CSW60 Briefing Series on "Empowering Women - the forgotten half-billion" | Division for Inclusive Social Development (DISD)

26 February 2016

briefing on “Women’s Empowerment: the forgotten half-billion”|UN AARP Event

AARP, the United Nations Focal Point on Ageing and the United Nations Women for Peace Association are holding a two-day luncheon briefing on “Women’s Empowerment: the forgotten half-billion” in conjunction with the sixtieth session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW60).

Dates: 15 and 16 March 2016 (1-3 pm)

Venue: United Nations Delegates Dining Room, UN Headquarters, New York

For more information, contact Ms. Erica Dhar EDhar@aarp.org

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