WOMEN IN DEVELOPMENT DOHA, 23 APRIL 2012

QATAR NATIONAL CONVENTION CENTRE - CONFERENCE HALL Moderator of the morning session: Mr. Abderrahim Foukara, Chief, Washington bureau, Al Jazeera

9:00 – 9:30 Opening remarks

• Honourable Hamad Bin Abdulaziz Bin Ali Al-Kuwari, Minister of Culture, Arts and Heritage of the State of Qatar, and President of UNCTAD XIII

• Dr. Supachai Panitchpakdi, Secretary-General of UNCTAD

9:30 – 10:45 Session I − Macro-economic policy: Does gender matter?

This session will set the stage for the following thematic groups. Policy leaders, well-known economists and high-level personalities will discuss the multiple transmission channels through which gender relations affect macroeconomic outcomes and are affected by macroeconomic policy.

• Honourable Sheikh Hasina, Prime Minister of the Government of the People's Republic of Bangladesh

• Honourable Tarja Halonen, former President of the Republic of Finland

• Honourable Jorge Sampaio, UN High Representative for the Alliance of Civilizations and former President of the Portuguese Republic

• Honourable Mari Elka Pangestu, Minister of Tourism and Creative Economy of the Republic of Indonesia

• Ms. Aisha Alfardan, Vice Chairwoman, Qatari Businesswomen Association, Qatar

• Professor Stephanie Seguino, Department of Economics, University of Vermont, United States of America Questions & Answers, Comments from the floor

10:45 – 12:00 Session II − Trade, poverty and gender: New insights from a contextual, country-specific approach

This session will critically rehearse the relationship between gender, trade and poverty, including in the light of UNCTAD’s research findings.

• Honourable Anabel Gonzalez, Minister of Foreign Trade of the Republic of Costa Rica

• Honourable Aloysia Inyumba, Minister of Gender Affairs of the Republic of Rwanda

• Honourable Heidemarie Wieczorek-Zeul, Member of the German Parliament and former Minister for Economic Cooperation and Development of the Federal Republic of Germany

• Ms. Patricia Francis, Executive Director, International Trade Centre - ITC

• Ms. Buthaina Al Ansari – Board Member of Qatari Businesswomen Association, Qatar

• Professor Massoud Karshenas, The School of Oriental and African Studies, Department of Economics, University of London, United Kingdom

Questions & Answers, Comments from the floor

12:00 – 14:00 Lunch debate • The Arab spring and the role of women - Introduction by Ms. Zainab Salbi, Founder and

President of Women for Women International

Moderator of the afternoon session: Ms. Ghada Oueiss, Al jazeera, Doha bureau, Qatar

14:00 – 15:10 Session III − Agriculture, environment, food security, intellectual property and gender considerations The session will yield new insights into agricultural production, environmental protection, intellectual property, food security and rural women's empowerment.

• Honourable Mary Robinson, Founder, Mary Robinson Foundation on Climate justice, former President of Ireland and former UN High Commissioner for Human Rights

• Honourable Christian Friis Bach, Minister for Development Cooperation of the Kingdom of Denmark

• Honourable Mannete Ramaili, Minister of Tourism, Environment and Culture of the Kingdom of Lesotho

• Honourable Kristalina Georgieva, European Commissioner for International Cooperation, Humanitarian Aid and Crisis Response

• Ms. Lakhsmi Puri, Deputy Executive Director, UN Women

• Professor Marcel Mazoyer, Emeritus Professor at the Institut National Agronomique, Paris-Grignon, France

Questions & Answers, Comments from the floor

15:10 – 16:15 Session IV − Equality of opportunity versus equality of outcome: How to translate women’s educational gains into equal access to full employment and decent work The session will discuss concrete policy options to translate women’s educational gains into equal access to full employment and decent work, particularly in export-oriented sectors.

• Honourable Sihem Badi, Minister of Women and Family Affairs of the Republic of Tunisia

• Honourable Akua Sena Dansua, Minister of Tourism of the Republic of Ghana

• Honourable Paul Mashatile, Minister of Arts and Culture of the Republic of South Africa

• Honourable Anne Ruth Herkes, State Secretary, Federal Ministry of Economics and Technology of the Federal Republic of Germany

• Ms. Noor Al Malki, Director General, Doha International Institute for Family Studies and Development, Qatar

• Professor Jayati Ghosh, Centre for Economic Studies and Planning, School of Social Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India

Questions & Answers, Comments from the floor

16:15 – 16:30 Session V − Concluding Remarks

• Dr. Supachai Panitchpakdi, Secretary-General of UNCTAD

• Representative from the State of Qatar

20:00 – 22:30 Women in Development Gala Dinner and Ceremony for the Third UNCTAD Women in Business Award, Katara Cultural Village (invitation only)