The royal family said Thursday that Duchess Sophie, also called the Duchess of Edinburgh, traveled to New York to attend the United Nations’ 69th Commission on the Status of Women.
The statement said, “This week, The Duchess of Edinburgh attended the UN’s 69th Commission on the Status of Women as Global Ambassador for the International Agency for the Prevention of Blindness (IAPB) and as Champion of the UN’s Women, Peace and Security agenda and in support of the UK’s Preventing Sexual Violence in Conflict Initiative.”
“The Duchess gave a keynote address at a UN Friends of Vision group meeting titled ‘No Woman Left Behind – closing the gender gap eye achieve the SDGs’ during the largest global meeting on gender equality,” the statement read.
