[NGO CSW-NY monthly mtg] Driving Change: A Look at Intergenerational Activism
Join us for our June Monthly Meeting for a special intergenerational program! We’ll be announcing the winners of the NGO CSW65 Young Feminist Awards, having a panel discussion on widows, and announcing the new NGO CSW/NY Executive Committee! Register here.
Please note that this will be our last monthly meeting until September.
Meet the five winners of the NGO CSW65 Young Feminist Awards! Learn about their organizations and innovative projects. Read about the award winners here.8:45 – 10AM: Beyond the Loss: Widows’ Resilience
Learn about the unique experiences, challenges, and inequalities widows of all ages face globally. The panel will include the following speakers:
- Moderated by: Pamela Morgan, NGO CSW/NY Member-at-Large, and Susan O’Malley, NGO CSW/NY Ex-Officio
- Yasmin Juso-Sheriff, Vice President of the Human Rights Commission of Sierra Leone
- Marijke Kremin, Program Manager, Global Fund for Widows
- Margaret Owen, OBE, President of Widows for Peace Through Democracy (WPD)
- Lily Thapa, Founder of Women for Human Rights-Single Women’s Group
Read the full program with panelists’ bios.
10 – 10:30AM: NGO CSW/NY Updates
Executive Committee election announcement by Erica Higbie, Election Committee Chair and Updates from Houry Geudelekian, NGO CSW/NY Chair
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CoNGO Notes: For more information on the NGO Committee on the Status of Women-NY, please visit ngocsw.org. For more information on the NGO Committee on the Status of Women-Vienna, please visit ngocswvienna.org. For more information on the NGO Committee on the Status of Women-Geneva, please visit ngocsw-geneva.ch.