68th Session of theCommission on the Status of WomenGWI Parallel Events Summary
12 MARCH: Education Outside the Classroom: Women’s Museums Empowering Girls and Women
18 MARCH: Financial Institutions and Infrastructures Perpetuating Poverty and Gender Bias
19 MARCH: Sustainable Financing for Gender Equality: Young Women’s Perspective

Countries in Participation:

52

Countries
Represented

456
Participants

NFA COUNTRIESPARALLEL EVENT GUESTSOTHERS

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12 March Event: https://vimeo.com/user45461092/wmegw?share=copy

18 March Event: https://vimeo.com/user45461092/fiip?share=copy
19 March Event: https://vimeo.com/user45461092/csw68ywp?share=copy

14

Distinguished
Speakers

12 March CSW68 Parallel Event

Developed by GWI VP Education, Shirley Gillett,and GWI Education Committee Chair Lucia
Guzman, with support from the Education
Committee. The parallel event treated thesubject of relatively recently establishedspecific women’s museums or a women’s
section of a current museum. Such institutions
are a public good, and funding them is vital in
educating and empowering girls and womenand achieving gender equality. In the event,GWI explored examples of how museums, as aliving embodiment of history and culture, arevaluable in deconstructing the status andposition of women and should be accessed by
all women and girls, no matter their socioeconomic status.

18 March CSW68 Parallel Event

Developed by GWI VP Advocacy, Shaila Rao Mistry, this parallel event explored financial institutions andinfrastructures intended to promote economic growth and alleviate poverty, systematically contributing toperpetuating and widening gender bias. Speakers identify effective policies for the inclusion of women,
particularly the unbanked women and diversity, as critical steps to redress these exclusionary, gender-biased
differentiating practices and predatory individuals. The event showcased knowledge expert speakers Hana Brixi(World Bank) and Monique Newlak (International Monetary Fund).

19 March CSW68 Parallel Event
Developed by the Graduate Women InternationalYoung Member Network this interactive event explored
gender disparities due to financial factors with
examples from various regions of the world. As theworld tries to transition towards a sustainable future,gender equality cannot be imagined without
sustainable financing, especially for young women.
Dynamic speakers from the GWI Young Member
Network were Sudha Srivastava (United Kingdom),
Tzazil Valencia (Mexico), Cynthia Adinortey (Ghana), andLucy Tifere (Fiji).

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CSW68 Parallel Event: Education Outside theClassroom: Women’s Museums
Empowering Girls and Women
Presentations
LINK: https://graduatewomen.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/CSW68-PE-Combined.pdf

CSW68 Parallel Event: Sustainable Financing
for Gender Equality: Young Women’sPresentations
LINK: https://graduatewomen.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/CSW68-PE-Combined.pdf

CSW68 Parallel Event: Financial Institutions andInfrastructures Perpetuating Poverty
and Gender Bias Video Highlights
Presentations(Presentations can be found in the recording)

LINK: https://vimeo.com/user45461092/fiip?share=copy

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