Women & The Sustainable Development Goals: Participant Voices
by The Daily Eye Team April 8 2016, 6:57 pm Estimated Reading Time: 0 mins, 28 secsEvery year thousands of activists from civil society organizations around the world come to New York to take part in the Commission on the Status of Women, the global intergovernmental body exclusively dedicated to the promotion of gender equality and the empowerment of women. Around 4,100 non-governmental representatives from more than 540 organizations participated in 2016, the highest number ever for one of the Commission’s regular annual meetings. Through short video and print interviews and photographs, a snapshot of their messages and perspectives on women and the Sustainable Development Goals.