NOON BRIEFING HIGHLIGHTS

Spokesperson for General Assembly President Csaba Kőrösi
United Nations Headquarters, New York

Monday, 6 March 2023

 

CSW

The President of the General Assembly, Csaba Kőrösi today addressed the opening of the Commission on the Status of Women.

He spoke about the needs to include women and girls in digital IT, computing, physics, mathematics and engineering… adding that new technologies could help equalize the genders, if used well.

He also spoke about the need to combat stereotypes, and create apps that protect women and girls from violence.

Quote “the advanced AI applications that will power our economies tomorrow can be designed in ways that rule out gender discrimination today.”

The President said that he stands with the Commission on the Status of Women today in championing a gender equitable transformation.

He vowed to continue working with his Advisory Board on Gender Equality.

He also spoke about the role of science, encouraging the Commission to ensure that gender equality policies are anchored in scientific evidence.

Saying that such an approach could foster more productive discussions on issues viewed as “contentious” or divisive.

The President’s full remarks are online and in your inbox.

The President delivered the remarks via video message as he is still enroute from Doha.

He is scheduled to land this afternoon and be in the office later today.

PGA EVENT AT CSW

I wanted to highlight an event that the President has organized amid the CSW.

This will be a conversation on “the role of technology in addressing violence against women and girls”. The event will be held on Wednesday, at 1:15PM, in the Dag Hammarskjold Library Reading Room.

The aim is to bring together senior leaders from Governments, the UN system, parliamentarians, the private sector and civil society to share experience and learn from success stories on addressing violence against women and girls in the digital context.

The preliminary program includes

  • Executive Director of UN Women, Ms. Sima Sami Bahous;
  • Commissioner of the NYC Mayor’s Office to End Domestive Violence and Gender-Based Violence, Ms. Cecile Noel
  • Director of Partnerships and Business Development for Jigsaw, Google, Ms. Patricia Georgiuo
  • CEO and Founder of Ehtesab and TIME Magazine’s ’Next Generation Leader’, Sara Wahedi. She founded Ehtesab, which stems from the word “accountability” in Dari and Pashto, and the app allows Afghans to stay informed about explosions and other incidents, including acts of violence and harassment experienced by women.

I will try to put out a media advisory from the conversation after the fact.

 

QUESTIONS

There were no questions for the Spokesperson.