Parallel Event for CSW 58
“Sustainable Cities and Women’s Human Rights”
13 March, 2014
6:15 – 7:30 pm
Church Center United Nations,
Second floor (777 UN Plaza &1st Avenue)
Co-sponsored by the NGO CSW Forum 2014, San Francisco Department on the Status of Women,
and Women’s Intercultural Network and supported by UN Women
and Women’s Intercultural Network and supported by UN Women
Invited Speakers
Welcome remarks: Representative from UN WOMEN
GAVIN NEWSOM, former Mayor of San Francisco and
Lt. Governor of California (video message)
SHIRLEY WELSCH, Mayor of University City, MO
ARACELI CAMPOS, President of the Women’s Commission,
Los Angeles to introduce
ERIC GARCETTI, Mayor of Los Angeles (video message)
KRISHANTI DHARMARAJ, Executive Director,
IANGEL Representatives of UN Women Safe Cities
EDWIN LEE, Mayor of San Francisco (video message)
followed by discussion on “Cities for CEDAW” Campaign in the US
Moderator: PRAMILA PATTEN, UN CEDAW Committee
