The list of speakers of the business program published on the official website of the II Eurasian Women's Forum

23 July 2018

The list of speakers of the business program published on the official website of the II Eurasian Women's Forum

The list of speakers of the business program was published on the official website of the II Eurasian Women's Forum, which will be held in St. Petersburg on 19-21 September 2018.

The Forum will bring together women parliamentarians, representatives of executive authorities, international organizations, business, academia, public organizations, heads of charitable projects, eminent persons of the international women's movement from more than 100 countries, including Chair of the National Assembly of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam Nguyễn Thị Kim Ngân; President of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe Liliane Maury Pasquier; Executive Director of UN Women, United Nations Under-Secretary-General Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka; FIFA Secretary General Fatma Samoura; Founding President of the W20 Gülden Türktan; Chair of the Committee on International Relations, Defence and Security, Senate of the Parliament of the Republic of Kazakhstan Dariga Nazarbayeva; Managing Director of Policy and Programme Support of the UNIDO Fatou Haidara.

The Forum is co-organized by the Federation Council of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation and the Interparliamentary Assembly of Member Nations of the Commonwealth of Independent States.

Plenary session «Women for Global Security and Sustainable Development» led by Speaker of the Federation Council of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation Valentina Matvienko, will take place in the Dumsky Hall of the Tavrichesky Palace

The program of the II Eurasian Women's Forum includes more than 40 events, including business sessions, panel discussions, business dialogues, thematic business breakfasts, expert and strategic sessions.