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WIP WOMEN IN PARLIAMENTS GLOBAL FORUM ANNUAL SUMMIT
THE SPIRIT OF WOMEN IN PARLIAMENTS: ADVANCING SOCIETY 27-29 November 2013 | European Parliament, Brussels, Belgium
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SPEAKERS*
Professor Muhammad Yunus, Dr. Jane Goodall, Dr. Viviane Reding, Kathy Calvin, Aung San Suu Kyi, Dr. Olli Rehn, Nino Burjanadze, Tom Motsoahae Thabane, Nobel Peace Prize Laureate and UN Ambassador of Peace Vice-President of the European President and CEO of United Chairperson of the “National Vice-President of the European Former acting President of Prime Minister of Lesotho Founder of the Grameen Bank and Primatologist Commission Nations Foundations League for Democracy Burma” Commission Georgia and Speaker of the Georgian Parliament
Ana Palacio, Saadia Zahidi, Professor Jody Williams, Neelie Kroes, Hillary Clinton, Martin Schulz, Jeni Klugman, Zainab Bangura, Former Minister of Foreign Senior Director at the World Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Vice-President of the European Former United States President of the European Director of Gender and Special Representative of the Affairs of Spain, former Vice- Economic Forum Commission Secretary of State Parliament Development at the World United Nations Secretary General President and General Counsel Bank Group on Sexual Violence in Con!ict of the World Bank
Pascal Lamy, Dr. Mo Ibrahim, Dalia Grybauskaité, Benigno Aquino, Dr. Margaret Chan, Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, Lakshmi Puri, Dubravka Šuica, Former WTO Director General Entrepreneur and Philanthropist, President of Lithuania President of the Philippines Director-General of the President of Liberia Deputy Executive Director Member of the European Founder of the Mo Ibrahim World Health Organization of UN Women Parliament Foundation
Portia Simpson-Miller, Mehriban Aliyeva, Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir, Michael D. Higgins, Rebeca Grynspan, Sabine de Bethune, Dame Billie Miller, Professor Mary McAleese, Prime Minister of Jamaica Member of the National Former Prime Minister of Iceland President of Ireland UN Under-Secretary-General President of the Senate of Former Deputy Prime Minister Former President of Ireland Assembly of Azerbaijan and UNDP Associate Belgium of Barbados and Board Member Administrator of “Women Deliver”
Oyun Sanjaasuren, Christine Lagarde, Dr. Mario Draghi, Sheikha Mozah bint Nasser, Zita Gurmai, Anni Podimata, Silvana Koch-Mehrin, Professor Ricardo Hausmann, Minister of Environment and Managing Director of the President of the European Chairperson of the Qatar Foundation Member of the European Vice-President of the European Member of the European Professor at the John F. Kennedy Green Development of Mongolia International Monetary Fund Central Bank for Education, Science and Parliament Parliament Parliament School of Government Community Development at Harvard University.
* Invited and con"rmed speakers
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EVENT OVERVIEW WIP AWARDS
120 years ago, on the 28th of November 1893, the women of New Zealand became the Based on the rankings of the World Economic Forum’s Global Gender Gap Report, "rst in the world to vote in a national election. To mark this milestone, the Women in the WIP Awards honour countries for leadership in closing the gender gap. Parliaments Global Forum (WIP) will host its Annual Summit in the European Parliament. WIP’s mission is to advance society by using the collective strength and ability of over 9000 female Parliamentarians across the world. WINNERS IN THE CATEGORIES OF POLITICAL EMPOWERMENT The cornerstones of the summit are: rWomen in Parliament: Rwanda rHigh-level keynote speeches rWomen at Ministerial Level: Norway rPanel debates / interactive plenary sessions rWorking groups rYears with Female Head of State: Ireland rAward ceremonies to honour countries for leadership in closing the gender gap rLegislators, Senior Of#cials and Managers: Jamaica rTownhall meeting rNetworking opportunities WINNERS BY REGION IN CLOSING THE GENDER GAP The issues that will be addressed include: rMiddle East: Israel rReshaping society through female leadership rOceania: New Zealand rReverse reality – What If: ‘Lehman Sisters’ or the Sisterhood Ran G20 and Big Business? rSouth and Southeast Asia: Mongolia rAre female Members of Parliament the ideal agents of change? rAfrica: Lesotho rHealth and Education – The world’s most pressing issues? rEurope and Central Asia: Iceland rSocietal Gaps: how to overcome inequalities that tear societies apart rEuropean Union: Finland rThe 7 Sisters - Women’s colleges, their academic and societal mission rSouth America: Bolivia rGender neutral Parliaments rCorruption - killing progress rNorth America: Canada rMinorities in political participation rRecognition of Efforts in Closing the Gender Gap in the Arab World The working groups will be organised in cooperation with international partners, such as: rUN Development Programme rInter-Parliamentary Union rTransparency International rErnst & Young rOpen Society Foundation rUN Women rWorld Economic Forum rWorld Bank
WIP The Index featured in the Global Gender Gap Report assesses 135 countries, represen- The event promises to be a memorable occasion, bringing together women from [email protected] | www.wip-gf.net ting more than 93% of the world’s population, on how well resources and opportunities across the globe in the spirit of advancing society. Phone: +41 44 268 69 21 | Fax: +41 44 268 69 22 are divided among male and female populations.
