1678021819 World Womens Day Minister Raab attends the World Womens Conference

World Women’s Day: Minister Raab attends the World Women’s Conference in New York

The Minister of Women, Susanne Raab, travels to New York to participate in the UN Commission on Women’s Rights.

AUSTRIA. Minister for Women Susanne Raab (ÖVP) will travel to the United States next week to attend the World Women’s Conference. It is the 67th session of the UN Commission on Women’s Rights in New York. Raab will be there on Monday, March 6th and Tuesday, March 7th. The theme of the conference is “Innovation and Technological Change and Education in the Digital Age for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of All Women and Girls”.

meeting with politicians

Raab will deliver a speech as part of a general debate. Among others, Raab will also meet Icelandic Prime Minister Katrin Jakobsdottir, Singapore Family Minister Sun Xueling and representatives of UN organizations. The conference lasts until March 17.

World Womens Day Minister Raab attends the World Womens Conference

  • The World Conference on Women takes place in New York.
  • Photo: Michael Discenza/Unsplash
  • sent by Miriam Al Kafur

Raab will not only be present at the conference, he will grant Austrian citizenship to about ten people and open an exhibition on the Viennese Hedy Lamarr.

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