High-level Event on Women in Development (Part 1), UNCTAD XIII
The round table brings together multiple stakeholders ranging from policy leaders, UN agencies, the academia, the private sector and civil society.
Opening remarks:
Honourable Hamad bin Abdulaziz bin Ali Al-Kuwari, Minister of Culture, Arts and Heritage, Qatar
Mr. Supachai Panitchpakdi, Secretary-General of UNCTAD
Moderator (morning): Mr. Abderrahim Foukara, Bureau Chief, Aljazeera Satellite Channel, Washington, D.C., United States of America
Session I: Macro-economic policy: Does gender matter?
Panellists:
Honourable Sheikh Hasina, Prime Minister of the Government of the People's Republic of Bangladesh
Honourable Tarja Kaarina Halonen, Former President of the Republic of Finland and Co-chair of the UN Secretary –General's High-Level Panel on Global Sustainability
Ms. Aisha Alfardan, Vice Chairwoman, Qatari Businesswomen Association, Qatar
Professor Stephanie Seguino, Department of Economics, University of Vermont, United States of America
Questions and answers
Session II: Trade, poverty and gender: New insights from a contextual, country-specific approach
Panellists:
Honourable Anabel Gonzalez, Minister of Foreign Trade, Republic of Costa Rica
Honourable Aloysia Inyumba, Minister of Gender and Family Promotion, Republic of Rwanda
Honourable Heidemarie Wieczorek-Zeul, Member of the German Parliament and former Minister for Economic Cooperation and Development, Federal Republic of Germany
Ms. Patricia Francis, Executive Director, International Trade Centre – ITC
Ms. Buthaina Al Ansari – Board Member of Qatari Businesswomen Association, Qatar
Professor Massoud Karshenas, The School of Oriental and African Studies, Department of Economics, University of London, United Kingdom
Questions and answers
More information on the High-level Event on Women in Development
Thirteenth session of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD XIII ) (Doha, Qatar 21-26 April 2012)
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