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In October 2011, Canada and UN Women co-hosted an international Conference on Women’s Economic Empowerment in Ottawa. The conference assembled more than 100 global experts, entrepreneurs, policy-makers, development practitioners, academics, and business and industry leaders to share their experiences and best practices on how to break down the barriers to women’s economic empowerment.
Through a series of high-profile roundtables, conference participants provided key recommendations for action to advance women’s and girls’ rights, opportunities and participation in the economy. One of these recommendations was the need for a dynamic platform for improved sharing of evidence, experiences and good practices. At the Ottawa Conference, UN Women and Canada committed to jointly develop an online Knowledge Gateway on Women’s Economic Empowerment.
On 23 September 2013, the Knowledge Gateway was launched during the high-level session of the United Nations General Assembly. The launch was hosted by Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka, Under-Secretary-General and Executive Director of UN Women, and Lynne Yelich, Minister of State, Foreign Affairs and Consular, Government of Canada. See for further details the programme, video and press release.
Video: https://youtu.be/cO5kh9fjCw0
Press Release: http://www.unwomen.org/en/news/stories/2013/9/knowledge-gateway-press-release
Through a series of high-profile roundtables, conference participants provided key recommendations for action to advance women’s and girls’ rights, opportunities and participation in the economy. One of these recommendations was the need for a dynamic platform for improved sharing of evidence, experiences and good practices. At the Ottawa Conference, UN Women and Canada committed to jointly develop an online Knowledge Gateway on Women’s Economic Empowerment.
On 23 September 2013, the Knowledge Gateway was launched during the high-level session of the United Nations General Assembly. The launch was hosted by Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka, Under-Secretary-General and Executive Director of UN Women, and Lynne Yelich, Minister of State, Foreign Affairs and Consular, Government of Canada. See for further details the programme, video and press release.
Video: https://youtu.be/cO5kh9fjCw0
Press Release: http://www.unwomen.org/en/news/stories/2013/9/knowledge-gateway-press-release
