Event information

23 February 2023, 13:00-14:30
Register start 10 February 2023
Register end 22 February 2023

Equal and Inclusive Representation of Women in Decision-Making Systems: CEDAW’s Next General Recommendation

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The United Nations (UN) Committee on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) has recently announced that it will start working on the development and adoption of a new General Recommendation on the ‘Equal and inclusive representation of women in decision-making systems’.

Following the half-day general discussion that the Committee organizes on 22 February 2023, this event – co-organized with GQUAL, the University of Bern, the Swiss National Science Foundation and the World Trade Institute – intends to highlight the importance of the process initiated by the Committee with a broad audience of stakeholders and contribute to the discussion by engaging experts on a dynamic conversation addressing key issues related to the equal and inclusive representation of women in decision-making systems.

Welcome

  • Gloria Gaggioli, Director, Geneva Academy and Professor, University of Geneva Law Faculty

Opening Remarks

  • Nada Youssef A. Al Nashif, Deputy High Commissioner for Human Rights

Moderator

  • Elisa Fornalé, World Trade Institute and University of Bern

Panelists

  • Nicole Ameline, Vice-Chair, CEDAW
  • Claudia Martin, Founding Member of GQUAL, Professorial Lecturer in Residence and Co-Director, Academy on Human Rights and Humanitarian Law, American University Washington College of Law
  • Claudia Fuentes Julio, Ambassador and Permanent Representative of Chile to the UN in Geneva
  • Santiago Canton, incoming Secretary General, International Commission of Jurists
  • Caitlin Kraft-Buchman, CEO/Founder, Women at the Table

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