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International Women's Day: which commitment today?

Discussion : International Women's Day 2021 : which commitment today?

Under the high patronage of UNESCO in partnership with AUF

March 8th, 2021 from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. (Paris Time)

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The oline-event organized by Dr Guila Clara Kessous, teacher-researcher at Harvard University, UNESCO artist for peace, Ambassador for Peace of the Universal Circle of Peace Ambassadors (Geneva) will reflect on commitment the support women rights today.

"This moment of exchange is a current reflection on the commitment made to women's rights, whether individually or collectively. This meeting is meant to be an expression of solidarity and a creator of links and ideas, in order to always raise these rights higher and to reaffirm the actions necessary for their full recognition. Far from a gender war, this meeting is meant to speak and listen to initiatives that bear hope for women but also for society as a whole."

Program (Provisional program and subject to change) (Paris Time)

7:00 p.m. - Plenary session

• Introduction by Dr. Guila Clara Kessous, UNESCO Artist for Peace - Ambassador for Peace - Harvard University
• Opening Prof. Slim Khalbous, Rector of the Agence universitaire de la Francophonie

7:15 p.m. - Towards a new Eve

• Dr. Denis Mukwege, Nobel Peace Prize Laureate
• Dr. Boris Cyrulnik, neuropsychiatrist, writer

7:30 p.m. - A preventive commitment 

Round Table - Nothing can ever be taken for granted

• Liliane Daligand, psychiatrist, president of the VIFFIL association in Lyon
• Christine Jama, director of Women's Voices (against forced marriages)
• Céline Poulet, interministerial delegate for disability
• Marie Rabatel, President of the Francophone Association of Autistic Women (AFFA).
• Isabelle Rome, magistrate, author, senior official for gender equality at the Ministry of Justice
• Véronique Sousset, director of the penitentiary center

8:30 p.m. - A commitment to support

Round Table - Support and solidarity

• Céline Mas, President of UN Women
• Isabelle Rome, magistrate, author, senior official for gender equality at the Ministry of Justice
• François Molins, Attorney General at the Court of Cassation
• Ghada Hatem, gynecologist, founding president of the Maison des femmes en Seine Saint Denis
• Christiane Féral-Schuhl, lawyer, former president of the National Bar Council

8:30 p.m. - Closing

• Laure Adler, journalist, writer
• Eve Ensler, playwright

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URL:

https://en.unesco.org/news/guila-kessous-conference-international-womens-day