Successes and Barriers to LBT Women’s Economic Empowerment
A CSW61 side event hosted by the Government of Canada, ARC International, and the Permanent Mission of the Argentine Republic to the United Nations
March 13th, 2017 – NYC.
Moderator: Raphael Crowe, Senior Gender Specialist with the Gender, Equality and Diversity Branch (GED), Conditions of Work and Equality Department, International Labour Office.
Raphael has held this post in Geneva since October 2003. From October 2016 to December 2016 he was on assignment with UN Women, New York. Before his assignment in Geneva, Mr. Crowe was Senior Specialist in Employers’ Activities in Asia for ten years, in New Delhi (1994-2000) and then in Manila (2000-2003). Prior to joining the ILO, Mr. Crowe was Chief Executive of the Northern Territory Chamber of Commerce and Industry in Darwin, Australia. Mr. Crowe is married with three children.