CSW66 - Political Women Addressing Gender, Climate Change & Conflict

Climate change and conflict have specific, differentiated gendered impacts. However, as with most systemic shocks, just when the voice and agency of women and girls are most needed to ensure political settlements are sustainable and inclusive policy-making supports equitable livelihoods and builds democratic resilience, they are most likely to be excluded from the decision-making that affects their lives. This event will enable political women and girls from across the globe to discuss what meaningful access to the policy spaces where decisions are made would look like, and their solutions for these two drivers of continuing gender inequality and women's disempowerment.

Hosts: Liberal International, National Democratic Institute and International Network of Liberal Women.

- Hakima el Haité (opening remarks) – President of Liberal International
- Gloria Hutt – Former Minister of Transportation and Telecommunications of Chile, participating on behalf of Red Liberal de América Latina (RELIAL)
- Jayanthi Balaguru – President of INLW and Chairperson of CALD Women’s Caucus
- Mphatso Jumbe – Founder and Executive Director MOVE, Managing Director/Owner, Mafe Dairy Farm.
- Susanna Rivero-Baughmann – Foreign Affairs and Cooperation Adviser at the Secretary for Climate Action, Government of Catalonia
- Birgitta Ohlsson (moderator) – Director of National Parties, National Democratic Institute