They helped to set the context for the thematic afternoon breakout sessions by providing a review of the gender-responsive recommendations within the final New Urban Agenda Draft and addressing the prevalent gaps for women’s equality against the backdrop of the Sustainable Development Goals framework. The session engaged women from local authorities, parliamentarians, professionals, research and academia, civil society organizations, youth, indigenous, grassroots women leaders, business and industries, farmers, and older persons. The two opening plenary sessions highlighted the diversity of the women’s constituency and showed the different development priorities across the women’s movement. The Assembly ended with consolidation of participants’ recommendations and commitments for insuring an empowerment-focused, gender-responsive New Urban Agenda. The Assembly followed a participatory framework that promotes dialogue and engagement through ten thematic breakout sessions complimented by two plenary sessions. The Women’s Assembly was designed to celebrate the contributions to and leadership of the Women and Human Settlements’ movement in championing sustainable and women inclusive urban development. Women and the Implementation of the New Urban Agenda

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