UN Library Talk Seminar in Geneva “Women and the UN Charter”
On February 8th IIMA attended the seminar “Women & the UN Charter; How gender equality got into the Charter and why it matters today” at the UN Library. The seminar was introduced by Dan Plesch, (Director, Centre for International Studies and Diplomacy, SOAS University of London) who stated that without gender equality in the main articles of the UN Charter the advancement of women these last seventy years would have been far more difficult. This event was special because it was the first time Master students were included among the panelists and the first seminar on the topic of...