SPA Initiative Announcement: Financing for Gender Equality - 4th International Conference on Financing for Development FFD4.


This SPA Initiative is an urgent call to all stakeholders to significantly increase investments to close the gender financing gaps to accelerate implementation of existing commitments in the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action and the 2030 Agenda.

Speakers:

Nyaradzayi Gumbonzvanda, Deputy Executive Director, UN-Women.
Antón Leis García, Director, AECID, Spain.

Moderated by Martina Donlon, Spokesperson for the 4th International Conference on Financing for Development, UN Department of Global Communications.

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