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11 March 2025 - 1:26am

Graduate Women International (GWI) Parallel Events CSW69: 10-21 March 2025

GWI Update from Dr Shirley Gillet, GWNZ International Relations

I encourage you to take part in the following Graduate Women International (GWI) CSW69 events. These sessions provide valuable insights into education, leadership, and gender equity, aligning with GWI’s commitment to advancing opportunities for women and girls worldwide.

From 10–21 March 2025, the 69th session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW69) will convene in New York, uniting thousands virtually and hundreds of GWI members in New York. GWI is proud to contribute to this global conversation by hosting three parallel events that will highlight key challenges, share insights, and examine this year’s theme to review the progress of the 1995 Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action.

GWI Parallel Events at CSW69:

1. Education: Only Way to Solve Old and Modern Antifeminism12 March 2025, 12:30 – 2:00 pm Eastern Standard Time
Drew Room, Church Center for the United Nations, 777 United Nations Plaza, New York, NY 10017

2. Empowering Young Women for Sustainable Development: Progress and Future
19 March 2025, 12:30 – 2:00 pm Eastern Standard Time (Virtual)

3. Women in Power and Leadership: Accelerating Advancement Towards Gender Equity
20 March 2025, 12:30 – 2:00 pm Eastern Standard Time (Virtual)

These events offer an opportunity to engage in global discussions on gender equality and education. I encourage you to participate and be part of the conversation shaping the future for women and girls.