International Helvi Sipilä Seminar organized for the 17th time: My Body is Mine – Women’s Human Rights and Technological Innovations

International Helvi Sipilä seminar: My Body is Mine – Women’s Human Rights and Technological Innovations
Thursday 9th March 2023 9.00–10.15 am EST / New York. Breakfast served at 8.45.
16–17.15 pm EET / Helsinki.
Online and Permanent Mission of Finland to the United Nations, 605 Third Avenue, 35 Floor, New York.
This year’s seminar focuses on two themes regarding girls’ and women’s rights online.
Firstly, it will discuss girls’ and women’s equal and safe access to internet and technological innovations all over the world. Secondly, it brings forth insights across the globe on factors supporting women’s empowerment and generational equality, such as free platforms to learn IT skills and coding, which may ensure that internet is harnessed in support of women’s human rights.
The seminar is organized jointly by UN Women Finland, the Finnish Federation of Graduate Women, the National Council of Women of Finland, the Coalition of Finnish Women’s Associations – NYTKIS, and the Young Women’s Christian Association of Finland YWCA.


