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CSW62: Women’s Major Group side event on chemicals, gender equality and rural women
20. March 2018 @ 14:30 - 15:30
“Strengthening gender policies for a toxics-free planet for rural women”
We would kindly like to invite you to our side event: “Strengthening gender policies for a toxics-free planet for rural women”. The event is running parallel to the sixty-second session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW62), at the United Nations Headquarters in New York (12-23 March, 2018). The CSW theme this year is: “challenges and opportunities in achieving gender equality and the empowerment of rural women and girls”. Join us on 20 March 2018 at 2:30 pm EST, at the tenth floor of the UN Church Centre for a documentary screening, presentation of case studies from the field and engaging discussions!
About event
Each year, 9 million people die from pollution; many of which die specifically from air pollution, toxic waste, pesticides and mercury. Chemical pollution and hormone-related diseases such as breast cancer are linked. We will be screening a short excerpt from our documentary “What has gender got to do with chemicals?” This film visits chemicals and waste pollution areas and looks at best practices from a gender perspectve in Nigeria and Senegal, including numerous examples from rural areas. Case studies from Nigeria and Indonesia will be presented, before we open up the floor for a dialogue.
Date: Tuesday, 20 March 2018
Time: 2:30 pm EST
Room: Tenth Floor
Venue: Church Center, 777 United Nations Plaza, New York, Click here for map
Free admission: you do not need a UN pass to enter the building
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