A panel discussion with Minister Bibeau and UN Emergency Relief Coordinator Mark Lowcock: Assisting women in humanitarian emergencies 

February 21, 2019 - The Honourable Marie-Claude Bibeau, Minister of International Development, will participate in a panel discussion with Mark Lowcock, United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator; Nicolas Moyer, President and CEO, Canadian Council for International Co-operation; and Julie Delahanty, Executive Director, Oxfam Canada, on how to uphold humanitarian principles and strengthen, improve and consistently bring a gender-responsive approach to humanitarian emergencies. The panel will follow a lecture by Mr. Lowcock and discuss concrete steps that can be taken to support more effective gender-responsive humanitarian action, such as the actions taken to respond to the Rohingya crisis.

Event: Public lecture and panel discussion with Minister Bibeau, Mr. Lowcock, Mr. Moyer and Ms. Delahanty
Date: Friday, February 22, 2019
Time: 9 to 11 a.m.
Location: Global Centre for Pluralism, 330 Sussex Drive, Ottawa, Ontario

Note: Open to the media. Media representatives should arrive no later than 8:45 a.m. ET