Dr. Vindhya Persaud, Guyana’s Minister of Human Services and Social Security will join several high profile speakers on March 16 at the 65th session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW65) – the UN’s largest gathering on gender equality and women’s rights in New York, USA.
The virtual two-week long (March 15 to 26) gathering for the UN Member States, civil society organizations, gender experts, and other international actors aims to build consensus and agree on a roadmap to advance gender equality, with the focus this year on the theme, “Women’s full and effective participation and decision-making in public life, as well as the elimination of violence, for achieving gender equality and the empowerment of all women and girls”.
Dr. Persaud’s 11-minute message will reflect the Caricom Community’s (CARICOM) perspective and will focus, inter alia, on women’s participation in leadership and decision-making; implementation of gender quotas in politics; the elimination of violence against women and girls and the ongoing commitment to promote gender equality and the empowerment of women and girls.
Other high-profile speakers to address the Commission tomorrow include US Vice-President Kamala Harris; European Commissioner For International Partnerships Jutta Urpilainen; Minister Of State For The Presidency, Portugal (on behalf of on behalf of the European Union) Mariana Vieira Da Silva, among others.
