DOHA / LDC5 WOMEN'S DAY
08-Mar-2023
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On International Women’s Day, participants gathered at the Fifth United Nations Conference on the Least Developed Countries to celebrate the social, economic, cultural, and political achievements of women and their essential contributions to the sustainable development of the 46 Least Developed Countries. UNIFEED
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STORY: DOHA / LDC5 WOMEN'S DAY
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LANGUAGE: ENGLISH / NATS
DATELINE: 08 MAR 2023, DOHA, QATAR
TRT: 03:10
SOURCE: UNIFEED
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH / NATS
DATELINE: 08 MAR 2023, DOHA, QATAR
SHOTLIST
1. Wide shot, exterior, LDC5 venue
2. Zoom in, Fatima at podium, main hall
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Rabab Fatima, UN High Representative for Least Developed Countries, Landlocked Developing Countries and Small Island Developing States (UN-OHRLLS):
“The empowerment of women and girls is an essential element of the Doha Programme for Action, and it is a theme that has run through all of our work here in Doha – especially in relation to education and digital skills.”
4. Med shot, participants, journalists
5. SOUNDBITE (English) Rabab Fatima, UN High Representative for Least Developed Countries, Landlocked Developing Countries and Small Island Developing States (UN-OHRLLS):
“Today should be about reflection and determination to do better, but it should also be a celebration. A celebration of the fundamental contribution made by women and girls, often against the odds, to the achievement of a better world.”
6. Wide shot, Al-Thani at podium, main hall
7. SOUNDBITE (English) Alya Al-Thani, Permanent Representative to the United Nations, State of Qatar:
“We need to focus on closing the gap between men and women, technology innovation science. If we don't, it will be hard to reach gender equality. 3 billion people are still connected to the Internet. The majority of them are women and girls in developing countries, and LTC is just 19 percent of women are online.”
8. Wide shot, African dance performance
9. Med shot, panel, SDG media zone
10. SOUNDBITE (English) Laila Baker, Regional Director, Arab States Regional Office, United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA):
“12-year-old boy’s world starts to expand. A 12-year-old girl’s world shrinks. She starts to get her period, and the world - no matter where you are, but especially in the LDCs - sees her as a woman in the child's body and, therefore, vulnerable to many of the social norms that may prevent her from accessing the opportunities even where they exist.”
11. Med shot, participants, SDG media zone
12. SOUNDBITE (English) Laila Baker, Regional Director, Arab States Regional Office, United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA):
“I think as the UN and the collective international community, one of the best things that we can do through South-South cooperation, is to find those women who are inspirational who will take the time to sit with a young woman and say, you are worth it, I will invest in you.”
13. Wide shot, interior, LDC5 venue
14. SOUNDBITE (English) Najneen Rejwana, Empower fellow:
“I am from Najneen Rejwana, I'm from Bangladesh. I have been working as an ICGB Empower fellow, funded by UNOSSC, that is the United Nations Office for South-South Cooperation. I was working in the ICGB, New Delhi, in the translational bioinformatics lab headed by Dr. Dinesh Gupta. And my domain was in computational biology. Then I worked in anti-malaria drug discovery.”
15. Med shot, panel, SDG media zone
16. SOUNDBITE (English) Dima Al-Khatib, Director, United Nations Office for South-South Cooperation (UNOSSC):
“We, women, are more, or half of the population of the world. When it comes to science and technology, I think it's in the upper 20s percent of scientists, women scientists in the LDCs are, you know, having this opportunity to be engaged, which is a much lower percentage than the global average set by UNESCO. “
17. Pan right, interior, LDC5 venue
18. SOUNDBITE (English) Dima Al-Khatib, Director, United Nations Office for South-South Cooperation (UNOSSC):
“Empowered, right, and empower is targeting young women, young researchers. It's part of a bigger Framework Program used for the South, which is also an initiative that's supporting youth to be engaged across the different countries of the South in terms of exchange of expertise. In terms of learning from each other how development works, what is what could be catered or tailor-made for their own specific countries.”
19. Pan right, interior, LDC5 venue
2. Zoom in, Fatima at podium, main hall
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Rabab Fatima, UN High Representative for Least Developed Countries, Landlocked Developing Countries and Small Island Developing States (UN-OHRLLS):
“The empowerment of women and girls is an essential element of the Doha Programme for Action, and it is a theme that has run through all of our work here in Doha – especially in relation to education and digital skills.”
4. Med shot, participants, journalists
5. SOUNDBITE (English) Rabab Fatima, UN High Representative for Least Developed Countries, Landlocked Developing Countries and Small Island Developing States (UN-OHRLLS):
“Today should be about reflection and determination to do better, but it should also be a celebration. A celebration of the fundamental contribution made by women and girls, often against the odds, to the achievement of a better world.”
6. Wide shot, Al-Thani at podium, main hall
7. SOUNDBITE (English) Alya Al-Thani, Permanent Representative to the United Nations, State of Qatar:
“We need to focus on closing the gap between men and women, technology innovation science. If we don't, it will be hard to reach gender equality. 3 billion people are still connected to the Internet. The majority of them are women and girls in developing countries, and LTC is just 19 percent of women are online.”
8. Wide shot, African dance performance
9. Med shot, panel, SDG media zone
10. SOUNDBITE (English) Laila Baker, Regional Director, Arab States Regional Office, United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA):
“12-year-old boy’s world starts to expand. A 12-year-old girl’s world shrinks. She starts to get her period, and the world - no matter where you are, but especially in the LDCs - sees her as a woman in the child's body and, therefore, vulnerable to many of the social norms that may prevent her from accessing the opportunities even where they exist.”
11. Med shot, participants, SDG media zone
12. SOUNDBITE (English) Laila Baker, Regional Director, Arab States Regional Office, United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA):
“I think as the UN and the collective international community, one of the best things that we can do through South-South cooperation, is to find those women who are inspirational who will take the time to sit with a young woman and say, you are worth it, I will invest in you.”
13. Wide shot, interior, LDC5 venue
14. SOUNDBITE (English) Najneen Rejwana, Empower fellow:
“I am from Najneen Rejwana, I'm from Bangladesh. I have been working as an ICGB Empower fellow, funded by UNOSSC, that is the United Nations Office for South-South Cooperation. I was working in the ICGB, New Delhi, in the translational bioinformatics lab headed by Dr. Dinesh Gupta. And my domain was in computational biology. Then I worked in anti-malaria drug discovery.”
15. Med shot, panel, SDG media zone
16. SOUNDBITE (English) Dima Al-Khatib, Director, United Nations Office for South-South Cooperation (UNOSSC):
“We, women, are more, or half of the population of the world. When it comes to science and technology, I think it's in the upper 20s percent of scientists, women scientists in the LDCs are, you know, having this opportunity to be engaged, which is a much lower percentage than the global average set by UNESCO. “
17. Pan right, interior, LDC5 venue
18. SOUNDBITE (English) Dima Al-Khatib, Director, United Nations Office for South-South Cooperation (UNOSSC):
“Empowered, right, and empower is targeting young women, young researchers. It's part of a bigger Framework Program used for the South, which is also an initiative that's supporting youth to be engaged across the different countries of the South in terms of exchange of expertise. In terms of learning from each other how development works, what is what could be catered or tailor-made for their own specific countries.”
19. Pan right, interior, LDC5 venue
STORYLINE
On International Women’s Day (8 Mar), participants gathered at the Fifth United Nations Conference on the Least Developed Countries (LDC5) to celebrate the social, economic, cultural, and political achievements of women and their essential contributions to the sustainable development of the 46 Least Developed Countries.
The theme of this year’s International Women’s Day on ‘Innovation and Technological Change: Education in the Digital Age’ is directly relevant to the focus of the LDC5 Conference.
These topics feature prominently in the Doha Programme of Action for the LDCs and have been the subject of discussion by all stakeholders at LDC5 in Doha.
High-quality and inclusive education focusing on basic digital fluency and technical skills in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics, as well as in information and communications technology, will contribute to the promotion of gender equality and the empowerment of all women and girls in LDCs, including those in rural areas.
At the celebraion Alya Al-Thani, Ambassador and Permanent Representative of the State of Qatar to the United Nations in New York, and Rabab Fatima, the United Nations High Representative for Least Developed Countries, Landlocked Developing Countries and Small Island Developing States who is the Secretary-General of the LDC5 Conference, made their interventions.
Fatima said, “The empowerment of women and girls is an essential element of the Doha Programme for Action, and it is a theme that has run through all of our work here in Doha – especially in relation to education and digital skills.”
She also said, “Today should be about reflection and determination to do better, but it should also be a celebration. A celebration of the fundamental contribution made by women and girls, often against the odds, to the achievement of a better world.”
The Permanent Representative of the State of Qatar, said, “We need to focus on closing the gap between men and women in technology, innovation, and science. If we don't, it will be hard to reach gender equality. 3 billion people are still connected to the Internet. The majority of them are women and girls in developing countries, and LTC is just 19 percent of women are online.”
Later today, in a panel on South-South cooperation, called “Empowering Young Women Scientists from the LDCs, ” Laila Baker, Regional Director of the Arab States Regional Office of the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), said, “12-year-old boy’s world starts to expand. A 12-year-old girl’s world shrinks. She starts to get her period, and the world - no matter where you are, but especially in the LDCs - sees her as a woman in the child's body and, therefore, vulnerable to many of the social norms that may prevent her from accessing the opportunities even where they exist.”
She continued, “I think as the UN and the collective international community, one of the best things that we can do through South-South cooperation, is to find those women who are inspirational who will take the time to sit with a young woman and say, you are worth it, I will invest in you.”
To tap the full potential of the Least Developed Countries (LDCs) and help them make progress on the road to prosperity, investing in women and girls in science, technology, and innovation (STI) in the LDCs is imperative.
The UN system and governments can support this endeavor through South-South and triangular cooperation.
Najneen Rejwana, an “Empower” fellow, said, “I am from Najneen Rejwana, I'm from Bangladesh. I have been working as an ICGB Empower fellow, funded by UNOSSC, that is the United Nations Office for South-South Cooperation. I was working in the ICGB, New Delhi, in the translational bioinformatics lab headed by Dr. Dinesh Gupta. And my domain was in computational biology. Then I worked in anti-malaria drug discovery.”
“Empower fellowship” was jointly launched by the United Nations Office for South-South Cooperation (UNOSSC) and the International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (ICGEB), with funding support from the Zayed International Foundation for the Environment of the UAE.
In an interview, Laila Baker, Dima Al-Khatib, UNOSSC Director, said, “We, women, are more, or half of the population of the world. When it comes to science and technology, I think it's in the upper 20s percent of scientists, women scientists in the LDCs are, you know, having this opportunity to be engaged, which is a much lower percentage than the global average set by UNESCO.”
She also said, “Empowered, right, and empower is targeting young women, young researchers. It's part of a bigger Framework Program used for the South, which is also an initiative that's supporting youth to be engaged across the different countries of the South in terms of exchange of expertise. In terms of learning from each other how development works, what is what could be catered or tailor-made for their own specific countries.”
The theme of this year’s International Women’s Day on ‘Innovation and Technological Change: Education in the Digital Age’ is directly relevant to the focus of the LDC5 Conference.
These topics feature prominently in the Doha Programme of Action for the LDCs and have been the subject of discussion by all stakeholders at LDC5 in Doha.
High-quality and inclusive education focusing on basic digital fluency and technical skills in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics, as well as in information and communications technology, will contribute to the promotion of gender equality and the empowerment of all women and girls in LDCs, including those in rural areas.
At the celebraion Alya Al-Thani, Ambassador and Permanent Representative of the State of Qatar to the United Nations in New York, and Rabab Fatima, the United Nations High Representative for Least Developed Countries, Landlocked Developing Countries and Small Island Developing States who is the Secretary-General of the LDC5 Conference, made their interventions.
Fatima said, “The empowerment of women and girls is an essential element of the Doha Programme for Action, and it is a theme that has run through all of our work here in Doha – especially in relation to education and digital skills.”
She also said, “Today should be about reflection and determination to do better, but it should also be a celebration. A celebration of the fundamental contribution made by women and girls, often against the odds, to the achievement of a better world.”
The Permanent Representative of the State of Qatar, said, “We need to focus on closing the gap between men and women in technology, innovation, and science. If we don't, it will be hard to reach gender equality. 3 billion people are still connected to the Internet. The majority of them are women and girls in developing countries, and LTC is just 19 percent of women are online.”
Later today, in a panel on South-South cooperation, called “Empowering Young Women Scientists from the LDCs, ” Laila Baker, Regional Director of the Arab States Regional Office of the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), said, “12-year-old boy’s world starts to expand. A 12-year-old girl’s world shrinks. She starts to get her period, and the world - no matter where you are, but especially in the LDCs - sees her as a woman in the child's body and, therefore, vulnerable to many of the social norms that may prevent her from accessing the opportunities even where they exist.”
She continued, “I think as the UN and the collective international community, one of the best things that we can do through South-South cooperation, is to find those women who are inspirational who will take the time to sit with a young woman and say, you are worth it, I will invest in you.”
To tap the full potential of the Least Developed Countries (LDCs) and help them make progress on the road to prosperity, investing in women and girls in science, technology, and innovation (STI) in the LDCs is imperative.
The UN system and governments can support this endeavor through South-South and triangular cooperation.
Najneen Rejwana, an “Empower” fellow, said, “I am from Najneen Rejwana, I'm from Bangladesh. I have been working as an ICGB Empower fellow, funded by UNOSSC, that is the United Nations Office for South-South Cooperation. I was working in the ICGB, New Delhi, in the translational bioinformatics lab headed by Dr. Dinesh Gupta. And my domain was in computational biology. Then I worked in anti-malaria drug discovery.”
“Empower fellowship” was jointly launched by the United Nations Office for South-South Cooperation (UNOSSC) and the International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (ICGEB), with funding support from the Zayed International Foundation for the Environment of the UAE.
In an interview, Laila Baker, Dima Al-Khatib, UNOSSC Director, said, “We, women, are more, or half of the population of the world. When it comes to science and technology, I think it's in the upper 20s percent of scientists, women scientists in the LDCs are, you know, having this opportunity to be engaged, which is a much lower percentage than the global average set by UNESCO.”
She also said, “Empowered, right, and empower is targeting young women, young researchers. It's part of a bigger Framework Program used for the South, which is also an initiative that's supporting youth to be engaged across the different countries of the South in terms of exchange of expertise. In terms of learning from each other how development works, what is what could be catered or tailor-made for their own specific countries.”
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