TOPIC: The Role of African Women in the Post 2015 Development Agenda & +20 Beijing Review Process
Date: 9th-10th March, 2015
Location: Harvard Law School, Boston, MA, USA
Urgent Action Fund–Africa, under the Women Steering Innovative Leadership in Africa dialogue series, in partnership with The Human Rights Program at Harvard Law School and Ford Foundation, convened a round table discussions on The Role of African Women in the Post 2015 Development Agenda and the +20 Beijing review process. The two day convening brought together fifty dynamic African women leaders (prioritizing young women) from across the socio-economic and political arena; women’s rights advocates, femocrats, academics, human rights champions, United Nations (UN) representatives, corporate & media women and thought leaders from across the US political, business and human rights arena and beyond to galvanize success stories, struggles, innovations, knowledge, history, networks and connections that articulate, advance and ground women’s leadership as a landmark agenda for global integration, development and social change.
