2007 Ministerial Roundtable Participants

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