The State of the World’s Fathers 2015 Report was launched at an event at the UN Headquarters in New York on 16 June, 2015. The event brought together several speakers and panelists, including Chelsea Clinton, Vice Chair of the Clinton Foundation, who delivered the opening remarks, and Kate Gilmore, Deputy Executive Director of UNFPA, who delivered the keynote address (filling in for Babatunde Osotimehin, Executive Director of UNFPA, who was unable to attend).
The event focused on the role of men in caregiving and how an increase in men’s involvement in caretaking is crucial to achieving gender equality. “Encouraging men to be good fathers is vital,” said Kate Gilmore. Speakers, including Chelsea Clinton, also discussed the need for paid paternity leave policies worldwide.
Read more about Chelsea Clinton’s remarks here.
Other speakers and panelists at the event included:
- Gary Barker, International Director, Promundo
- Giselle Carino, Deputy Regional Director, International Planned Parenthood Federation/Western Hemisphere Region (IPPF/WHR)
- Yannick Glemarec, Deputy Executive Director for Policy and Programme, UN Women
- Lena Karlsson, Director, Child Protection Initiative, Save the Children
- Michael Sneed, Vice President, Global Corporate Affairs, Johnson & Johnson
- Dean Peacock, Executive Director, Sonke Gender Justice
- Nikki van der Gaag, Report Author and Author of “Feminism and Men”
- Michael Kaufman, Report Author and Co-Founder of the White Ribbon Campaign
- Ruti Levtov, Report Author and MenCare Co-Coordinator, Promundo
The event was moderated by Richard Lui, MSNBC & NBC News Anchor, UN HeForShe Spokesperson, Plan International Because I Am A Girl Ambassador
The full webcast of the event can be viewed here
