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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 Ontario. Ms. Jiwani was interviewed by Paiken on various initiatives of UN Women and about women’s equality movements in Tunisia, Libya, Egypt and Afghanistan.
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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 worlds of politics, entertainment, business, the media, music and film in the UN General Assembly Hall. UN Women, formally known as the United Nations Entity for…
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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 St. George Campus. At the event, Ms. Jiwani provided her input and insightful strategies on how to pursue challenges in maternal health as part of the…
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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 her knowledge of religion and women’s rights to raise the topic of women’s right, and the discrimination and marginalization of women in South Asian communities. Alongside,…
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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 CEOs, academics, community leaders and government officials on the benefits of climate change and the possibility of renewable energy projects from a women’s empowerment lens. Pursuant…
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EAWC Goddess Artemis Award Ceremony for UNIFEM President Almas Jiwani – Athens Greece
In Athens Greece, Loula Loi Alfoyannis and the Mayor of Athens recognized the role of Almas in promoting cross cultural dialogue and facilitating leadership and humanitarian development of women across the world. At the magnificent Zappeion Megaron Palace, Ms. Jiwani was awarded the 2010 Artemis Award. In addition, she was also inducted into the Hall…
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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 Accountability of Institutions such as the World Bank and the IMF to Citizens in Fragile States.” In the course of her engagement with the panel, Jiwani…
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CIDA Funding Announcement
In Summer 2010, Ms. Jiwani in her capacity as President of United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM Canada) had the honor of addressing a press conference in association with Minister of International Cooperation, Minister Bev Oda, the $5.8 million funding commitment from the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) to support UNIFEM (now UN Women)…
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