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WEDNESDAY 27TH NOVEMBER 2013 WEDNESDAY 27TH NOVEMBER 2013
13:30 Arrival and Registration at the European Parliament 17.15 - 17:30 Coffee /Tea
14:00 Coffee /Tea 17.30 - 18:30 PANEL II – INTERACTIVE PLENARY SESSION Message by Aung San Suu Kyi, Chairperson of the “National 15:00 Welcome Statement by Martin Schulz, League for Democracy Burma“ President of the European Parliament “Be the Change You Want to See in the World” Welcome Statement by Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, ‘When one woman is a leader, it changes her. When more women President of Liberia are leaders, it changes politics and policies.’ (Michelle Bachelet). Welcome Message by Dalia Grybauskaité, More than 50% of the world’s population is female, but not even 20% President of Lithuania of political representatives are women. What has to be changed to Welcome Message by Hillary Clinton, overcome being the minority? What are the messages that female Former United States Secretary of State Parliamentarians can pass on? Are female Members of Parliaments the perfect agents of this 16.00 - 17.15 PANEL I – INTERACTIVE PLENARY SESSION change? “Reshaping Society through Female Leadership?” Panellists: Female underrepresentation persists at all levels of society. Only 20% Ivonne Passada, Member of the House of Representatives of Parliamentarians worldwide are women. Only 4 % of CEOs of of Uruguay Fortune 500 companies are women. Traditional social norms, gender Dubravka Šuica, Member of the European Parliament stereotypes and biased perceptions of women’s effectiveness in leadership roles are still widespread. Penny Low, Member of the Parliament of Singapore Would an increase in female leadership help advance society? Habiba Sadat, Member of the House of the People of Afghanistan Mehriban Aliyeva, Member of the National Assembly of Azerbaijan Panellists: Member of the Parliament of Jordan Mo Ibrahim, Founder of the Mo Ibrahim Foundation Member of the Parliament of Malawi Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, President of Liberia Viviane Reding, Vice-President of the European Commission Panel Chair: Benigno Aquino, President of the Philippines Zita Gurmai, Member of the European Parliament Portia Simpson-Miller, Prime Minister of Jamaica Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir, former Prime Minister of Iceland Anni Podimata, Vice-President of the European Parliament
Panel Chair: Silvana Koch-Mehrin, Member of the European Parliament
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WEDNESDAY 27TH NOVEMBER 2013 THURSDAY 28TH NOVEMBER 2 013
18.45 - 19:45 AWARD CEREMONY 8:00 POLITICAL FAMILIES BREAKFAST Winners by Region in Closing the Gender Gap 9:00 Welcome back by Conference Chairs Presenter: Rebeca Grynspan, UN Under-Secretary-General and UNDP Associate Administrator 9:15 KEYNOTE r Southeast Asia: Philippines By Muhammad Yunus, Professor and Nobel Peace Prize Laureat Recipient: Benigno Aquino, President of the Philippines Message by Christine Lagarde, Managing Director of the r Oceania: New Zealand International Monetary Fund Recipient: tbd r Sub-Saharan Africa: Lesotho Recipient: Tom Motsoahae Thabane, Prime Minister of Lesotho 9:30 - 10:30 PANEL III – INTERACTIVE PLENARY SESSION r Europe and Central Asia: Iceland “Reverse reality – What If: ‘Lehman Sisters’ or the Sisterhood Recipients: Eygló Harðardóttir, Minister of Social Affairs and Housing Ran G20 and Big Business?“ and Hanna Birna Kristjánsdóttir, Minister of the Interior ‘If you look at the last ten years, all the "nancial crises have been rEast Asia: Mongolia handled and managed by men. So it’s high time to change.’ (Mario Recipient: Oyun Sanjaasuren, Minister of Environment and Draghi) Is there a gender bias in economic decision-making? Green Development of Mongolia What if markets were steered by women, would that have an impact on regulation? 20:00 - 22:30 GALA DINNER ON INVITATION OF THE POLITICAL GROUPS OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT & AWARD CEREMONY Panellists: Winners in the Categories of Political Empowerment Mario Draghi, President of the European Central Bank r Women in Parliament: Rwanda Ricardo Hausmann, Director of Harvard’s Center for International Presenter: Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir, former Prime Minister of Iceland Development and Professor at the John F. Kennedy School of Govern- Recipient: Rose Mukantabana, President of the Chamber of ment at Harvard University Deputies of Rwanda Neelie Kroes, Vice-President of the European Commission r Women at Ministerial Level: Norway Lifang Chen, Board Member of Huawei Technologies Presenter: Zainab Bangura, Special Representative of the United Kristin Pétursdóttir, Co-Founder of Auður Capital Nations Secretary General on Sexual Violence in Con!ict Uschi