CSW Side Event: Fighting climate change: gender perspective and feminist solutions
European Parliament side-event in the
66th session of the UN Commission on the Status of Women
Draft programme
Wednesday, 16 March 2022 from 12.00 - 13.45 EST (17.00 - 18.45 CET )
European Parliament, Room ANTALL 2Q2 - Brussels and remote participation
Introductory words: Robert Biedron (Poland, Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats), Chair of the Committee on Women’s Rights and Gender Equality (FEMM)
Keynote speech: Åsa Regnér, Deputy Executive Director for Policy, Programme, Civil Society and Intergovernmental Support, UN Women
Panel discussion with experts and Members of the European Parliament:
Panel 1 - EU fighting climate change, a gender equality perspective
- MEP Monika Vana (Austria, Greens/EFA) - introductory words
- MEP Eugenia RODRÍGUEZ PALOP (Spain, The Left) - introductory words
- Patricia Heidigger, Director for Global Policies and Sustainability, European Environmental Bureau
- Anne Barre, Climate Action | Policy & Programmes Coordinator, Women in Europe for a Common Future (WECF)
- MEP Alessandra MORETTI (Italy, Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats, Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety)
Panel 2 - Women and innovation in fighting climate change
- MEP Cindy FRANSSEN (Belgium, Group of the European People's Party) - introductory words
- MEP Samira RAFAELA (Netherlands, Renew Europe) - introductory words
- Emma Lane Spollen, Social Impact Adviser
- MEP Malin BJÖRK (Sweden, The Left, Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety)
Exchange of views
· Interventions by UN CSW66 accredited delegates and Members of the European Parliament
Conclusions by Robert Biedron, Chair of the FEMM Committee
RSVP: dedicated page.