2008 Ministerial Roundtable

Global Summit of Women 2008 Ministerial Roundtable:
Public/Private Sector Partnerships Advancing Women’s Economic Opportunities

Ministerial Roundtable

Program

Participating Ministers

Best Practices:
MiniGrant Winners

Welcome from Microsoft's Gerri Elliott

Ms. Gerri Elliott, Microsoft's Vice President for Public Sector, introduces the Summit Delegates to the important work which took place during the previous days' Ministerial Roundtable, which brought together female ministers of a variety of portfolios to discuss Private/ Public Sector Partnerships which advance women's economic opportunities.

Summit President Irene Natividad welcomes women
Ministers to the 2008 Ministerial Roundtable.

Ministers Suzanne Bbomback Bandolo of Cameroon
and Marlene Mungunda of Namibia were among
many African ministers present at the 2008
Ministerial Roundtable. (Xinhua Photo)

Women Ministers from Antigua, Mexico and South Africa each awarded MiniGrants for Best Practices in Public/Private Sector Partnerships in Advancing Women and Girls

Best Practices Award Winners reporting on their projects at the Plenary session:
From left: Hon. Elizabeth Thabethe, Hon. Jacqui Quinn-Leandro,
Ms. Gerri Elliot of Microsoft, and Hon. Patricia Espinosa Torres

Project 1:

Country: Antigua and Barbuda

Hon. Dr. Quinn Leandro(Antigua) presents her project during the Plenary session.

Presented by: Minister Hon. Dr. Jacqui Quinn Leandro, Minister of Labour, Public Administration & Empowerment

Title of Program: Partnership and Opportunities for Employment (POE)

Project 2:

Country: South Africa

Irene Natividad presents the award to Deputy Minister Thabethe of South Africa during the Plenary session.

Presented By: Deputy Minster Hon. Elizabeth Thabathe; Department of Trade and Industry

Title of Program: Promoting Girl Entrepreneurship

Project 3:

Country: Mexico

Undersecretary Espinosa Torres accepts the Best Practice award on behalf of the Mexican Ministry of Labor.

Presented by: Hon. Patricia Espinosa Torres, Undersecretary of Labor, Ministry of Labor and Social Welfare

Title of Program: Child-Care Program