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International Women Day 2021: Women in Leadership, towards an equal region in a COVID-19 world

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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.

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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

Dr. Marisa Farrugia

DSG Social and Civil Affairs, UfM

Jihen Boutiba

General Secretary, BusinessMed

Olga Martin Gonzalez

Gender Equality Coordinator, DG Near, European Commission

Dr. Carlos Conde

Head of MENA Division, OECD

María Helena de Felipe Lethonen

President of Afaemme

Ndaya Beltchika

Lead Technical Specialist for Gender and Social Inclusion, IFAD

Amel Saidane

Co-Founder of BetaCube

Myriam Fournier Kacimi

CEO, Sungy Sas

Dr. Margarita Rico

Professor, Higher Technical School of Agricultural Engineering

Maryam Bigdeli

WHO representative for Morocco

Anna Rita Ronzoni

World Health Organization

Fatima Zahra Oukacha

CEED MENA Director

Dr. Agnès Buzyn

Director General’s Envoy for Multilateral Affairs, WHO

Yasmine Seghirate

Policy and Communications Manager, CIHEAM

Dr. Roopa Dhatt

Executive Director, Women in Global Health

Dr. Neila Amara

International Program Management Specialist, UNIDO

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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
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