UNOPS executive director calls for inclusive infrastructure at CSW63

At the UNOPS-organized side event, ‘Infrastructure and Sustainable Development: How infrastructure can better contribute to the achievement of SDG 5 and the advancement of women,’ Ms. Faremo delivered the opening address.

“At UNOPS, we are dedicated to improving the way infrastructure is planned, delivered, and managed to ensure that it is sustainable, resilient, and most importantly, that it is inclusive and gender sensitive,” she noted, pointing to UNOPS projects in Afghanistan and Kenya that worked to improve access for women to important health services and socio-economic opportunities.

Speaking to UNOPS work in Kenya, Ms. Faremo said: “Mothers in the target areas now have access not just to proper health facilities, but also adequate health services. Health care workers no longer have to deliver babies in the middle of the night with only the light from the torch on their cell phones.”

Ms. Faremo was joined by the Permanent Representatives of Estonia, Ireland and Sri Lanka, whom together co-organized the event with UNOPS and the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida).

Original source: UNOPS
Published on 11 March 2019