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Queen Maxima gives speech about financial equality for International Women's Day

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9th March 2021
Queen Máxima has given a speech about financial equality between men and women to mark International Women’s Day. The online event, A Call to Action for Reaching Financial Equality, was hosted by the Better Than Cash Alliance, UNCDF, World Bank Group and Women’s World Banking, the Dutch Royal House outlined. Queen Máxima gave her speech in her capacity as the UN Secretary-General’s…
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Crown Prince Haakon of Norway pays tribute to his mother Queen Sonja on International Woman’s Day

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8th March 2021
Monday marks International Woman’s Day – a global day of celebration for women around the world. In a new interview with the Norwegian newspaper Vårt Land, Crown Prince Haakon pays tribute to his mother, Queen Sonja. The Crown Prince gave the interview in connection with International Women’s Day. Norway’s Crown Prince and acting regent met a reporter from Norway’s largest Christian…
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Queen Letizia speaks with Princess of Girona winners

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5th March 2021
Queen Letizia met with the winner of this year’s Princess of Girona 2021 Arts and Letters Award on Thursday, and held a roundtable talk with previous winners, ahead of this year’s virtual awards ceremony. María Sánchez Rodríguez was named as the 2021 Arts and Letters Award winner, for her work “as a poet, writer and activist in defense of rural culture, and especially, the forgotten…
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Crown Princess Mary participates in roundtable discussion for International Women's Day

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5th March 2021
Crown Princess Mary participated in a roundtable discussion, ahead of International Women’s Day, about the work and commitments of the Nairobi Summit of 2019. The Danish crown princess, who has long been involved with the United Nations Population Fund and the International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD), has worked with organisations since the Nairobi Summit to ensure that…
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