In the framework of the 59th Session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW59), the ILO and the ICA have organised a side the event "Cooperatives, Gender Equality and Women Empowerment", in New York on March 10, 2015.
Read the full programme below:
Opening Statement
 
Baasanjav Otgonjargal – State Secretary, Ministry of Population Development and Social Protection of Mongolia
Panelists
 
- Dame Pauline Green – President, International Co-operative Alliance
 - Dr. Lisa Schincariol – Senior Research Consultant, Taylor Newberry Consulting
 - H.E. Jeanne d'Arc Byaje – Deputy Permanent Representative, Mission of Rwanda to the UN
 - Vanessa Bransburg – Director for Cooperative Development, Center for Family Life
 
Moderator
 
Simel Esim – Head of the COOP Unit, ILO
 
Interactive Debate
 
Interventions from the floor
 
Presentation of Resource Guide
 
- Resource Guide for training on entrepreneurship development of women and gender equality
 - Savitri Singh – Advisor to Gender and Communication Programmes
 - Asia-Pacific Regional Office of the International Co-operative Alliance
 
Closing Remarks
 
H. E. Od Och – Ambassador, Mission of Mongolia to the UN
      
        Anglais
        
- Contact person: 
            Rodrigo Gouveia, Director of Policy
 - Email: gouveia@ica.coop