Almas Jiwani, President of the National Committee for the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN Women Canada) will be joined by Sophie Gregoire-Trudeau, a prominent activist and television correspondent and media personality, to address the lecture topic, A New Era of Hope: UN Women, Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment.
The event organized by the McGill Students Chapter of UN Women Canada is expected to garner diverse audiences from across the university campus and the larger Montreal Community. The lecture will take place on Friday, January 27, 2012, from 3:00-4:30 p.m. in the Lev Bukhman Room at the SSMU building on 3600 Rue McTavish.
“I look forward to addressing the McGill student community on the topic of gender equality for a first-of-its-kind event. I’m honored that Ms. Gregoire-Trudeau will be attending this event as a guest of honour and sharing her views.” States Ms. Jiwani.
Jiwani and Gregoire-Trudeau will speak about their personal experience with the women’s equality movement and share stories illustrating their advocacy work at the grassroots level. Both humanitarians and women’s rights advocates, the speakers will raise awareness about the work of UN Women.
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