Registration and Coffee

Opening Session

Heidemarie Wieczorek-Zeul

Federal Minister for Economic
Cooperation and Development
(BMZ)
Germany
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Angela Merkel

Federal Chancellor
Germany
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Danny Leipziger

Vice-President and Head of
Network Poverty Reduction and
Economic Management
The World Bank
Washington D.C.
"Gender Equality as Smart
Economics: A World Bank Gender
Action Plan"
[more]

5 minute video clip on Women's
Economic Empowerment

Monika Wulf-Mathies

Executive Vice-President
Corporate Public Policy and
Sustainability
Deutsche Post AG
Germany
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Session I: Gender, Governance and
Growth in Africa

Women, responsible government
and sustainable growth - what
needs and can be done to increase
women's participation in Africa's
development? What policies and
initiatives are most effective to foster
women's economic empowerment
and how can it help generate more
sustainable growth and responsible
governance?

Conny Czymoch

TV Anchorwoman
Phoenix
Germany
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Gunilla Carlsson

Minister for International
Development Cooperation
Sweden
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Maty Diaw

Executive Director
African Women’s Development and
Communication Network (FEMNET)
Kenya
[more]

Joseph B. Eichenberger

Vice-President
Country and Regional Programs
and Policy
African Development Bank
Tunis
[more]

Thoraya Ahmed Obaid

Executive Director
United Nations Population Fund
(UNFPA)
New York
[more]

Firmino Mucavele

Executive Head
NEPAD Secretariat
Midrand
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Antoinette Sayeh

Minister of Finance
Liberia
[more]

Ulla Tørnæs

Minister for Development
Cooperation
Denmark
[more]

Discussion

Departure from conference venue

Reception
followed by dinner in the Museum of
Communication

Heidemarie Wieczorek-Zeul

Federal Minister for Economic
Cooperation and
Development (BMZ)
Germany

Session II: Women, Finance and Private
Sector Development

Women consistently have less
access to financial services than
men, limiting their capacity to
establish and develop successful
enterprises, and to create new jobs.
How can women’s access to credit
services best be promoted? How
can women’s participation in the
labour force and private sector be
enhanced?

Steffen Seibert

TV Anchorman
Redaktion heute
ZDF
Germany
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Ingrid Matthäus-Maier

Spokeswoman of the Board of
Managing Directors
KfW Bankengruppe
Germany
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Fazle Hasan Abed

Founder and Chairperson
BRAC
Bangladesh
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Manu Chandaria

Chairman
Comcraft Group of Companies
Founding Chairman
East African Business Council
(EABC)
Kenya
[more]

Sahar El-Sallab

Vice-Chairperson and Managing
Director
Commercial International Bank
(Egypt) S.A.E.
Egypt
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Rachel Kyte

Director
Environment and Social
Development
International Financial Corporation
(IFC)
Washington D.C.
[more]

Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala

Distinguished Fellow
The Brookings Institution
Washington D.C.
Former Minister of Finance and of
Foreign Affairs
Nigeria
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Discussion

Coffee Break

Session III: Raising Women's Contribution
to Production

In large parts of the world, women
predominate in agricultural
production and in the informal
sector. Yet, women often face
serious barriers in accessing
productive resources, such as
essential infrastructure, technology
and knowledge. What initiatives can
best help unleash the productive
potential of women?

Ingrid-Gabriela Hoven

Director General
Cooperation with Countries and
Regions;
Asia; Latin America; Europe;
Peacebuilding; United Nations
Federal Ministry for Economic
Cooperation and
Development (BMZ)
Germany

Beatrice Gakuba

Chief Executive Officer
Rwanda Flora SARL
Rwanda
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Betty Maina

Chief Executive
Kenya Association of Manufacturers
(KAM)
Kenya
[more]

Aruna Rao

Founder and Director
Gender at Work
Chair of the Board of Directors
World Alliance for Citizen
Participation (CIVICUS)
Washington D.C.
[more]

Elizabeth Thabethe

Deputy Minister
Department of Trade and Industry
South Africa

Joachim von Braun

Director General
International Food Policy Research
Institute (IFPRI)
Washington, D.C.

Discussion

Session IV: Women’s Legal Status and
Access to Economic Resources

Women often face an array of
restrictions in attempts to earn an
income, to own the land they work,
or to create enterprise. How can
equal legal status for women,
including the right to assets, to joint
land titles and to equal inheritance,
best be enforced?

Steffen Seibert

TV Anchorman
Redaktion heute
ZDF
Germany

Mona Elisabeth Brøther

Ambassador
Senior Advisor
Department for UN, Peace and
Humanitarian Affairs
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Norway
[more]

Bernd Eisenblätter

Managing Director
Deutsche Gesellschaft für
Technische Zusammenarbeit (GTZ)
Germany
[more]

Lena Hjelm-Wallén

Chairperson
International Institute for Democracy
and
Electoral Assistance (International
IDEA)
Former Deputy Prime Minister and
former
Minister for Foreign Affairs
Sweden
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Salamata Sawadogo

Ambassador
Chairperson
African Commission on Human and
People’s Rights (ACHPR)
Dakar
[more]

Discussion

Lunch

High-Level Roundtable: Looking Ahead

Promoting women’s economic
empowerment and implementing
the Gender Action Plan. What can
multilateral organisations, bi-lateral
donors, national governments, the
private sector and civil society -
jointly or individually - do to deliver
on the growing recognition that
investing in women is smart
economics. How can ongoing
initiatives and efforts be enhanced
effectively?

Richard Manning

Chair
Development Assistance
Committee (DAC)
OECD
Paris
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Heidemarie Wieczorek-Zeul

Federal Minister for Economic
Cooperation and
Development (BMZ)
Germany

Danny Leipziger

Vice-President and Head of
Network Poverty Reduction and
Economic Management
The World Bank
Washington D.C.

Firmino Mucavele

Executive Head
NEPAD Secretariat
Midrand

Baroness Royall of Blaisdon

Government Spokesperson for
International Development
House of Lords
Department for International
Development (DFID)
United Kingdom
[more]

Antoinette Sayeh

Minister of Finance
Liberia

Erik Solheim

Minister of International
Development
Norway
[more]

Ulla Tørnæs

Minister for Development
Cooperation
Denmark

Discussion

Closing Session

Heidemarie Wieczorek-Zeul

Federal Minister for Economic
Cooperation and
Development (BMZ)
Germany