Since 1975, March 8 has been celebrated as International Women’s Day, "Gender Equality Beyond 2005: Building a More Secure Future” the theme of International Women's Day this year."

Programme

Office of the Special Adviser on Gender Issues and Advancement of Women/DESA
Division for the Advancement of Women/DESA and
Department of Public Information

in collaboration with

United Nations Inter-Agency Network on Women and Gender Equality

cordially invite you to an observance of

International Women's Day
“Gender Equality Beyond 2005: Building a More Secure Future”

8 March 2005

Conference Room 2

10:00 am - 12:00 noon

 

Panel lists:

Ms. Rachel Mayanja, Special Adviser on Gender Issues and Advancement of Women, DESA

Ms. Nafis Sadik, Member, High-level Panel on Threats, Challenges and Change

Mr. Sálvano Briceño, Director,
Secretariat of the International Strategy for Disaster Reduction

Ms. Anna Kajumulo Tibaijuka, Executive Director, UN-Habitat

Ms. Jessica Neuwirth, President, Equality Now


Moderator: Mr. Shashi Tharoor,
Under-Secretary-General for Communications and Public Information



Programme subject to change


For further information, please contact:
Sylvia Hordosch, Office of the Special Adviser on Gender Issues and Advancement
of Women, Department of Economic and Social Affairs,
Tel: (212) 963 5450; e-mail: hordosch@un.org

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