Global Summit of Women 2006
Ministerial Roundtable

June 10, 2006,  Cairo, Egypt

  

9:00 – 10:00 a.m.           Press Briefing
                                    Irene Natividad, Summit President
                                    Farkhanda Hassan, Secretary-General, National Council of Women, Egypt
                                    My Truong Hoa, Vice President, Vietnam

10:00 – 10:05 a.m.         Welcome and Introduction to the Roundtable
                                    Irene Natividad

10:05 – 10:15 a.m.         Opening Remarks
                                    Gerri Elliott, Corporate Vice President, Public Sector Microsoft

10:15 – 11:45 a.m.         Session I
                                    Co-Chairs:        Fayza Aboul Naga, Minister of International Cooperation, Egypt
                                                            Fatima Al-Balooshi, Minister of Social Affairs, Kingdom of Bahrain                            

Presentation: Unilever/India Microentrepreneurship Program       
                        Brigitte Monsou Tantawy, Director,
Focus Area Business Role, World Business Council for Sustainable Development

11:45 – 12:00 p.m.         Break 

12:00 – 1:30 p.m.           Session II (Working Lunch)

                                    Co-Chairs:        Henrietta Holsman Fore, Undersecretary of State, Management, U.S. State Dept.
                                                            Evgeniya Koldanova, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, Bulgaria

                                    Presentation:     Cisco/Jordan Technology Education Program for Women
                                                            Tae Yoo, Vice President, Cisco Systems

1:30 – 3:00 p.m. Session III

                                    Co-Chairs:        Lindiwe Hendricks, Minister of Minerals and Energy, South Africa
                                                            Marie-Pierre Rokhayatou Sarr, Minister of Women’s Entrepreneurship and Microfinance, Senegal

                                                            Open Exchanges of Public/Private Sector Partnerships

3:00 – 3:10 p.m. Closing Remarks

                                                            Irene Natividad, Summit President


The Ministerial Roundtable of the 2006 Global Summit of Women was made possible through the generous support of MICROSOFT.


Ministers Attending the Global Summit of Women 2006
(as of May 23, 2006)

Honorary Co-Chair
 

  1. Vietnam

My Truong Hoa
Vice President

 

Attending Ministers

Angola
Candida Celeste da Silva
Ministry of Family and Women's Affairs
Minister

Bahrain
Fatima Al-Balooshi
Ministry of Social Affairs
Minister

Bulgaria
Evgeniya Koldanova
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Deputy Minister

Burkina Faso
Mariam M. Gisele Guigma
Ministry of Promotion of Women
Minister

Burundi
Dr. Triphonie Nkurunziza
Minister in charge of the Control of AIDS
Minister

China
Hong Tianhui
National Working Committee on Women and Children
Vice-Chair

Czech Republic
Jaroslava Pribylova
Ministry of Defense
Deputy Minister

Egypt
Fayza Aboul Naga
Ministry of State Foreign Affairs
Minister

Egypt
Farkhonda Hassan
National Council of Women
Secretary-General

Eritrea
Luul Mghegreab
President, National Union of Eritrean Women

Guatemala
Miriam Castenada
Ministry of Education
Vice Minister

Lebanon
Nayla Moawad
Ministry of Social Affairs
Minster

Lesotho
Maqelepo Malijane Norah
Ministry of Education and Training
Assistant Minister

Luxumbourg
Marie-Josee Jacobs
Ministry of Equal Opportunitites
Minister

Malaysia
Shahrizat binte Abdul Jalil
Ministry of Women, Family and Community Development
Minister

Mexico
Patricia Espinosa Torres
National Institute of Women
President

Morocco
Yasmina Baddou
Ministry of Social Develpoment, Solidarity and Family
Secretary of State

Namibia
Maria Magdalene Mungunda
Ministry of Gender Equality and Child Welfare
Minister

Palestine
Rehab Shabeir
Ministry of Women’s Affairs
Deputy Minister

Paraguay
Maria Jose Argaña Mateu
Ministry of Women's Affairs
Minister

Rwanda
Valerie Nyirahabineza
Ministry of Gender and Family
Promotion
Minister

Senegal
Marie-Pierre Rokhayatou Sarr
Ministry of Female Entrepreneurship and Microfinance
Minster

Serbia
Gordana Lazarevic
Ministry of International Economic Relations
Assistant Minister

South Africa
Lindiwe Hendricks
Ministry of Minerals and Energy
Minister

South Africa
Nozizwe Madlala-Routledge
Ministry of Health
Deputy Minister

South Africa
Elizabeth Thabethe
Ministry of Trade and Industry
Deputy Minister 

Sudan
Mary Kiden Kimo
Ministry of Gender, Social Welfare, and Religious Affairs
Minister

Syria
Bouthania Shaban
Minister of Expatirates
Minster

Tanzania
Salome Joseph Mbatia
Ministry of Planning, Economy and Empowerment
Deputy Minister

Uganda
Benigna Mukiibi
Minister of State for Pensions

United States
Henrietta Holsman Fore
Department of State
Undersecretary for Management

Zambia
Judith Kapijimpanga
Ministry of Science, Technology and Vocational Training

 

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