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Panel On Women's Economic Empowerment Holds First Meeting At UN

The inaugural meeting of the first-ever High-Level Panel on Women's Economic Empowerment kicked off on Monday during the 60th session of the Commission on the Status of Women. Operating under the aegis of the UN Secretary-General, it intends to put women's economic empowerment at the top of the international agenda, including by defining actions to speed up progress under the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.

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Scenes from the inaugural meeting of the UN Secretary-General’s High-Level Panel on Women’s Economic Empowerment held at UN Headquarters on 15 March 2016.

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Scenes from the inaugural meeting of the UN Secretary-General’s High-Level Panel on Women’s Economic Empowerment held at UN Headquarters on 15 March 2016.

UN Women/Ryan Brown

The inaugural meeting of the first-ever High-Level Panel on Women's Economic Empowerment on 15 March, 2016.

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