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AARP, the UN Department for Economic and Social Affairs (UN DESA), the Permanent Mission of Argentina, UN Women and the UN Special Procedures Office of the Independent Expert on the Rights of Older Persons will organize a virtual event on Tuesday, March 15, 2022, from 8am- 9:30am ET, during the sixty-sixth session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW66 – March 14-25, 2022).
The event, Shameful Contrast: Inequality at the Intersection of Age and Gender, is this year’s 15th annual AARP-United Nations Briefing, which places a spotlight on older women and aims to transform political momentum into action that will empower older women and further promote gender equality.
The Briefing will feature leaders from across the globe on women’s empowerment and gender equity and will offer insights into how key stakeholders can engage in a dialogue and format policies that promote gender equity and the empowerment of women.
We invite you to join us for dialogue among a distinguished group of leaders:
- Reem Alsalem, UN Special Rapporteur on violence against women, its causes and consequences
- Maria del Carmen Squeff, Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Permanent Mission of Argentina
- Edna Kane-Williams, Executive Vice President and Chief Diversity Officer, AARP
- Rajesh Mirchandani, Chief Communications Officer at UN Foundation
- Papa Seck, Chief Statistician UN Women
- Dr. Claudia Mahler, UN Independent Expert, UN Independent Expert on the enjoyment of all human rights by older persons
- Rachel Vogelstein, Senior Advisor, White House Gender Policy Council
- Georgina Veitch, Gender Policy Advisor, HelpAge International
- Supriya Akerkar, Director, Centre for Development and Emergency Practice, Oxford Brookes University (UK)
- Masumi Ono, Chief Social Inclusion and Participation, UN DESA
Source: UN DESA and AARP