in partnership with UN Women
About this session
This interactive session, organized in collaboration with UN Women, shares views on policies and good practices to develop an effective ecosystem to support women entrepreneurship, which is an essential part of the Sustainable Development Goals. Experts will review the initiatives taken by the G7 and the G20 aimed to support women and girls to harness digitalization and reinforcing efforts to reduce the gender gap in participation by 25% by 2025. The discussion will aide policy formulation and implementation to embed women entrepreneurship as one of the key ways to promote sustainable and inclusive growth.
Issues for the debate:
- The “eSkills4Girls” initiative
- The “Women’ Entrepreneurship Facility”
- Good practices in “bridging the digital gender divide”
- The activities of the G20 “Women’s Business Council”
Speakers
Ms. Isabelle Durant
Deputy Secretary-General, United Nations Conference on Trade and Development
H.E. Mrs. Maesaiah Thabane
First lady of the Kingdom of Lesotho
Ms. Bisila Bokoko
CEO, Bisila Bokoko Embassy Services International (BBES)
Mr. Fabio Sofia
President, Sustainable Finance Group
Ms. Lama Sha’sha’a Abu Dahab
WBA finalist, Co-founder & Chairperson, IRA - International Robotics Academy
Ms. Rosana Marques
WBA Finalist, Founder and CEO, Ouseuse, Brazil
Ms. Chandra Vadhana
WBA finalist, 4Tune Factory
Mrs. Barbara Ofwono Buyondo
WBA Finalist and Founder, CEO/Director/ Principal, Victorious Education Services (VES), Uganda
Ms. Uneiza Ali Issufo
WBA finalist, Founding member/ Administrator, ConsMoz Limited
Mr. Nigel Culkin
Professor, Enterprise and Entrepreneurial Development, Fellow and Past-President of the Institute of Small Business & Entrepreneurship (ISBE), University of Hertfordshire
Mr. Arif Zaman
Executive Director, Commonwealth Businesswomen Network
Ms. Anna Falth
Manager, Women’s Empowerment Principles Secretariat, UN Women
Prof. Vanina Farber
Chair, Social Innovation, IMD Lausanne
Mr. Jorge Lawson
Director Banco de la Nación, Argentina
Mr. Alok Kumar
Investor and Mentor, Srkay
Mr. Colin Jones
Senior Lecturer in Entrepreneurship, University of Tasmania, Australia
Ms. Lindsey Nefesh-Clarke
Founder & Managing Director, Women Worldwide Web (W4)
Ms. Alesimo Mwanga
Co- Founder of Pan-African Women Accelerator and Global Entrepreneurship Network Africa, Research Director