Objective

30 years after the implementation of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action, gender equality – also in the labor market – remains an unfulfilled promise. Women worldwide continue to face structural barriers – unequal pay, limited career opportunities, the burden of unpaidcare work, to name only a few. How can we create more equitable societies in which women and girls in all their diversity can develop their full potential? Join us for a discussion on women’s rights in the world of work and the role of the UN, governments, jurisprudence, civil society, and trade unions in shaping an inclusive labor market. With perspectives from the Global South and Global North, we will explore solutions, best practices, and necessary alliances for a just and equitable future.

Agenda

Short welcome by Verena Haisch – Vice President German Women Lawyers Association (djb) and Uta Hergenroether – UN Women National Committee Germany

Opening remarks by Dr. Petra Follmar-Otto – Director General, Head of Directorate-General for Gender Equality to the Federal Minister for Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth (Germany)

Panel discussion:

• Dr. Petra Follmar-Otto Director General, Head of Directorate-General for Gender Equality to the Federal Minister for Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth (Germany)
• Amb. Jennifer Feller – Director General for Human Rights and Democracy of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Mexico
• Christine Arab – Regional Director of UN Women Asia and the Pacific and UN Women Representative to the Kingdom of Thailand
• Caroline Kwamboka Nyakundi – Trustee and Director of African Renaissance Trust
• Farnaz Nasiriamini – Federal Board Member of the German Women Lawyers’ Association (djb) and Member of the Commission for Constitutional Law and Gender Equality.
• Dr. Ursula Schäfer-Preuss – Vice President UN Women National Committee German

Intervention from the floor by Sonja Yr Thorbergsdottir – President of BSRB

Moderation by Uta Hergenroether

Registration

The registration is now closed. There is no waitlist.

Event location: Permanent Mission of Germany to the United Nations, New York, USA

Event organizer: Deutscher Juristinnenbund e.V., UN Women Germany, Permanent Mission of Germany to the United Nations

Date: 12. of March 2025, 1-2.15 p.m.