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Eyes on the South
WHAT:Panel discussion at the “Eyes on the South” Forum
WHO:
Ann M. Veneman, UNICEF Executive Director;
Pamela Cox, Vice-President for Latin America, World Bank;
Linda Gibbs, New York Deputy Mayor
WHERE:
ECOSOC Chamber, United Nations Secretariat building
WHEN:
2 pm, Tuesday, 18 December
WHY:
“Eyes on the South”, an open forum organized by UNICEF on 18 December, will highlight three pioneering initiatives from the South that are now being used in the north:
• A cash benefits programme from Mexico that enables poor families to send their children to school and receive health check-ups – now being replicated in New York City;
• A model of civic participation in municipal budget formulation (including child and youth participation) in Brazil that is now being used in Seville, Spain;
• A strategy to prevent HIV and AIDS that was developed in Uganda and is now being adapted in the USA.
The “Eyes on the South” Forum runs from 10 am to 6 pm. All sessions are open to the media.
For further information please contact:
Angela Hawke, UNICEF New York, 1 212-326-7269, ahawke@unicef.org
