{"id":7072,"date":"2017-01-25T09:23:56","date_gmt":"2017-01-25T14:23:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/globewomen.org\/globalsummit\/?page_id=7072"},"modified":"2017-10-03T13:32:25","modified_gmt":"2017-10-03T17:32:25","slug":"2012-global-summit-of-women-update","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/globewomen.org\/globalsummit\/2012-global-summit-of-women-update\/","title":{"rendered":"2012 Global Summit of Women – Athens, Greece"},"content":{"rendered":"

2012 GLOBAL SUMMIT OF WOMEN<\/strong><\/h1>\n

May 31 – June 2, 2012\u00a0\u22c5 Athens, Greece<\/h2>\n

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Women Gather in Athens to Show Support During a Difficult Economic Time<\/em><\/h3>\n
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Women Entrepreneurs, Business, and Government Leaders Descend on Athens for 2012 Summit<\/em><\/h1>\n

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Denise Evans, IBM’s Vice President for Market Development, moderates discussion with women entrepreneurs in high-growth sectors with Nelly Katsou, Managing Director, Pharmathen (Greece);\u00a0 Norma Rosenhain, CEO, Creata (Hong Kong SAR); and Noraini Soltan, Managing Director, Sipro Plastics (Malaysia)<\/h4>\n

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Former President of Kyrgyzstan Roza Otunbayeva receives the 2012 Global Women’s Leadership Award from Summit President Irene Natividad in Athens.<\/span><\/h4>\n
“Roza Otunbayeva’s achievements are an example of the type of leadership which women bring, knowing when to relinguish power rather than holding on which men are wont to do,” says Summit President Irene Natividad.<\/h5>\n

Click to Read Roza Otunbayeva’s Full Acceptance Speech<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/h4>\n

Click to View Video of Roza Otunayeva’s Award<\/strong><\/em><\/a><\/h4>\n

Click for Press Coverage<\/strong><\/em><\/a><\/h4>\n

A Diverse Audience of Delegates from 70 Countries<\/em><\/h1>\n

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Top Left: <\/span>Summit President Irene Natividad, Vice President of Vietnam Nguyen Thi Doan, CNN International News Anchor Ralitsa Vassileva; Chair and Chief Visionary Officer of Sungjoo Group and MCM Holdings Sung Joo Kim; and General Manager of LAConsulting (Tunisia) Leila Aouichri await the start of the Opening Ceremony;
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\n<\/span>Top Right:\u00a0<\/span>Some of the 70-member Malaysian delegation at the Opening Ceremony;
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\nBottom Left:\u00a0<\/span>F<\/span>ormer CEO of Rio Tinto Alcan Dick Evans (left) moderates Luncheon Session on “Engaging Men in Diversity Initiatives” with CEO of Booz, Inc Shumeet Banerji; CEO of Hyrax Oil (Malaysia) Hamizah Zainuddin; Boston Consulting Group Senior Partner Pia Tischhauser; and CEO of Storebrand ASA (Norway) Idar Kreutzer;
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\nBottom Right:\u00a0<\/span>The delegation from Spain sings at the Global Women’s Leadership Awards Gala Dinner<\/span><\/h5>\n

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Left: Pamela Teagarden, founder of the Soluna Institute (USA), poses a question during Plenary Session on Global Megatrends
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\n<\/span><\/strong><\/span>Right:\u00a0<\/span>Some of the delegation from Daimler AG listen to panelists at “Engaging Men in Diversity Initiatives” Plenary Session.<\/span><\/h5>\n

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At the Summit’s Ministerial Roundtable on Public\/Private Partnerships Advancing Women’s and Girls’ Economic Opportunities, (from left) Canadian Senator Pana Merchant; Greece’s Secretary-General for Gender Equality Maria Stratigaki; Greece’s Former Minister of Development Anna Diamantopoulou; Vice Chair of China’s All-China Women’s Federation Zhen Yan; and Minister of Economy for Aruba Michelle Hooeyboer-Winklaar.<\/span><\/h4>\n

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Images from the 2012 Summit<\/h1>\n

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