Schreiber, Global Markets Leader and Global Government Recipient: Gro Harlem Brundtland, former Prime Minister of Norway and Public Sector Leader at Ernst & Young r Years with Female Head of State: Ireland Sharon Bowles, Chairwoman of the Economic and Monetary Affairs Presenter: Jody Williams, Professor and Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Committee of the European Parliament Recipient: Michael D. Higgins, President of Ireland Souvanpheng Bouphanouvong, Chairperson of the Economy, r Legislators, Senior Of"cials and Managers: Jamaica Planning and Finance Committee of the National Assembly of the Presenter: Olli Rehn, Vice-President of the European Commission People’s Democratic Republic of Lao Recipient: Portia Simpson-Miller, Prime Minister of Jamaica Panel Chair: Ewa Kopacz, Speaker of the Sejm of the Republic of Poland
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THURSDAY 28TH NOVEMBER 2 013 THURSDAY 28TH NOVEMBER 2 013
10.30 - 11:00 AWARD CEREMONY 12:30 - 15:00 THEMATIC LUNCHES Winners in the Categories “Ranking by Region” Presenter: Ana Palacio, former Foreign Affairs Minister of Spain 15:00 - 17:00 WORKING GROUPS
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Recipient: Ada Yonath, Nobel Prize in Chemistry Laureate r Working Group 2: The 7 Sisters – Women’s Colleges,
r South Asia: Sri Lanka their Academic and Societal Mission
Recipient: tbd rWorking Group 3 organised by the Inter-Parliamentary Union: r European Union: Finland Gender neutral Parliaments Recipient: tbd r Working Group 4: Corruption – Killing Progress, in co-operation with Transparency International and Ernst & Young 11:00 - 11.30 Coffee/Tea r Working Group 5 organised by the Open Society Foundation:
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11:30 - 12:30 PANEL IV – INTERACTIVE PLENARY SESSION r Working Group 7 organised by the World Economic Forum: Health and Education – The World’s Most Pressing Issues? Discussion of the Global Gender Gap Report 2013 Education and a healthy population are cornerstones for the development rWorking Group 8 organised by the World Bank of society. More than one billion people lack access to basic provisions such as clean water, hospitals, sanitation and schools. Equal opportuni- 17:00 - 17:30 PLENARY ties in health and education are still far from becoming a reality. What has Reports from Working Group Rapporteur to be done to advance society in these two fundamental areas? What further impact would a positive change in these areas have? 17:30 - 18:00 AWARD CEREMONY Winners in the Categories “Ranking by Region” Panellists: Bogaletch Gebre, Co-Founder of KMG Ethiopia Presenter: Sheikha Haya Rashed Al Khalifa, lawyer and diplomat Ana Rosa Moreno Sánchez, Professor of Public Health at the r South America: Bolivia Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México Recipient: tbd Dame Billie Miller, former Deputy Prime Minister of Barbados and r North Africa: Algeria Board Member of “Women Deliver” Recipient: tbd Sheikha Mozah bint Nasser, Chairperson of the Qatar Foundation r North America: Canada for Education, Science and Community Development Recipient: tbd Denis Mukwege, Founder of the Panzi Hospital in the Democratic RECEPTION CELEBRATING 120 YEARS Republic of the Congo 18:00 - 18.30 OF WOMEN’S SUFFRAGE Representative of the Corporate Sector Hosted by the Government of New Zealand Irina Bokova, Director General of UNESCO Kumiko Hayashi, Senior Director of the Committee on Education, 20:00 - 24:00 FESTIVAL OF CULTURES Culture and Science of the House of Councillors of Japan Cultural Programme Provided by Countries from all over the World Panel Chair: Isabelle Durant, Vice-President of the European Parliament
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FRIDAY 29TH NOVEMBER 2 013
9:00 - 9:30 Coffee/Tea
9:30 Welcome back by Conference Chairs
9:35 - 10:30 PANEL V – INTERACTIVE PLENARY SESSION Professor Muhammad Yunus “Societal Gaps: Current and future inequalities tearing societies apart” Bangladeshi philanthropist, economist and founder of the Grameen Bank. 2006 Nobel Peace Prize Laureate for his efforts through microcredit to create In an increasingly globalized world, more and more people are able to economic and social development from below. expand their opportunities. In spite of this, ever widening rifts in our society
are becoming evident – unequal wealth distribution, pay inequality, gender
biased access to the rule of law and a broadening digital divide, separating
those with access to the internet from those without. Can these "ssures be remedied by regulation? Or is the issue more Professor Jody Williams fundamentally rooted in tradition? Political activist, 1997 Nobel Peace Prize Laureate for her work as founding And what future issues threaten to divide society? coordinator of the International Campaign to Ban Landmines (ICBL).
