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Youth Delegate to the Commission on the Status of Women

The 56th session of the Commission on the Status of Women will take place at the United Nations Headquarters in New York from 27 February to 9 March 2012. Representatives from Member States, UN entities, and NGOs from all regions of the world will attend the session.

The two-week session will include a high-level round table, interactive dialogues and panels, and parallel events.

The 2012 session will focus on the following key areas:

*Priority Theme: The empowerment of rural women and their role in poverty and hunger eradication, development and current challenges
*Review Theme: Financing for gender equality and the empowerment of women
*Emerging Issue: Engaging young women and men, girls and boys, to advance gender equality

UN Women Australia Youth Representative

Each year, UN Women Australia selects a young woman to participate in our delegation to CSW.  The position is made possible thanks to the generous contribution of organisations like the CWA of NSW.

Lauren Burke was selected as the 2012 Youth Representative.  Growing up in Dubbo, Lauren has experienced the challenges facing young women in regional Australia first hand.  Her experiences led her to study her Masters in Health Policy focusing on access to health services in regional communities.  Lauren works for Prime Minister & Cabinet and remains a passionate advocate for rural and regional women.

Each year, UN Women Australia sends a delegation of representatives to the Commission on the Status of Women made up of our Executive Director, a Board Member and the Youth Representative.

This year, our delegation includes Julie McKay, Fran Raymond and Lauren Burke. 

To contact the delegation, please email admin@unwomen.org.au