Nile Sisters to Attend CSW61, UN Headquarters, NY

Nile Sisters Development Initiative (NSDI) will be attending the sixty-first session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW61) from March 13 to March 24, 2017, at the United Nations Headquarters in New York, NY. The theme this year is “Women’s Economic Empowerment in the Changing World of Work.” The CSW is the principal global intergovernmental body dedicated to the promotion of gender equality and the empowerment of women.

During the event, NSDI will be representing the United Nations Association of San Diego (UNA–SD). While at CSW61, NSDI also will be participating in the California Women’s Museum official side-event “Refugee Women Leading Women Worldwide from Abuse to Economic and Social Empowerment” at 4:30pm, Friday, March 17, 2017, at the UN Church Center, second floor.