Panel discusion on Women's Rights - 18th Meeting…

Objectives: To discuss how participation in decision-making may address current gaps in social security for women, with a focus on the intersectionality of discrimination

Chair:

• Ms. Maira Mariela Macdonal Alvarez, Vice-President of the Human Rights Council

Opening statement:

• Mr. Mahamane Cisse-Gouro, Director of the Human Rights Council and Treaty Mechanisms Division, Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights

Moderator:

• Mr. Olivier De Schutter, Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights

Panellists:

• Ms. Michele LeVoy, Director of the Platform for International Cooperation on Undocumented Migrants
• Yamikani, Activist from Malawi
• Ms. Monica Ferro, Director of the Geneva Office of the United Nations Population Fund

• Mr. Mahamane Cisse-Gouro, Director of the Human Rights Council and Treaty Mechanisms Division in the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
• Mr. Olivier De Schutter, Moderator, Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights
• Ms. Michele LeVoy, Director of the Platform for International Cooperation on Undocumented Migrants    
• Ms. Yamikani, Girl Activist from Malawi
• Ms. Monica Ferro, Director of the Geneva Office of the United Nations Population Fund
• Mr. Nguyen Minh Vu, Assistant Minister of Foreign Affairs of Viet Nam
• Belgium (on behalf of a group of countries), Mr. Marc Pecsteen de Buytswerve
• New Zealand, Mr. Nathan Glassey
• Kazakhstan (on behalf of a group of countries), Mr. Yerlan Alimbayev
• Chile, Ms. Claudia Fuentes Julio
• China, Mr. Chen Xu
• Lithuania, Mr. Darius Staniulis
• European Union, Ms. Helena Boguslawska
• Mauritius, Ms. Usha Chandnee Dwarka-Canabady
• Viet Nam, Ms. Le Thi Tuyet Mai
• Qatar, Mr. Abdulaziz Al-Mansouri
• UN Women, Ms. Adriana Quinones
• Make Mothers Matter, Ms. Mélanie Nédelec
• Jubilee Campaign, Ms. Hulda Fahmi
• International Bar Association, Ms. Ewelina Ochab
• Zimbabwe, Mr. Nesbert Samasuwo
• India, Mr. Senthil Kumar Subramanian
• Cuba, Mr. Roberto Soto Martínez
• Lao People's Democratic Republic, Mr. Boungnalith Southichak
• Maldives, Mr. Asim Ahmed
• Mexico, Mr. Omar Alfredo Bielma Velazquez
• Argentina, Ms. Cecilia Risolo
• Botswana, Mr Dimpho Tsiane
• Algeria, Mr. Hakim Bouaziz
• Costa Rica, Ms. Marcela Coen
• Israel, Ms. Adi Farjon Israel
• Iran (Islamic Republic of), Ms. Zahra Seddigh
• Action Canada for Population and Development, Ms. Carrie Shelver
• China Ethnic Minorities' Association for External Exchanges, Ms. Kuerban Riziwanguli
• Asociacion HazteOir.org, Ms. Caroline Farrow
• Mr. Olivier De Schutter, Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights
• Ms. Michele LeVoy, Director of the Platform for International Cooperation on Undocumented Migrants
• Ms. Yamikani, Girl Activist from Malawi
• Ms. Monica Ferro, Director of the Geneva Office of the United Nations Population Fund
• Mr. Olivier De Schutter, Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights