[SPN-Discussion] Fwd: SPN Event Posting - May 13

[Lindy Mockovak]

Hello,

Hope you're well. I'd like to share the following event with the SPN
network. Please let me know if this is possible or if you need additional
information.

Thanks in advance.

Best, Lindy

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*Panel Discussion Invitation*
*Investing in and Empowering Women to Achieve the Sustainable Development
Goals *

*Date: *Friday, May 13, 2016
*Time:* 8:00 - 10 am
*Venue: *Irvington Restaurant at the W Hotel - Union Square (201 Park
Avenue South, New York, NY 10003)
*Moderator: *Joan Salwen, Activist and Entrepreneurial Philanthropist

*Panelists: *Dr. Myrna Kay Cunningham, Former Chair of the Permanent UN
Forum on Indigenous Issues and The Hunger Project Global Board of
Directors; Åsa Skogström Feldt, President and CEO, The Hunger Project; Dr.
Syeda Saiyidain Hameed, The Hunger Project Global Board of Directors;
Mekala Krishnan, Fellow, McKinsey Global Institute


Topic: Investing in and Empowering Women to Achieve the Sustainable
Development Goals

Join The Hunger Project's Global Board members, for an intimate panel
discussion around the importance of gender equality and investing in women
to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals. Our panelists will offer
their perspective from the grassroots level as well as the economic
implications of gender parity, with a lead researcher from the McKinsey
Institute sharing details from McKinsey's power of parity
<http://www.mckinsey.com/global-themes/employment-and-growth/how-advancing-womens-equality-can-add-12-trillion-to-global-growth>research
released last fall.

The event will be from 8 - 10 am. It is $25 to attend (offering
complimentary admission for enrolled students) and includes breakfast and
beverages. It will be held at the Irvington Restaurant at the W Hotel -
Union Square.

See event information and RSVP here
<http://www.thp.org/get-involved/events/>.

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Lindy Mockovak, Strategic Partnerships and Marketing Manager
The Hunger Project5 Union Square West, New York, NY 10003
P: +1 212.251.9115 F: +1 212.532.9785

lindy.mockovak at thp.org
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