The New York Times: World Leaders Propose Global Education and Financial Programs to Expand Women’s Education
World Leaders Propose Global Education and Financial Programs to Expand Women’s Education One year after the 2021 UNCSW conference where leaders committed $40 billion to improving gender equality, world leaders reconvene to face the lasting impacts of the Covid-19 Pandemic on women’s freedoms. By Elena Higuchi Published March 5, 2022 __________________________________________________________________________ The Covid-19 pandemic had extreme short-term and long-term impacts across the world which disproportionately affected women and children. During the 2021 UNCSW conference, world leaders reconvended for the first time since the 1995 Beijing Conference for Women, and committed $40 billion to advancing gender equality. This weekend, global leaders met again at the 2022 BMUN UNCSW Conference to focus on “restoring and and improving girl’s education during post-covid-recovery”, according to Head Chair Rajita Pujare. Hilary Clinton at the 1995 Beijing Conference for Women Doug Mills/Assoc...
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