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UN PhotoClosing the gender gap in education: How to address long-time barriers and emerging challenges in a world of complex crises? (CSW68 Side Event)
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Building on the priority theme of CSW68, the event will dive into the interlinkages between gender equality, poverty and education, and explore how to best address complex challenges and barriers to achieve full gender equality by 2030. The event will be a platform to identify the challenges and key opportunities in realizing education for all women and girls in order to break the cycle of poverty and achieve gender equality.
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As education is a transformative lever towards the eradication of poverty and the achievement of all Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), participants will have the opportunity to identify barriers and share best practices as well as innovative solutions to close the gender gap in education and respond to emerging challenges in this field.
The event will bring together world leaders and other participants from governments, the UN system, civil society and other stakeholders to share experiences and learn from success stories in closing the gender gap in education. The program will feature a short opening statement by the President of the General Assembly followed by keynote statements from high-level speakers and a panel discussion.