Toronto Family Services Address on International Women’s Day, Toronto, Ontario

On the morning of International Women’s Day, Ms. Jiwani worked with the Toronto Family Services to launch their “If only I had known project” that targets resources and aims…

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UN Women Canada Launch in Toronto

In March 2011, Ms. Jiwani worked with the Royal Bank of Canada, to solicit the support of RBC Regional Vice President, Ms. Jennifer Tory to host the UN Women…

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UN Women TVO, Toronto, Ontario

In March 2011, Ms. Jiwani was invited by TV Ontario; host Steve Paiken to appear on the stations flagship program, The Agenda that reaches over 4 million audiences across…

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UN Women Celebrates Launch as Powerful Driver of Women’s Equality

NEW YORK, NEW YORK–(Marketwire – Feb. 24, 2011) – The UN today celebrates the historic launch of UN Women, its newest organization, with an evening including luminaries from the…

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Maternal Health Conference at the University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada

As President of UN Women Canada, in 2011, Ms. Almas Jiwani was invited as a keynote speaker to the Health and Human Rights Conference at the University of Toronto…

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United Sikhs Conference

The 2nd Annual Global Sikh Civil Rights Conference invited Ms. Jiwani to address the event “Preserving our Past and Investing in our Future.” At the conference Ms. Jiwani used…

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Pilot International Conference on Climate Change

In August 2010, Ms. Almas Jiwani was a keynote speaker at the Pilot International conference on Climate Change, Environment and Global Sustainable Development. At the conference, Ms. Jiwani addressed…

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World Bank Civil Society Forum, Washington DC

In Washington, DC at the 2010 Annual Meeting of the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) , Ms. Jiwani was asked to head the panel entitled “Social…

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