AGW 2023 September Newsletter

1 August 2024

Dear Members, I would like to share with you all some reflections from Professor Shirley Randell and my attendance at the 67th United Nations Commission on the Status of Women in March this year. The priority theme of ‘Innovation and technological change, and education in the digital age for achieving gender equality and the empowerment of all women and girls’ was explored. A range of Australian government delegates such as the Hon Malarndirri McCarthy and the Sex Discrimination Commissioner Kate Jenkins were also present. Secretary General Antonio Guterres opened the event by outlining that, if we take account of women from all over the world, gender equality is still 300 years away. This opening set the scene for the rest of the conference by emphasising the work still required to achieve gender equality globally. A number of global presidents also made some key speeches, and the discussions continued to focus on gender equality in the digital age. To read more, Download: AGW 2023 September Newsletter

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