qatar. The United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM) invites you to several parallel events co-organized with other UN agencies, NGOs, governments and partners in the context of the summit.
CALENDAR OF EVENTS
Please refer to our website for updates.
Wednesday 24 June, 1:15–2:45 p.m.
Making Economic Stimulus Packages Work for Women [Flyer]
Venue: Conference Room B, United Nations Secretariat, Co-sponsored by UNESCAP
The panel will explore whether economic stimulus packages allocate resources for women’s issues and move beyond one-time subsidies to gender-equitable job creation, social services provisioning and social protection within a rights-based framework. Opening remarks by Inés Alberdi, Executive Director, UNIFEM and Noeleen Heyzer, UN Under-Secretary-General and Executive Secretary, UNESCAP. Panelists include Carolina S. Guina, Development Cooperation Specialist; Marina Durano, Women’s Working Group on Financing for Development; and Bijaya Rai Shrestha, Programme Coordinator, Pourakhi, Nepal.
For more information, contact masumi.watase[at]unifem.org
Friday 26 June, 8:15–10:00 a.m.
Breakfast Dialogue on the Economic Crisis: Economic Recovery and Sustainable Development with Gender Equality [Flyer]
Venue: Delegates Dining Room 6, United Nations Secretariat, Co-sponsored by Governments of Nicaragua, Finland and Australia, and UNDP
The breakfast dialogue will provide a space for governments, the UN and civil society to discuss ways to build inclusive economies that offer equal opportunities for women and men. Speakers include Mr. Alberto José Guevara Obregón, Minister of Finance and Public Credit, Government of Nicaragua; H.E. Gary Quinlan, Permanent Representative of Australia to the United Nations; H.E. Jarmo Viinanen, Permanent Representative of Finland to the United Nations; Inés Alberdi, Executive Director, UNIFEM; Obiageli Ezekwesili, Vice President of the Africa Region,World Bank; Rania Antonopoulos, Research Scholar, Levy Economics Institute of Bard College; and Gigi Francisco, DAWN/Women’s Working Group on Financing for Development.
Please RSVP by 24 June to mohammad.abbadi[at]undp.org
Monday 29 June, 10:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m.
Seminar: Analyzing the Current Economic Crisis and Gender Perspectives in Latin America [Flyer]
Venue: Hank Shanon Conference Room, 21st Floor, 1 UN Plaza (44th Street and 1st Avenue), Co-sponsored by UNDP
The seminar will focus on the impacts of the economic crisis and discuss measures and public policies that the Latin American and Caribbean region could put forward to avoid negative long-term development consequences. Speakers include Alma Espino (Uruguay), Corina Rodriguez Enriquez (Argentina), Lucia Fragoso (Mexico) and Valeria Esquivel (Argentina) from the International Working Group on Gender, Macroeconomics and International Economics; Rebeca Grynspan, Assistant Administrator and Regional Director, Regional Bureau Latin America and the Caribbean, UNDP; and Yassine Fall, Senior Advisor, Economic Security and Rights UNIFEM.
Please RSVP to alicia.long[at]unifem.org
