Sep

7

CGD TALKS

3:30—5:00 PM

Peter G. Peterson Conference Center, Institute for International Economics, 1750 Massachusetts Avenue, NW, Washington, DC

A New UN Agency for Women: Who Needs It?

Gender inequality is a widely recognized problem across the world. Its effects can often be deadly, a fact most evident in the greater vulnerability of girls and women to HIV/AIDS. UN Special Envoy for HIV/AIDS in Africa, Stephen Lewis, argued that a new UN agency for women is necessary to close the gender divide in global development. Discussants included:

Geeta Rao Gupta, President, International Center for Research on Women
Alex Gerbrandy, Development Counselor, Royal Netherlands Embassy

The event was moderated by The event was moderated by Nandini Oomman, CGD senior program associate and project director for the HIV/AIDS Monitor Initiative.

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Watch Stephen Lewis' keynote address.

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