Women Entrepreneurs Pledge to Support Achievement of the Millennium Development Goals

Women Entrepreneurs Pledge to Support Achievement of the Millennium Development Goals

November 13, 2006

-- First International Forum of Outstanding Women-Entrepreneurs

                                   

    BEIJING, China, Nov. 13 /Xinhua-PRNewswire/ -- The
International Forum of Outstanding Women-Entrepreneurs
opens today in Beijing. The two-day event brings together
successful businesswomen from China and other countries of
the world, as well as representatives of the government
agencies, academia, civil society, the United Nations and
the international community, to engage in a dialogue on
public-private partnerships, and the role of the private
sector, particularly led by women, in addressing
development challenges.
 
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    "Businesswomen have tremendous potential to become
a driving force in building partnerships between the private
sector and other stakeholders in promoting equitable
development", says Khalid Malik, United Nations
Resident Coordinator and UNDP Resident Representative in
China. 
 
    The Forum's agenda, inspired by the substantive
principles of the Millennium Declaration, focuses on a
range of inter-related issues varying from the attainment
of the Millennium Development Goals in China, to energy and
sustainable development, corporate social responsibility,
gender equality, and challenges for women in
entrepreneurship. 
 
    Numerous examples of public-private partnership good
practices from around the world include education projects,
HIV/AIDS campaigns, `green' environment initiatives to
support vulnerable groups. The Forum is expected to provide
an opportunity for exchanging experiences, identifying best
practices, establishing new business and professional
contacts to forge and build sustainable partnerships and
alliances between businesses, multilateral agencies, NGOs
and governments in support of the Millennium Development
Goals.  
 
    The Forum is organized jointly by the China Association
of Women-Entrepreneurs (CAWE) and United Nations Development
Programme (UNDP) in China, in association with the United
Nations Theme Group on Gender. 
 
    For more information, please contact:

     Mr. Chen Huizeng, Director,                           
                                                   
     China Association of Women-Entrepreneurs              
                           
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     Ms. Dono Abdurazakova, Gender Specialist,
     UNDP Country Office, China
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SOURCE  United Nations Development Programme