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Acknowledgements...................................................................... 3
Foreword..................................................................................... 4
Sean Nicklin, General Coordinator of the Human Development Forum
for Tudor Rose
Reaching a ‘Planet 50-50’ by 2030............................................... 7
Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka, United Nations Under-Secretary-General
and Executive Director, UN Women
Tomorrow’s strong leaders: a school for indigenous women....... 12
Valeria Poggi, Emma Jessie McGhie, and Yon Fernandez de Larrinoa,
Indigenous Peoples Team, Food and Agriculture Organization of the
United Nations
What does it mean, to be empowered?.......................................15
Hanford Lin, Chien-Cheng Yang, Debra Boudreaux and contributing
author Dharma Master Cheng Yen, Buddhist Tzu Chi Foundation
Born to inequality, building equality: family-centric
approaches to gender mutuality.................................................18
Catherine Bernard, Founder-Director, Service and Research Institute
on Family and Children
Women, peace and security: a roadmap towards
gender equality in the Arab region..............................................21
Raidan Al-Saqqaf, Social Affairs Officer – Women, Peace, and
Security, United Nations Economic and Social Commission for
Western Asia Centre for Women
Comprehensive and tailored approaches for women’s
economic empowerment............................................................24
Leena Akatama, Senior Adviser – Gender, Department of Development
Policy, Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland
A woman, a mobile phone and an education:
empowerment at her fingertips...................................................27
Saniye Gülser Corat, Director, Division for Gender Equality, Office of the
Director-General; and Elodie Khavarani, Division for Gender Equality,
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
Investing in women and girls in Asia and the Pacific:
a pathway to equality and sustainable prosperity........................ 31
Dr Shamshad Akhtar, Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations
and Executive Secretary of the Economic and Social Commission for
Asia and the Pacific
Empowering women with information and
communications technology
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Dr Angela Langenkamp, Gender Officer of GIZ and Senior Programme
Officer in the Governance and Conflict Division; Christine Brendel,
Manager, Regional Programme ‘Fighting violence against women
in Latin America’ – ComVoMujer; Sandra Doempke, Manager,
Private Sector Development Project (PSDP), Deutsche Gesellschaft für
Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH
Communities Care: Transforming Lives
and Preventing Violence.............................................................38
Mendy Marsh, Child Protection Specialist, GBV in Emergencies,
UNICEF New York; Athieng Riak, Child Protection Officer, UNICEF
South Sudan; and Patty Alleman, Senior Advisor, Gender and
Development, UNICEF New York
Engagement for action: how the Government of Canada
is responding to gender-based violence......................................43
The Honourable Patty Hajdu, P.C., M.P. Minister of Status of Women
Government of Canada
FAO Dimitra Clubs – boosting rural women’s empowerment
using information and communication technologies.................. 46
Christiane Monsieur, Eliane Najros, and Andrea Sánchez Enciso, Food
and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Opening opportunities for all: advancing women’s
leadership and economic empowerment in Kenya...................... 49
Ambassador Gil Haskel, Head of MASHAV – Israel’s Agency for
International Development Cooperation, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Gender justice for women..........................................................52
E. Sare Aydın Yılmaz, Founding President of the Women and
Democracy Association and Faculty Member at Istanbul Commerce
University Department of International Relations and Political Science
Strengthening the role of women in the marine
fisheries sector of South Asia......................................................56
Yugraj Singh Yadava, Director and Rajdeep Mukherjee, Policy Analyst,
Bay of Bengal Programme Inter-Governmental Organisation
PROSPERA: empowering women through social inclusion......... 61
National Coordination of PROSPERA Social Inclusion Program, Mexico
The future we want: towards a better world through
Sustainable Development Goals ................................................64
Gia Gaspard Taylor, President, Network of Rural Women Producers
Trinidad and Tobago
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