EP Side Event Programme - CSW69 

A 30-Year Perspective on Beijing: Achieving SDG 5 - gender equality and empowerment to all women and girls - only five years left for the world to fulfil the promises made in the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development

13.15–14.30 Tuesday 18 March 

UN Conference Room 9

Welcome remarks:

• Lina GÁLVEZ, Chair of the FEMM Committee, Member of the European Parliament

Key note speaker: 

• Ambassador Krzysztof SZCZERSKI, Permanent Representative of the Republic of Poland to the United Nations in New York
• Kirsi MADI, Deputy Executive Director for Resource Management, Sustainability and Partnerships, UN Women

Panel 1: From Beijing to the digital era: Combating gender based violence offline & online

Moderator: Eleonora MELETI, Member of the European Parliament

Panel:

• Abir AL-SAHLANI, Member of the European Parliament
• Mélissa CAMARA, Member of the European Parliament
• Hanna GEDIN, Member of the European Parliament

Q&A 

Panel 2: Women in leadership: creating opportunities and addressing the risks

Moderator: Joanna SCHEURING-WIELGUS, Member of European Parliament

Panel:

• Lina GÁLVEZ, Member of the European Parliament
• Margarita DE LA PISA CARRIÓN, Member of the European Parliament
• Assita KANKO, Member of the European Parliament

Q&A

Closing remarks: Lina GÁLVEZ, Chair of the FEMM Committee, Member of the European Parliament