CSW62 Youth Dialogue. Time: 09:00 16:00. Venue: 630 Second (630 2nd Ave, New York, NY 10016) Objective of the event

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1 CSW62 Youth Dialogue Time: 09:00 16:00 Venue: 630 Second (630 2nd Ave, New York, NY 10016) Objective of the event To develop a set of guidelines and parameters to policy makers to include the voices of young rural women and girls in SDG implementation to ensure that no young rural woman OR GIRL is left behind. Creating an ecosystem of support and mobilization of young rural advocates that will create momentum on youth engagement on the SDGs at the community, country, regional and global levels. This includes the strengthening of relationships and networking among youth across the regions and globally on the issue of gender equality and empowerment of rural women and girls.

2 Agenda 08:30 09:00 Registration and coffee and tea 09:00 11:00 Opening Plenary 9:00 09:05 Welcome and opening of the session 09:05 09:15 Framing the conversation - Why are we here? Why are we focusing on the theme of Leave No One Behind? What are we trying to achieve with this event? Lopa Banerjee Director Civil Society Division 09: 15-09:25 Jaha Dukureh, Gambian women s right activist and anti-female genital mutilation campaigner. 09:25 10:30 Conversation circle l What are the challenges brought about by unequal and unjust systems that pose barriers to achieving the full rights and empowerment of young women, girls and trans youth from rural communities in the following components: Health, Violence, Education, Access to Media and Technology (including role of data), Economic Justice, Environment including Land rights? Chair: Ms. Jayathma Wickramanayake: United Nations Secretary-General s Envoy on Youth Intergenerational dialogue: Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka: Under-Secretary- General and Executive Director of UN Women and six young leaders: Ruvarashe Miti

3 Shelley Cabrera Lucille Chute Mervis Kamanga Upasana Chauhan Edward Ndopu 10:30 13:45 Conversation Circle ll Breakout sessions exploring universality of the SDGs, showing solidarity and addressing the intersecting inequalities that young women and girls from rural communities face. The sessions also aim to identify the structural barriers that currently exist and then attempts to find ways of improving the lives of those who are furthest behind as a matter of social justice. 10:30 11:45 Challenging global context (Session 1) What are the main structural barriers faced by young women and girls from rural communities under each subtheme? What are the underlying norms, structures and practices that hold young women and girls back from enjoying their rights? What constitutes exclusion under each sub theme? Why does this exclusion exist? 11:45 12:45 Lunch Break 12:45 13:45 Harnessing the transformative potential of Agenda 2030 (Session 2) What good practice exists in communities? How do we create inclusive societies and sustainable economic

4 paths/routes for young women and girls from rural communities? What is needed to ensure that gender equality commitments remain front and center at the national level, regional and global level? How can we hold decision-makers to account for their actions? 13:45 15:00 Conversational Circle lll 13:45 14:00 Supporting young women and girls leaders with skills Briefing on Skills labs 14:00 15:00 Skills building workshops for all the participants. 15:00 16:00 Closing Plenary Discussion on Youth Dialogue outcome: Policy Guidelines and Mobilization towards :00 15:15 Presentation on Policy Guidelines by young leaders 15:15 15:35 Responses to the proposed policy guidelines Moderated conversation Respondents UN Women Executive Director Chair of CSW Bureau (TBC) Member State - Gambia s Vice President (TBC)

5 15:35 15:45 Celebrating the collaboration of UN Women and rest of members of the Youth Dialogue Task Force, and the Working Group on Youth and Gender Equality. 15:45 16:00 16:00 End of Programme Roadmap to 2030: Way forward in getting the policy guidelines to policy makers, how will implementation be monitored. - Lopa Banerjee: Director - Civil Society Division