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Gender & Youth Hub
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| With Aissata Camara (Deputy Commissioner for Policy & Strategic Initiatives), Alicia Douglas (Founder, WaterWoman Project), Rebecca Ilunga (Head of Adaption Research, C40 Cities), Reginald Joseph (NYC DEP Asst Commissioner), Charles Shachinda (Int'l British Water). |
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Mar 20 (Mon) , 2023 @ 02:00 PM
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| DETAILS |
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The Gender & Youth Hub at the UN 2023 Water Conference aims to increase awareness, interest & demand for water careers by putting gender & youth at the center of the water resiliency conversation.
Attend in person or via the livestream on Monday, March 20, 2023 at 2:00pm Eastern.
Visit WaterRising.org/un2023 for more details.
Cohosted with NYC's Mayors Office for International Affairs, the Gender & Youth Hub will set the agenda for UN 2023 Water Conference. Leaders across government, utility, private industry, association, NGO, & philanthropy sectors will share the importance of water management in protecting public health & the environment, & the exciting technology emerging to protect water in a changing climate.
Highlights include keynote speeches by NYC Junior Ambassadors, 7th graders committed to UN Sustainable Development Goals 5, 6 & 14; WaterWoman Table thought leadership conversations with public & private water utilities, industry & youth leaders; and, networking & exhibition spaces to inspire entry into the water workforce.
Conversations will dive deep into water resiliency strategies, like circular approaches to water management, policies & private sector innovation, & water jobs that provide sustainable careers with purpose, especially for women & people of color who are underrepresented in the water workforce. Attendees will include STEM students, young professionals (YPs) & mid-career workers from the NYC metro area & beyond.
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