2003 Global Summit of Women
Marrakech, Morocco
June 28-30, 2003
“PREVENTING CONFLICT THROUGH WOMEN’S ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT”

Her Royal Highness Princess Lella Hasna opens the Global Summit of Women 2003

Opening Ceremony for the 2003 Summit.
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Summit delegates at one of the sessions. | South African Minister Mabandla speaking on Intellectual Property at the Marrakesh Summit in 2003. |
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Global Diversity in Marrakesh: Bangladeshi, Korean and Spanish delegates at the 2003 Summit. | European and Korean delegates at the Summit. |
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R.R. Donnelly (USA) Vice President Damayanti Vasudevan and daughter attending the Summit. | Enterprising Women magazine editor, Monica Smiley, & U.S. Mint Director, Henrietta Holsman Fore |
What happened at the 2003 Summit
* First time gathering of 40 women cabinet ministers in a roundtable on economic development for women in the Arab states
* Networking and contacts with delegates from countries like Yemen and Algeria, and a delegation from the New Iraq, all attending for the first time
* Morocco’s new women executives were introduced to the global audience for the first time
Click here for full excerpt from the Book “Morocco: The Islamist Awakening and Other Challenges” (Pages 158-160) by Marvine Howe, Oxford University Press, USA (2005)
What the Press is Saying…
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Morocco’s largest daily newspaper
“Une strategie integree pour la promotion du role de la femme”
“Expertises internationales au service du developpement”

“Sommet mondial de la femmes a Marrakech: Le coup de pouce de ministres”