Economic Empowerment of Women & Girls in a Sustainable Development Perspective – Forum – NGO CSW Geneva
Author: WUNRN
Date: October 2, 2016
NGO Committee on the Status of Women, Geneva
Comité ONG de la Condition de la Femme, Genève
The NGO CSW Geneva with the support of the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) cordially invites representatives from governments & mission, NGOs, academics and the private sectors to a one-day Forum on
The Economic Empowerment of Women & Girls in a Sustainable Perspective
The Forum will take place:
- on 10 October 2016,
- at the Palais des Nations, Geneva, Room XIX.
Provisional Program
9:00 am – 9:30 am: Entrance at the security desk for one day badge
9:30 am – 10:00 am: Registration and welcome coffee
10:00 am – 10:30 am: Opening Statements
- Simone Ovart, President of the NGO CSW Geneva and UN Representative for ZONTA International
- Michael Møller, Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva (UNOG) – TBC
- Chantal Oltramare, Programme Manager, Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC)
10:30 am – 12:00 am: Panel on Government procurement
Government procurement represents a significant part of GDP in most countries, and can effectively be used to promote women-led business enterprises, and more generally gender equality.
- Meg Jones, Head of Women Economic Empowerment, UN Women
- Vanessa Erogbogbo, Head of the women and trade programme, International Trade Center (ITC) (Representing Arancha Gonzalez, Executive Director, ITC)
- Tetyana Lisovska, Head of Division of the Public Procurement Regulation Department of the Ministry of Economic Development and Trade of Ukraine
- Moderator: Anna Caroline Müller, Legal Affairs Officer in the government procurement team of the WTO
12:00 am – 1:30 pm: Panel on Equal pay between men and women
The gender wage gap remains high, with globally women still earning on average 77% of what men earn, a discrimination that contributes to the feminization of poverty and that must be addressed.
- Sonja Hönig, President, Zonta International
- Raquel Blanc Gutiérrez, Vice President Diversity & Inclusiveness, PMI
- Véronique Goy Veenhuys, Founder & CEO, EQUAL-SALARY Foundation
- ILO speaker TBC
- Moderator: Mary Farmer, Management Consultant
1:30 pm – 2:30 pm: Lunch Break (sandwiches will be available)
2:30 pm – 4:00 pm: Panel on Unpaid care work
The unequal sharing between men and women of domestic tasks and caring responsibilities is now well recognized as a human rights issue and a structural cause of gender inequalities that must be addressed.
- Valeria Esquivel, Senior Advisor, Social Policy and Gender, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
- Representative from PROMUNDO / MenCare Campaign (Name TBC)
- Paola Panzeri, Senior Policy and Advocacy officer. Employment, Gender equality & Migration, Confédération des organisations familiales de l’Union européenne (COFACE)
- Shauna Oley, Chief Gender Equality and Diversity Branch, ILO (TBC)
- Moderator: Valerie Bichelmeier, Main UN Representative, Make Mothers Matter (MMM)
4:00 pm – 5:30 pm: Panel on Women in decision making positions
Bringing more women in leadership & decision-making positions in all sectors & at all levels has the potential to positively change the perspectives & performances of any organization.
- Mr. Eelco Wierda, researcher Atria Institut, Amsterdam
- Mrs. Letchy, Gender Expert of the International Organization of Employers
- Prof. Dr. Iris Bohnet, member of the Credit Suisse Board (TBC)
- Moderator: Catherine Bosshart-Pfluger, Executive Secretary, International Federation of Business and Professional Women (BPW International),
5:30 pm – 6:00 pm: Closing remarks
- Sylvie Durrer, Director, Swiss Federal Office for Gender Equality (FOGE)
Please Register here.
Important: Access to the Forum is free but advance registration is mandatory in order to enter UN ground.
Registration deadline is 1st October!
Forum Organizing Committee
- Simone Ovart (ZONTA International), NGO CSW Geneva President & Chair of the Forum
- Anne Riz (Federation of American Women’s Clubs Overseas – FAWCO), NGO CSW Geneva Treasurer
- Elisa Gazzotti (Soka Gakkai International – SGI), NGO CSW Geneva Secretariat
- Angelamaria Loreto (Ius Primi Viri – IPV), NGO CSW Geneva Vice-President
- Catherine Bosshart (International Federation of Business & Professional Women), NGO CSW Geneva Vice-President & Convener, Panel on Women in decision-making positions
- Véronique Goy Veenhuys (Fondation EQUAL-SALARY), Convener, Panel on Equal pay between men and women
- Valerie Bichelmeier (Make Mothers Matter – MMM), Convener panel on Unpaid Care Work
- Oleksandra Kunovska Mondoux (World Federation of Ukrainian Women’s Organizations): Convener, Panel on Government procurement
For additional information: Contact: forum@ngocsw-geneva.ch
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