14 October 2015 New York City, US
Second Committee Special Event: Women’s Equality and Sustainable Development

At this Special Event, which is titled 'Transforming economies, realizing rights: A policy agenda to achieve substantive equality for women and realize sustainable development' and organized by UN Women, researchers and experts will contribute ideas and expert knowledge to the deliberations and work of the UN General Assembly's (UNGA) Second Committee, also in support of the implementation of 2030 Agenda and its Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The event will make the case for a transformative policy agenda to achieve gender equality and sustainable development, as presented in the ‘2014 World Survey on the Role of Women in Development' as well as UN Women's flagship report, ‘Progress of the World's Women 2015-2016'.  

date: 14 October 2015  
venue: UN Headquarters  
location: New York City, US  
contact: Oisika Chakrabarti  
phone: +1 646 781-4522  
e-mail: oisika.chakrabarti@unwomen.org  
www: http://www.un.org/en/ga/second/70/se14octnote.pdf
 http://www.un.org/en/ga/second/70/sideevents.shtml