Why Invest in Women and Girls? - Eun Mee Kim

On 8 March 2024, the UN Women Centre of Excellence for Gender Equality in the Republic of Korea (the Centre) convened its second International Women's Day celebration at Hotel Westin Josun in Seoul, marking a significant gathering of over 200 participants from the Government, diplomatic community, private sector, and academic and research institutions. The event aimed to highlight and discuss the critical imperative of investing in women and girls, affirming unwavering support for UN Women's mission.
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Speaker bio:
Eminent academic, distinguished scientist and Advisor, Professor Eun Mee Kim was appointed as National Goodwill Ambassador for the Republic of Korea in January 2024. Professor Kim is the 17th President of Ewha Womans University and has been a trailblazer in the field of international development studies, dedicating her research efforts to advancing gender equality and the empowerment of women and girls. She is Professor in the Graduate School of International Studies, Director of the Ewha Global Health Institute for Girls and Women and former Dean of the Graduate School at Ewha Womans University. She was appointed by the UN Secretary General in December 2016 to serve as one of the fifteen Independent Group of Scientists to work on the Global Sustainable Development Report 2019, which was presented to the UN Secretary General and heads of member states at the UN General Assembly in September 2019. She served as President of the Korea Association of International Development and Cooperation (2011, 2012). She has served on the Committee for International Development Cooperation under the Prime Minister’s Office, the Policy Advisory Committee for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and the Ministry of Gender Equality and Family. She received a research grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation on her research for three times in 2013, 2016, and 2019. She received the Chang-Lin Tien Distinguished Leadership Award from the Asia Foundation in 2021. She was appointed as the Vice-Chairperson of the Korean National Commission for UNESCO in May 2021, and the Chairperson of the 5th Science and Technology Basic Plan (2023-2027) Committee of the Republic of Korea in December 2021. She received the Building Bridges Award from the Pacific Century Institute in the US on February 16, 2023 on behalf of Ewha Womans Universitt for strengthening ties between countries and peoples across the Pacific.

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