Royal Family News: Sophie, Countess Of Wessex Is In New York To Celebrate Women’s Rights

British royal family news shows that the queen was not the only high profile royal absent from the Commonwealth Day celebration Monday. Her DIL Sophie, Countess of Wessex, was also missing. Prince Edward’s wife is in New York for several days and had to miss the event as she will be doing multiple official royal visits including delivering a key note speech at the United Nations.

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The Upholding Women’s Rights in Afghanistan event is one of the events the Countess will be speaking at. It is hosted by the Group of Friends of Women in Afghanistan, UN Women, and the Georgetown Institute for Women, Peace, and Security. A Buckingham Palace statement about the event reads in part: “The event will convene experts and leading policy to consider how to make international mechanisms more effective in upholding human rights for women and girls in Afghanistan.”

While she is in town, Sophie will also attend a briefing with UN Women by the UK Mission to New York in which they will learn about the impact the Ukraine conflict is having on women and girls, and how to manage the international humanitarian response to the situation.

Countess Wessex Is In New York

For Commonwealth Day, Sophie met with Consul Generals from the Commonwealth in the Queen Elizabeth II Garden. Next she visited St. George’s Society of New York. The organization has supported individuals, “with British and Commonwealth heritage in the city for over 250 years, finally finishing at a gala attended by representatives from Commonwealth UN Member States in New York,” according to Tatler.

Royal Family News – Sophie Has a Busy Week in New York

Sophie’s agenda has her meeting with international eye health leaders from UN Women, UNICEF, and the World Health Organization as well. The event is a celebration of the ‘Vision for Everyone’ Resolution, something she participated in, “in her role as Global Ambassador for the International Agency for the Prevention of Blindness.”

The busy royal will cap off her visit, “in her capacity as a Global Ambassador of 100 Women in Finance’s Next Generation Initiative.” At the event Sophie will speak with women in corporate leadership roles. She will hear about their experiences in the work place, and participate in a roundtable discussion with women, “aspiring to join the global finance industry.”

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