{"id":248364,"date":"2021-03-10T16:21:34","date_gmt":"2021-03-10T21:21:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/?p=248364"},"modified":"2021-04-12T10:16:32","modified_gmt":"2021-04-12T14:16:32","slug":"women-peace-and-security-and-beijing25-progress-and-challenges-for-women-and-girls-in-palestine-virtual-event","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/women-peace-and-security-and-beijing25-progress-and-challenges-for-women-and-girls-in-palestine-virtual-event\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cWomen, Peace and Security and Beijing+25: Progress and Challenges for Women and Girls in Palestine” – Virtual Event"},"content":{"rendered":"

UN Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian Peopl<\/span>e<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

VIRTUAL<\/span><\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/b>EVENT<\/span><\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

On the margins of CSW<\/span><\/i><\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\"<\/span><\/i><\/b>Women, Peace and Security and Beijing+25:<\/span><\/i><\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/i><\/b>Progress and Challenges for Women and Girls in Palestine<\/span><\/i><\/b>\"<\/span><\/i><\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Wedne<\/span><\/b>sd<\/span><\/b>ay<\/span><\/b>,\u00a0<\/span><\/b>10 March<\/span><\/b>\u00a0202<\/span><\/b>1<\/span><\/b>, 10.00 a.m. \u2013 12.00 p.m. (NY Time)<\/span><\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span>The\u00a0<\/span>UN Palestinian Rights Committee<\/span><\/a>\u00a0<\/span>organized<\/span> the\u00a0<\/span>Virtual\u00a0<\/span>Event<\/span>\u00a0on the margins of the\u00a0<\/span>sixty-fifth session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW)\u00a0<\/span>on<\/span>\u00a0\"<\/span>Women, Peace and Security and Beijing+25: Progress and Challenges for Women and Girls in Palestine<\/span>\" <\/span> via\u00a0<\/span>WebEx<\/span>. The event was also livestreamed on UN Web TV.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The event was organised as a panel<\/span>\u00a0conversation<\/span>\u00a0\u2013 moderated by\u00a0<\/span>Amb<\/span>. Adela Raz,\u00a0<\/span>Vice-Chair of the Committee and\u00a0<\/span>Permanent Representative of Afghanistan to the UN \u2013\u00a0<\/span>with three\u00a0<\/span>Palestinian women officials and civil society representatives, from different regions of the occupied Palestinian territory and across generations<\/span>.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>Ms. Hind Khour<\/span>y, f<\/span>ormer Palestinian Minister\u00a0<\/span>for<\/span>\u00a0Jerusalem\u00a0<\/span>and\u00a0<\/span>Ambassador to France; H.E. Amal\u00a0<\/span>Jadou<\/span>,\u00a0<\/span>Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs<\/span>; and\u00a0<\/span>Ms. Nour\u00a0<\/span>Swirki<\/span>, activist and journalist in Gaza<\/span>,<\/span> shed light on the <\/span>unique situation of Palestinian women under occupation\u00a0<\/span>as well as on\u00a0<\/span>their roles and actions within Palestinian society and institutions to end the occupation, while emphasizing ways for the international community to provide support, including through the CSW.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Participants consisted of Committee Members<\/span>\/Observers<\/span>\u00a0and the\u00a0<\/span>Palestinian women panelists<\/span>.<\/span><\/p>\n

All Member States, intergovernmental and civil society organizations as well as the public and media were invited to follow the event and pose questions. <\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>