International Women's Day 2006

Press Release: Women still struggle to break through glass ceiling in government, business, academia. International Women’s Day marked with focus on women’s participation in decision-making - 8 March 2006 [ Arabic | Chinese | English | French | Russian | Spanish ]

Special events at United Nations Headquarters to mark International Women’s Day:

Panel Discussion:

"Women in decision-making: Meeting challenges, creating change”

A panel discussion moderated by Mr. Shashi Tharoor, Under-Secretary-General for Communications and Public Information

8 March 2006, 10:00 a.m. - 12 noon
Conference Room 2, United Nations Headquarters, New York

Opening:

Mr. Kofi Annan, Secretary-General

The panellists are:

Ms. Margaret Mensah Williams, Deputy-Chairperson, National Council, Namibia
H. E. Ms. Nabeela Abdulla Al-Mulla, Permanent Representative, Kuwait
Ms. Noeli Pocaterra, President of the Permanent Commission of Indigenous Peoples National Assembly, Venezuela
Ms. Devaki Jain, Economist, India
Ms. Anne Kathrine Slungård, Chair, Statoil Board of Elections, Norway

Programme subject to change. The conference room will have open seating and attendees are kindly asked to be seated by 9:50 a.m.

For further information, please contact:
Sylvia Hordosch, Office of the Special Adviser on Gender Issues and Advancement of Women/DESA, Tel: (212) 963-5450, e-mail: hordosch@un.org

For media enquiries, please contact:
Renata Sivacolundhu, Department of Public Information, Tel: (212) 963-2932,
e-mail: mediainfo@un.org

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Panel Discussion:

"Breaking barriers: Gender and decision-making in the workplace"

A panel discussion moderated by Ms. Aparna Mehrotra, Focal Point for Women in the United Nations

8 March 2006, 1:00 - 2:45 pm
Conference Room 2, United Nations Headquarters, New York

The panellists are:

Ms. Barbara Crossette, Former Chief of New York Times United Nations bureau
Ms. Mary Chamie, Chief of Demographic and Social Statistics Branch, Statistics Division
Mr. Jomo Kwame Sundaram, Assistant Secretary-General for Economic Development
Ms. Yasmeen Hassan, Social Affairs Officer, Division for the Advancement of Women

For further information, please contact:
OSAGI Focal Point for Women, Tel: (212) 963-6910

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Press conference:

"Women in Decision-Making: From Politics to the Private Sector"

Women still struggle to break through glass ceiling in government, business, media and other spheres

Tuesday 7 March, 10:30am
United Nations, Room S-226

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