CSW69 / Beijing+30 Virtual Parallel Event “Women’s Voices for a World Free of Nuclear Weapons”
Monday, 17 March 2025 at 2:30pm EDT
Register at: https://tinyurl.com/5n8r3bv2
During the 69th Session of the Commission on the Status of Women, the Voices for a World Free of Nuclear Weapons and Soka Gakkai International will co-organize a virtual parallel event “Women’s Voices for a World Free of Nuclear Weapons”, to mark the 80th anniversary of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki and to share information and inspiration for making your voices heard for creating a world free of nuclear weapons.
The event will highlight the annual Nuclear Prayer Day (6 August) as an opportunity for global action.
Speakers include:
Ambassador Maritza Chan Valverde, Permanent Representative of Costa Rica to the United Nations (invited)
Ela Gandhi, Gandhi Development Trust and Phoenix Settlement Trust
Kehkashan Basu, Green Hope Foundation
Kathleen Burkinshaw, author of The Last Cherry Blossom, and daughter of a hibakusha
Audrey Kitagawa, International Academy for Multicultural Cooperation
Susi Snyder, International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons
Moderated by Monica Willard and Anna Ikeda
The event is open to all. Register at: https://tinyurl.com/5n8r3bv2
For any questions, please contact aikeda [at] sgi-ouna.org.
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