Date: March 20, 2025

Time: 03:00 PM - 04:15 PM EST

Location: Conference Room 12, UN Secretariat Building

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Contact: marian.salema@unwomen.org

Thirty years after the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action, progress on gender equality remains urgent but increasingly at risk, with global financing declining since 2020. This funding gap threatens to stall momentum toward the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). In this session, we will explore how inter-agency pooled funding mechanisms consolidate resources to support effective solutions while ensuring sustained, coordinated financing for gender equality and the rights and empowerment of women and girls

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Welcoming remarks and moderator: 
Aisha Sabar, Deputy Executive Coordinator, Multi-Partner Trust Fund Office (UNDP) 

Opening remarks  
Aparna Mehrotra, Director UN System Coordination Division, UN Women
 

Discussion:
Francisco Javier López Lorenzana, Permanent Representation of Spain to the UN
Diego Pacheco Balanza, Permanent Mission of Bolivia to the UN
Bushra Hassan, Peacebuilding Fund
Heewoong Kim, Joint SDG Fund

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