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Friday, 5 March 2021, 11:00-13:00 CET
Join the UfM International Women’s Day webinar to discuss the importance of bridging the leadership gap and empower women to attain gender equal decision-making. Together, we can achieve this goal!
The event will provide simultaneous interpretation in English, French and Arabic.
Registration is closed but you can follow the live streaming on Social Media.
Objectives
This webinar will analyse the challenges that women and girls face to access leadership positions. The discussions will bring together a variety of stakeholders from across sectors, who will analyse the gendered barriers to leadership. Speakers will also share best practices on how to foster women and girls’ leadership across the region.
The event will welcome DG NEAR to present the recently published gender action plan GAP III and share insights on how it will empower women and girls to participate and lead equally in social, economic and political life.
The webinar will also present the UfM’s labelled projects with UNIDO and CEED and launch the 2021 UfM Women Business Forum.
Speakers
Agenda
11:00-11:05 Opening Remarks
- Ambassador Marisa Farrugia, Deputy Secretary General, Social and Civil Affairs Division of the Secretariat of the Union for the Mediterranean (UfM)
11:05-11:20 Presenting GAP III: Towards a gender-equal world – VIEW PRESENTATION
- Olga Martin Gonzalez, Gender Equality Coordinator in the European Commission, DG NEAR
11:20-11:55 Session 1: Women in Business, Entrepreneurship and Digital Economy
- Carlos Conde, Head of the Middle East and Africa Division, OECD’s Global Relations Secretariat
- María Helena de Felipe Lehtonen, Corporate Labour Lawyer, President of Afaemme
- Amel Saidane, Digital Arab Network, President of TunisianStartUps and CEO and Co-founder of BetaCube
- Moderator: Mrs Jihen Boutiba, Secretary General of BUSINESSMED
Business Country Desk – VIEW PRESENTATION
11:55-12:10 Launch 2021 UfM Women Business Forum and short presentation of UNIDO and CEED labelled projects
- Anna Dorangricchia. Project Manager, Social and Civil Affairs, UfM – VIEW PRESENTATION
- Fatima Zahra Oukacha. CEED MENA Director – VIEW PRESENTATION
- Neila Amara, UNIDO – VIEW PRESENTATION
12:10-12:40 Session 2: Women in Agriculture
- Ms Ndaya Beltchika, Lead Technical Specialist for Gender and Social Inclusion, IFAD
- Myriam Fournier Kacimi, CEO, Sungy Sas, Entrepreneur, Investor for Africa and for solar energy
- Dr. Margarita Rico, Dr. in Economic and Business Sciences from the University of Valladolid and Professor at the Higher Technical School of Agricultural Engineering
- Moderator: Yasmine Seghirate, Policy and Communications Manager, CIHEAM
12:40-13:10 Session 3: Women and the Health Care Sector
- Agnès Buzyn, Director General’s Envoy for Multilateral Affairs, WHO
- Dr Roopa Dhatt, Executive Director, Women in Global Health
- Maryam Bigdeli, WHO representative for Morocco
- Moderator: Anna Rita Ronzoni, WHO
13:10-13:15 Closing Remarks
- María Helena de Felipe Lehtonen, Afaemme
Media Contact
Press contact
Marine Moulin
+34 935 214 137
+34 691 519 634
Should you have any questions, please contact socialaffairs@ufmsecretariat.org.
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