Chairwoman of the Nobel Women’s Initiative. Panellists: José Ángel Gurría, Secretary General of the OECD Saadia Zahidi, Senior Director at the World Economic Forum
Najat Vallaud-Belkacem, Minister of Women’s Rights of France
Jimmy Wales, Co-Founder of Wikipedia Alhaji Muhammad Mumuni, Secretary General of the ACP Group Dr. Mo Ibrahim Kathy Calvin, President and CEO of the UN Foundation Entrepreneur and Philanthropist, Founder Mo Ibrahim Foundation Jeni Klugman, Director of Gender and Development at the World Bank Group Maria Corina Machado, Member of the National Assembly of Venezuela
Nino Burjanadze, former acting President of Georgia and Speaker
of the Georgian Parliament Dr. Viviane Reding Vice-President of the European Commission and currently serving as European Panel Chair: Commissioner for Justice, Fundamental Rights and Citizenship. Driving force Sabine de Bethune, President of the Senate of Belgium behind the EU’s commitment to equality between women and men.
10:30 - 12 00 TOWNHALL MEETING Next steps for WIP, Introduction and Discussion of the “WIP Index”
12:00 - 12.15 Closing Remarks Dr. Olli Rehn 12:30 - 14.30 Farewell Lunch Vice-President of the European Commission and currently serving as European Commissioner for Economic and Monetary Affairs and the Euro. Variety of senior political positions in European institutions as well as in Finland. Disclaimer: Please note that this is a draft programme. Order, speakers and content are still subject to change.
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Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir First female Prime Minister of Iceland from 2009 to 2013. Former Minister of Dr. Jane Goodall Social Affairs and Social Security. Member of Parliament from 1978 to 2013 DBE, UN Messenger of Peace, primatologist. Founder, mentor and inspiration having achieved re-election on eight successive occasions. for the Jane Goodall Institute.
Dr. Benita Ferrero-Waldner President of the EU-LAC Foundation. Former Foreign Minister of Austria H.E. Sheikha Haya Rashed Al Khalifa from 2000 to 2004, Former European Commissioner for External Relations Pioneer female lawyer and distinguished diplomat from Bahrain. and European Neighbourhood Policy from 2004 to 2009. Elected President of the 61st session of the United Nations General Assembly.
Ana Palacio Pascal Lamy Former Foreign Affairs Minister of Spain; member of the Council of State. Director General of the World Trade Organisation 2005-2013. Former Vice-President and General Counsel of the World Bank, European Commissioner for Trade 1999-2004; Honorary President of the former Secretary General of the International Centre for the Settlement of Paris-based think tank Notre Europe. Investment Disputes (ICSID).
Zainab Bangura Kathy Calvin Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary General on Sexual President and CEO of the United Nations Foundation. Former President Violence in Con!ict. Former Minister of Foreign Affairs and Minister of Health of the AOL Time Warner Foundation, with a diverse career in politics, and Sanitation for the Government of Sierra Leone. journalism, public relations and business.
Saadia Zahidi Alhaji Muhammad Mumuni Senior Director, Head of Gender Parity and Human Capital of the World Secretary General of the African, Caribbean, and Paci"c Group of States (ACP). Economic Forum. Founder and Co-author of the Global Gender Gap Report Former long standing member of the Parliament of Ghana. series of the World Economic Forum WIP WOMEN IN PARLIAMENTS GLOBAL FORUM
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