2007 GLOBAL SUMMIT OF WOMEN  *   MINISTERIAL ROUNDTABLE
June 14, 2007

 “Public/Private Sector Partnerships Advancing Women’s Economic Opportunities”


 


Outcomes
: Mini-Grant winners & sponsors gather for a photo opportunity:  Left to right - Marilyn Johnson, VP Marketing IBM,
Bev Strand, Diversity Manager at Cisco Systems, Irene Natividad, CEO of the Global Summit of Women, Hon. Rejoice Thizwilondi Mabudafhasi, Deputy Minister, Ministry of Trade and Industry South Africa, Hon. Mary Michael Nagu, Minister of Justice and Constitutional Affairs, Tanzania, Hon. Bela Tsipuria, Deputy Minister, Ministry of Education and Science of Georgia, Republic of Georga, Gerri Elliott Corporate VP; WW Public Sector, Microsoft, Monique Meche, Senior Managing Director, Global Policy and Government Affairs for Cisco.

 


S
ome of the 50 women government Ministers  listen intently as their peers describe successful Public/Private partnership during the Ministerial Roundtable, which preceded the 2007 Global Summit of Women.

 

PROGRAM:
 

9:00-10:00 a.m.

Press Briefing

Presenters:

Irene Natividad

 

President, Global Summit of Women

 

Truong My Hoa

 

Vice President, Vietnam 

 

 

10:00-11:00 a.m.

Best Practices I

Introduction:

Irene Natividad

 

 

Moderator:

Paula Dobriansky

 

Undersecretary of State, U.S. State Department

 

 

Presenters:

Gerri Elliott

 

Corporate Vice President, Worldwide Public Sector, Microsoft.

 

Thi Bang Tam Le 

 

Chair, State Capital Investment Corporation and Deputy Minister, Vietnam

 

Farkhonda Hassan                        

 

Secretary-General, National Council of Women, Egypt

 

Monique Meche

 

Senior Managing Director, Global Policy and Government Affairs, Cisco Systems.

 

 

11:00-12:00 noon

Best Practices II

 

 

Moderator:

Jonina Bjartmarz

 

Minister of Environment, Iceland

 

 

Presenters:

Kathy Bushkin-Calvin

 

Executive Vice President and COO, U.N. Foundation

 

 

 

Ursula von der Leyen

 

Minister for Families, Women, Youth and Seniors, Germany

 

 

 

Heidemarie Wieczoreck-Zeul

 

 Minister Economic Cooperation and Development, Germany

 

                     

12-12:30 p.m.

Break

 

 

12:30- 1:00 p.m.

Lunch Begins

 

 

1:00-2:00 p.m.


Best Practices III (through Lunch)

Moderator:


Farkhonda Hassan

 

Secretary-General, National Council of Women, Egypt

 

 

Presenters:

Linda Alexander

 

Vice President, Women’s Health, Digene Corp.

 

 

 

Kirsi Sormunen

 

Vice President and Head of Environment Activities, Nokia

 

 

2:00-4:00 p.m.

Mini-Roundtables

 

EXECUTIVES:
 
Gambia
Isatou N'jie-Saidy
Vice President                        
 
Vietnam
Truong My Hoa                 
Vice President 

 

HONORED GUESTS:

 

Congo
Former Minister, Women’s Affairs
Joséphine Mayuma Kala

 

Georgia

Nino Burjanadze
Speaker, Parliament        

 
Iceland 
Jonina Bjartmarz               
Former Minister of Environment 
                                                                            
Philippines    
Delia Domingo-Albert
Former Secretary of Foreign Affairs                       
Ambassador to Germany                         
 
Philippines
Myrna Yao                                     
Chair of the National Commission on the Role of Filipino Women      

PARTICIPANTS:
 

Afghanistan

Dr. Husn Banu Ghazanfar

Minister, Ministry of Women’s Affairs

 

Angola

Candida Celeste da Silva

Minister, Ministry of Family and Women’s Affairs

 

