Date/Time
Date(s) - 18/03/2019
11:30 am - 12:45 pm
Location
Express Bar, UN Building
Categories
UN Commission on the Status of Women #63
Panel Discussion on Enabling the Right to Social Protection
The panel of three faith actors, will discuss how faith-based partnerships are enabling the right to social protection, by challenging gender-norms, and stepping in when the state and society fail to deliver.
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Event Agenda
Opening Remarks (15 minutes): H.E. Ambassador Martin Bille Hermann, Permanent Representative of Denmark to the United Nation
Rudelmar Bueno de Faria, General Secretary, ACT Alliance
Introduction: Dr. Elisabet le Roux, Research Director at Unit for Religion & Development Research, Stellenbosch University (via video)
Panel Moderator: Arelys Bellorini, United Nations Representative, World Vision Global
- Axsa Charles Gabagambi, Gender Adviser, Evangelical Lutheran Church in Tanzania & Side by Side
- Rabbi Diana S. Gerson, Associate Executive Vice President, New York Board of Rabbis
- Dr. Suzy Ismail, Visiting Professor, DeVry University North Brunswick
Closing remarks: Dr. Isabel Apawo Phiri, Deputy General Secretary, World Council of Churches