“MDGs, Poverty and the Post-2015 Agenda – working together for a world without discrimination”
When: 17 October, 2013 – 10AM – 11:30AM EDT
Where: UNICEF House Exhibition Space – Danny Kaye Centre – New York
Live Stream Available the day of the event!
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October 17th is the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty. Building on the many movements and actions that traditionally take place on this day, the World We Want Platform will host its next interactive People’s Voices Series event.
Representatives of non-governmental organizations, community organizations, social movements, youth-led organizations, UN agencies, Member States, private sector, media and academia are invited to attend.
The theme for this year’s International Day for the Eradication of poverty is “working together towards a world without discrimination: building on the experience and knowledge of people in extreme poverty.”
As always, the “People’s Voices” Series will respond to people’s voices calling for an end to poverty and present people’s ideas for global development around important themes and topics. It will include an overview of how the World We Want platform can gather the voices of the most marginalized and impoverished, bring them to the United Nations and the world stage, and facilitate deeper discussion, stronger action, accountability, and response to these voices by all actors.
MODERATOR: John Hendra, Assistant Secretary General, Deputy Executive Director, UN Women
KEYNOTE LISTENER: Amina Mohammed, Special Advisor of the Secretary General on Post-2015
PANELISTS:
- Maryann Broxton, Constituent Advisor, ATD Fourth World
- Representative from the Participate Initiative (TBC)
- Sering Falu Njie, Deputy Director, UN Millennium Campaign
- Marta Benavides, Co-Chair, Global Call to Action Against Poverty (GCAP), Feminist Task Force
AGENDA
- Video Presentations – October 17th voices and actions
- Panel Discussion: ‘See Me, Hear Me, Accept Me’
- Question and Answer Session
- Closing Remarks