Cameroon

Elizabeth Mbocksi

Minister of Women’s Affairs

 

Chad

Ngarmbatina Odjimbeye Sukate

Minister, Social Action and Family Solidarity

 

Chile

Laura Albornoz

Minister, Women’s Affairs

 

China

Qidi Wu

Vice Minister, Ministry of Education

 

Congo

Josephine Mayumi Kala

Former Minister of Women’s Promotion

 

Cote D’Ivoire

Soro Coulibaly Natogoma Gon

Minister of Women’s Affairs

 

Egypt

Farkhonda Hassan

Secretary-General, Member of Parliament Egypt, National Council for Women

 

Equatorial Guinea

Eulalia Envo Bela

Minister, Ministry of Social Affairs and the Promotion of Women

 

Equatorial Guinea

Maria Leonor Bula Epam Biribe

Secretary of State, Ministry of Social Affairs and the Promotion of Women

 

Georgia

Bella Tsipuria

Deputy Minister, Education and Science

 

Germany

Ursula von der Leyen

Minister, Ministry of Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth

 

Germany

Heidemarie Wieczorek-Zeul

Minister, Ministry of Economic Cooperation and Development

 

Guatemala

Miriam Irene Castañade Arana

Viceminister, Ministry of Education

 

Iceland

Jonina Bjartmarz

Former Minister, Ministry of the Environment, Member of Parliament

 

Iraq

Narmin Othman

Minister, Ministry of Environment

 

Kenya

Alice Jemaita Chelaite

Assistant Minister, Ministry of Equality, Sports, Culture, and Social Services

 

Laos

Sysay Leudedmounsone

Minister, Lao Women's Union


Lesotho

Mathabiso Lepono

Minister, Ministry of Gender, Youth, Sport and Recreation

 

Lesotho

Pontso Matumelo Sekatle

Minister, Ministry of Local Government & Chieftainship Affairs

 

Lesotho

Mpeo Mahase-Moiloa

Minister, Ministry of Justice, Human Rights and Rehabilitation

 

Lesotho

Lineo Molise

Assistant Minister, Ministry of Home Affairs and Public Safety, and of Parliamentary Affairs

 

Lithuania

Kazimiera Danute Prunskiene

Minister, Ministry of Agriculture

 

Malaysia

Shahrizat binte Abdul Jalil

Minister, Ministry of Women, Family and Community Development

 

Malaysia

Yen Yen Datuk Ng

Deputy Minister, Ministry of Finance

 

Maldives

Ahmed Shareef

Deputy Minister, Ministry of Gender and Family

 

South Africa

Ms. Elizabeth Thabethe

Deputy Minister, Ministry of Trade and Industry

 

South Africa

Rejoice Thizwilondi Mabudafhasi

Deputy Minister, Ministry of Environmental Affairs and Tourism

 

Tanzania

Mary Michael Nagu

Minister, Ministry of Justice and Constitutional  Affairs

 

Tanzania

Salome Joseph Mbatia

Deputy Minister, Ministry of Community Development, Gender and Children

 

United Arab Emirates

Mariam Mohammed Khalfan Al-Roomi 

Minister, Ministry of Social Affairs

 

USA

Paula J. Dobriansky

Undersecretary for Global Affairs, Department of State

 

Vietnam

Thi Hoai Thu Nguyen

Minister, Chairwoman, Committee of Social Affairs of the General Assembly

 

Vietnam

Thi Thuy Tran

Deputy Minister,  Chairperson, Vietnam Women Entrepreneurs Council

 

Vietnam

Thi Bang Tam Le

Deputy Minister, Chairperson, State Capital Investment Corporation

 

Vietnam

Thi Kim Ngan Nguyen

Deputy Minister, Trade

 

Vietnam

Thi Hong Minh Nguyen

Deputy Minister, Ministry of Fisheries

 

Vietnam

Phuong Minh Nguyen

Deputy Minister, Vice Minister, Vietnam Women's Union

 

Yemen

Huda Ali A. Al-ban

Minister of Human Rights

 

 

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