On March 6, 2006, the World Bank Group hosted a luncheon meeting of the Women's Network for a Sustainable Future (WNSF) in Washington, DC.
Peter van der Veen, Manager of the World Bank Oil, Gas, and Mining Policy Group, welcomed event participants, and framed the speaker presentations by posing a central question facing practitioners working towards sustainable development and women's economic empowerment: “How can we close the gender gap that exists within global poverty?”
Below are some of the presentations from that meeting.
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Agenda
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Topic
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Speaker
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| Introduction |
Ann Goodman, Ph.D., Executive Director, Women's Network for a Sustainable Future |
| World Bank’s new Gender Action Plan, (GAP) |
Dominique Lallement, Consultant, Finance, Economics and Urban Department, World Bank |
| IBM program for women-owned business in Asia |
My Luu, Market Development Executive, Global Women Initiatives, Small & Medium Business, IBM |
| Intel’s gender specific initiatives and technology programs in developing countries |
Karen Mayer, Director, Community Solutions, Intel Corporation |
| Gender and EI initiative and strategy |
John Strongman, Mining Advisor and EITI MDTF Program Manager, COCPO |
| Gender Entrepreneurship Markets |
Amanda Ellis, Head, Gender Entrepreneurship Markets (GEM), International Finance Corporation |
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