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High-Level Event: Unleashing the potential of rural women to tackle hunger and poverty
Reducing gender inequality key to achieving sustainable development goals, say UN agencies, EU, development partners
16 December 2016, 9:30 -1700h CET | FAO, Rome
Speakers include:
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José Graziano da Silva, Director-General, FAO
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Ameenah Gurib-Fakim,
President of the Republic of Mauritius
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Crown Princess Victoria of Sweden,
UN Sustainable Development Goals Advocate
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Sika Bella Kaboré, First Lady of Burkina
Faso
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Gabriela Matecná,
Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development of the Slovak Republic
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María Ángela Holguín Cuéllar, Minister
of Foreign Affairs of Colombia
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Taalaigul Isakunova, Minister for Labour
and Social Development, Kyrgyzstan
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Neven Mimica,
European Union Commissioner for International Cooperation and Development
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Tawakkol Karman, Nobel Peace Prize laureate
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Kanayo F. Nwanze, President, International
Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD)
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Denise Brown, Director of Emergencies,
World Food Programme (WFP)
(Click
here
for a full program listing all speakers.)
The event is being co-organized by FAO and the Slovak Presidency of the Council of the European Union in close collaboration with the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), the
World Food Program (WFP), and UN Women.
Why gender matters for the development agenda
The issue of gender equality and women's empowerment runs as an important theme throughout the new 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. Achieving gender equality and women’s empowerment is an
absolute precondition to break the cycle of poverty and hunger and achieve the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) that the international community has set for itself.
The High-level Event will offer a platform for dynamic discussions aimed at identifying the main challenges, gaps, opportunities and actions needed for unleashing the potential of rural women and
girls to advance the 2030 agenda.
Where and when
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16 December 2016, 9:30-19:00h CET
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FAO Headquarters, Rome, Italy (Metro Circo Massimo)
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