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
Context
The pandemic has taken a great toll on our society, our lives and economy. Evidence shows that the impacts of crises are never gender neutral, and COVID-19 is no exception.
As entrepreneurs, nurses or health care and agricultural workers, women around the world have worked relentlessly not only to fight COVID-19 but also to shape a more equal and inclusive future. While women have been in the frontline of the fight against the pandemic, their voices remain left out of the decision-making table.
Indications show that when women are represented and engaged in leadership bodies, their outcomes are more likely to be inclusive: deaths of COVID-19 were 6 times lower in countries where female leaders took early action, countries with a greater proportion of women as top decision-makers in legislatures have lower levels of income inequality and when women hold more executive leadership positions, companies are more profitable.
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 – DG Near
- 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
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
- Fatima Zahra Oukacha. CEED MENA Director
- Neila Amara, UNIDO
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
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