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Ministerial Roundtable Participants
AFGHANISTAN
Dr. Husn Banu Ghazanfar, Minister, Ministry of Women’s Affairs
ANGOLA
Candida Celeste da Silva, Minister, Ministry of Family and Women’s Affairs
CAMEROON
Elizabeth Mbocksi, Minister of Women’s Affairs
CHAD
Ngarmbatina Odjimbeye Sukate, Minister, Social Action and Family Solidarity
CHILE
Laura Albornoz, Minister, Women’s Affairs
CHINA
Qidi Wu, Vice Minister, Ministry of Education
CONGO
Josephine Mayumi Kala, Former Minister of Women’s Promotion
COTE D’IVORITE
Soro Coulibaly Natogoma Gon, Minister of Women’s Affairs
EGYPT
Farkhonda Hassan, Secretary-General, Member of Parliament Egypt, National Council for Women
EQUATORIAL GUINEA
Eulalia Envo Bela, Minister, Ministry of Social Affairs and the Promotion of Women
Maria Leonor Bula Epam Biribe, Secretary of State, Ministry of Social Affairs and the Promotion of Women
GEORGIA
Bella Tsipuria, Deputy Minister, Education and Science
GERMANY
Ursula von der Leyen, Minister, Ministry of Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth
Heidemarie Wieczorek-Zeul, Minister, Ministry of Economic Cooperation and Development
GUATEMALA
Miriam Irene Castañade Arana, Viceminister, Ministry of Education
ICELAND
Jonina Bjartmarz, Former Minister, Ministry of the Environment, Member of Parliament
IRAQ
Narmin Othman, Minister, Ministry of Environment
KENYA
Alice Jemaita Chelaite, Assistant Minister, Ministry of Equality, Sports, Culture, and Social Services
LAOS
Sysay Leudedmounsone, Minister, Lao Women’s Union
LESOTHO
Mathabiso Lepono, Minister, Ministry of Gender, Youth, Sport and Recreation
Pontso Matumelo Sekatle, Minister, Ministry of Local Government & Chieftainship Affairs
Mpeo Mahase-Moiloa, Minister, Ministry of Justice, Human Rights and Rehabilitation
Lineo Molise, Assistant Minister, Ministry of Home Affairs and Public Safety, and of Parliamentary Affairs
LUTHUANIA
Kazimiera Danute Prunskiene, Minister, Ministry of Agriculture
MALAYSIA
Shahrizat binte Abdul Jalil, Minister, Ministry of Women, Family and Community Development
Yen Yen Datuk Ng, Deputy Minister, Ministry of Finance
MALDIVES
Ahmed Shareef, Deputy Minister, Ministry of Gender and Family
SOUTH AFRICA
Ms. Elizabeth Thabethe, Deputy Minister, Ministry of Trade and Industry
Rejoice Thizwilondi Mabudafhasi, Deputy Minister, Ministry of Environmental Affairs and Tourism
TANZANIA
Mary Michael Nagu, Minister, Ministry of Justice and Constitutional Affairs
Salome Joseph Mbatia, Deputy Minister, Ministry of Community Development, Gender and Children
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
Mariam Mohammed Khalfan Al-Roomi, Minister, Ministry of Social Affairs
USA
Paula J. Dobriansky, Undersecretary for Global Affairs, Department of State
VIETNAM
Thi Hoai Thu Nguyen, Minister, Chairwoman, Committee of Social Affairs of the General Assembly
Thi Thuy Tran, Deputy Minister, Chairperson, Vietnam Women Entrepreneurs Council
Thi Bang Tam Le, Deputy Minister, Chairperson, State Capital Investment Corporation
Thi Kim Ngan Nguyen, Deputy Minister, Trade
Thi Hong Minh Nguyen, Deputy Minister, Ministry of Fisheries
Phuong Minh Nguyen, Deputy Minister, Vice Minister, Vietnam Women’s Union
YEMEN
Huda Ali A. Al-ban, Minister of Human Rights