2014 Ministerial Roundtable: Public/Private Sector Partnerships Advancing Women’s Economic Opportunities
This forum provides an opportunity for Ministers participating in the Global Summit of Women to exchange successful projects developed by their ministries in which business and government have partnered together to advance economic opportunities for women and girls in their countries.
The majority of programs submitted at the Roundtable centered on providing more assistance to women-owned enterprises.
2014 Ministerial Roundtable Participants
- Hon. Maria de Fátima Jardim
ANGOLA
Minister of Environment
- Hon. Ana Paula Luis N’Dala Fernando
ANGOLA
Secretary of State for Education and General Welfare
- Hon. Dr. Hranush Hakobyan
ARMENIA
Minister of Diaspora
- Hon. Hirjan Huseynova
AZERBAIJAN
Chairperson, State Committee for Family, Women, and Children
- Hon. Meher Afroze
BANGLADESH
State Minister for Women and Children’s Affairs
- Hon. Samira Ibrahim bin Rajab
BAHRAIN
State Minister of Information Affairs
- Hon. Marie-Therese Abena Ondoa nee Obama
CAMEROON
Minister of Women’s Empowerment
- Hon. Kellie Leitch
CANADA
Minister of Labour and Status of Women
- Hon. Gisele Bedan
CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC
Minister for Education
- Hon. Meng Xiaosi
CHINA
Vice Chair, All-China Women’s Federation
- Hon. Yvonne Moundele-Ngollo
CONGO-BRAZZAVILLE
Minister of Small and Medium Enterprises
- Hon. Najat Vallaud-Belkacem
Minister of Women’s Rights, France
- Hon. Hanna Birna Kristjansdottir
ICELAND
Minister of Interior
- H.E. Shahindokht Molaverdi
IRAN
Vice President for Women’s Affairs
- Hon. Mahabbat Bekbosynovaa
KAZAKHSTAN
Chair of National Commission for Women and Family
- Dato’ Sri Rohani Abdul Karim
MALAYSIA
Ministry of Women, Family, and Community Development
- Datuk Dr. Rebecca Fatima Sta. Maria
MALAYSIA
Secretary General, Ministry of International Trade and Industry
- Hon. Sangare Oumou Ba
MALI
Minister for Women
- Hon. Mariyam Shakeela
MALDIVES
Minister of Health and Gender
- Hon. Bassima Hakkaoui
MOROCCO
Minister of Solidarity, Family, Women, and Development
- Hon. Tariana Turia
NEW ZEALAND
Assoc. Minister of Social Development
- Hon. Bernadette Romulo-Puyat
PHILIPPINES
Undersecretary of Agriculture
- Hon. Agnieszka Kozlowska-Rajewicz
POLAND
Secretary of State for Equal Opportunities
- Hon. Malgorzata Omilanowska
POLAND
Minister of Culture
- Hon. Mariama Sarr
SENEGAL
Minister of Women, Children, and Women’s Entrepreneurship
- Hon. Anja Mrak
SLOVENIA
Minister of Labor, Family, Social Affairs, and Equal Opportunities
- Hon. Susan Shabangu
SOUTH AFRICA
Minister of Mineral Resources
- Hon. Neila Chaabane
TUNISIA
Secretary of State for Women’s Affairs
- H.E. Dr. Maitha Salem Al Shamsi
UAE
Minister of State
- Hon. Esther McVey
UNITED KINGDOM
Minister for Employment
- Hon. Nicky Morgan, MP
UNITED KINGDOM
Minister for Women
- Hon. Tran Thi Ha
VIETNAM
Deputy Minister of Home Affairs
- <strong>Hon. Elizabeth Thabethe</strong><br/>SOUTH AFRICA<br/><span style=
French Minister for Women, Cities, Youth, and Sports Najat Vallaud-Belkacem and Invest in France Agency Chair and CEO Muriel Penicaud discuss a public-private sector partnership at the Ministerial Roundtable. Photo courtesy of H. Hamon/Ministere des Droits des Femmes.
2014 Ministerial Roundtable Program
9:00 – 10:00 a.m. PRESS BRIEFING
Participants:
Irene Natividad, President, Global Summit of Women (USA)
Hon. Najat Vallaud-Belkacem, Minister for Women, Cities, Youth & Sports (France)
Vice President Nguyen Thi Doan, Republic of Vietnam
10:00-11:00 a.m. MINISTERIAL BEST PRACTICES I ACCELERATING WOMEN’S ECONOMIC PROGRESS
Presenters:
Hon. Najat Vallaud-Belkacem, Minister of Women, Cities, Youth & Sports (France)
Muriel Penicaud, Chair and CEO, Invest in France Agency, and CEO Ubifrance (France)
Arancha Gonzalez, Executive Director, UN International Trade Center (Switzerland)
Belinda Filo-Tafunai, Principal Trade Officer, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Samoa on behalf of Hon. Fotonoe Nuafusili Pierre Lauofo, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Trade (Samoa)
11:00-12:00 p.m. MINISTERIAL BEST PRACTICES II: EXPANDING ENTREPRENEURIAL OPPORTUNITIES
Presenters:
Paul Peny, Director of Human Resources, Caisse des Depots (France)
Hon. Esther McVey, Minister for Employment (U.K.)
Nena Stolijkovic, Vice President, Business Advisory Services, International Finance Corporation, World Bank
Hon. Meng Xiaosi, Vice Chair, All China Women’s Federation (Vice Minister)
Photo courtesy of H. Hamon/Ministere des Droits des Femmes.
12:15 p.m. – 1:15 p.m. MINISTERIAL BEST PRACTICES III: IMPROVING WOMEN’S EMPLOYABILITY
Moderator:
Jonina Bjartmarz, CEO, Iceland-Europe Travel Partnership; former Minister of Environment (Iceland)
Presenters:
Hon. Tariana Turia, Associate Minister for Social Development (New Zealand)
Hon. Hanna Birna Kristjánsdóttir, Minister of Interior (Iceland)
H.E. Dr. Maitha Salem al Shamsi, Minister of State (United Arab Emirates)
1:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. BEING AN EFFECTIVE MINISTER
Presenter:
Hon. Phumzile Mlambo-Ngucka, U.N. Undersecretary General and Executive Director, UN Women; Former Deputy President, South Africa