Are you ready for #IWD2021?

Join @UN Women and Generation Equality on International Women’s Day to celebrate women in leadership who are shaping an equal future and recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic.

* EVENT DESCRIPTION *

Special video message by Eva Longoria, Actress, Activist, Producer and Philanthropist
Musical performances by Angelica Hale, Pihcintu Chorus, and Broadway Singers

Hosted by Sophia Pierre-Antoine, PSEA Officer at IOM HQ and Former Board Co-Chair of FRIDA Young Feminist Fund

Chapters:
0:00 – Countdown
2:16 – Welcome by Host Sophia Pierre-Antoine
6:06 – H.E. António Guterres, Secretary General of the United Nations 
10:25 – H.E. Volkan Bozkir, President of the UN General Assembly 
14:27 – H.E. Mher Margaryan, Chair of the 65th Session of the Commission on the Status of Women 
19:32 – Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka, Executive Director of UN Women 
23:49 – Somaya Faruqi, member of the Afghan Girls Robotic Team 
27:43 – Angelica Hale, Musical Performance and Remarks
34:04 – Panel on women’s leadership in a COVID-19 world
1:09:01 – Pihcintu Chorus
1:13:34 – Generation Equality Forum
1:14:18 – Government of Mexico
1:17:33 – Élisabeth Moreno, Minister for Gender Equality, Diversity and Equal Opportunities of France
1:22:03 – Zoneziwoh Mbondgulo-Wondieh, GEF Civil Society Advisory Group
1:25:05 – Chamathya Fernando and Anika Jane Dorothy, GEF Youth Task Force
1:29:30 – Generation Equality Forum Action Coalitions and the Women, Peace and Security and Humanitarian Action Compact
2:15:32 – Eva Longoria, Actress, Activist, Producer and Philanthropist
2:21:35 – Closing Remarks
2:27:13 – One Woman Sung by Broadway Singers

Panel discussion on women’s leadership in a COVID-19 world moderated by Mr. Eddie Ndopu, SDG and disability rights advocate: 
– H.E. Katrín Jakobsdóttir, Prime Minister of Iceland 
– H.E. Elizabeth Gomez Alcorta, Minister of Women, Gender and Diversity of Argentina 
– Aya Chebbi, Outgoing African Union Youth Envoy, Chair of Africa Young Women Manifesto Group 
– Xiye Bastida, Climate justice activist and co-founder of Re-Earth Initiative 
 
Generation Equality Forum segment featuring key messages from: 
– H.E. Élisabeth Moreno, Minister for Gender Equality, Diversity and Equal Opportunities of France 
– Representative of the Government of Mexico 
– Chamathya Fernando and Anika Jane Dorothy, Members of the GEF Youth Task Force 
– Zoneziwoh Mbondgulo-Wondieh, Member of the GEF Civil Society Advisory Group 

Panel discussion on the Generation Equality Forum Action Coalitions and the Women, Peace and Security and Humanitarian Action Compact 

#IWD2021 #GenerationEquality

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