1998 Updated Again

SUMMIT HIGHLIGHTS


Co-Chairs of the 1998 Summit: U.K.'s Equal Opportunity Commission Chair, Kamlesh Bahl, and International Business and Professional Women President, Sylvia Perry, with the Summit President, Irene Natividad	U.K.'s Minister for Women receiving a gift from Summit President Irene Natividad at the Welcoming Reception

Summit Co-Chair Sylvia Perry welcomes delegates at the Opening Reception	U.S. Civil Rights leader, Dorothy Height, shares her thoughts with delegates

Mexico's Senator Maria Elena Chapa addressing a question at the Summit	IBM Japan Executive Yukako Uchinaga addresses Summit delegates

Speakers at the session on "Expanding Linkages Among Women's Business Associations to Strengthen Regional Markets."	Delegates listening to presenters at the 1998 London Summit

"I was invigorated by the energetic, dedicated, and knowledgeable women who came from around the world to communicate their singular vision; that a truly global economy will pole-vault women entrepreneurs over the barriers of their national cultural differences into a marketplace ripe with prosperity and promise"

-Sherrye Henry, Assistant Administrator, Small Business Administration (U.S.A)

“It was a pleasant and varied experience. The whole event generated such an incredible atmosphere and immense opportunity for networking with a vast amount of women across the world.”

-Bola Olabisi, Founder of the Professional Family Woman's Network (England)

“It was a great pleasure to be at the Global Summit of Women 1998...which provided women from different backgrounds of the world with a chance of hearing each other to achieve the goal that women can help women ourselves to gain more opportunities and respect widely. The Summit turned out to be a big success. It was also amazing that over 400 women from nearly 70 countries could get together like a big family. For us it was an exciting experience."

-Pio Yue Xing and Liang Ji-Shan, Shenyang Hunhe National Economic and Technological Development Zone (China)

“I found the Corporate Director’s Roundtable on the Thursday most interesting, with its emphasis on working towards more effective global networking, as a means of helping to eliminate some of the obstacles that still prevent women of ability rising to top decision-making levels”

-Lady Howe, Chairman, Broadcasting Standards Commission (England)