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1. ECOSOC Chamber
at UN Headquarters
Friday, 8 March 2024
10:00 AM - 11:30 AM
INVEST IN WOMEN, ACCELERATE PROGRESS
INTERNATIONAL
WOMEN'S DAY
Programme
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António Guterres
UN Secretary-General
Dennis Francis
President of the 78th Session of the UN General Assembly
Antonio Manuel Revilla Lagdameo
Chair of the Bureau
for the 68th session of the CSW
Sima Bahous
UN Under-Secretary General
and Executive Director, UN Women
Opening Remarks
Frida Owinga
Founder, PassionProfit
Kenya
Amina J. Mohammed
UN Deputy Secretary-General
Cristina Duarte
UN Special Adviser on Africa
Catherine Russell
UN Under-Secretary General and
Executive Director, UNICEF
Diene Keita
UN Assistant-Secretary General and
Deputy Executive Director (Programme), UNFPA
Anne Hathaway
UN Women Goodwill Ambassador
Sanya Lopes
Co-President of the Undergraduate Stern
Women in Business Club, NYU Stern
USA
Investment in Gender Equality
Richard Lui
NBC/MSNBC News Anchor and Journalist
The event is
moderated by:
Performance: Rockers on Broadway, “One Woman”
Spotlight on Female Entrepreneurship and Youth
Video Message
Performance: United Nations International School Choir