Message from the 2008 WLN Meeting Chair
Dolores Tasayco Arana, Chair of the 2008 APEC Women Leaders Network Meeting and Vice Minister for Women’s Issues, just released the message below for all the Delegates to the 2008 Meeting. A copy of the document can be downloaded from here (PDF, 118KB).
Dear colleagues:
Warm Greetings from Peru. I hope everybody is well!
This communication aims to inform you about the activities I have been taking part in in submitting the conclusions and recommendations of the 13th Meeting of the Women Leaders Network.
1. Meeting of the APEC Ministers Responsible for Trade
This meeting was held in Arequipa on 31 May and 1 June. My presentation was on 1 June. All we submitted was welcomed by the Chair of the meeting, Dr Mercedes Araoz, who agreed with the recommendations and outputs submitted, especially the inclusion of the gender implications in trade as a policy key issue to be considered by APEC Ministers and Economic Leaders, as well as the need for including women in planning, negotiation and implementation of trade agreements, in order to ensure gender issues are included as part of negotiations. It is important to mention that the Ministerial Statement establishes in one of its paragraphs the following:
Gender
We welcomed the reports from the Gender Focal Point Network (GFPN) and Women Leaders Network (WLN), and recognized the importance of integrating gender considerations into the development of trade policy, and the need to strengthen APEC’s capacity in this regard.
We welcomed initiatives for the promotion of women exporters in the APEC region, particularly in developing economies, and reinforced the importance of continued cooperation between APEC and the business community to ensure that women entrepreneurs are able to both contribute to and benefit from free trade in the Asia-Pacific region.
WLN 2008 - Resource Materials
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The 13th APEC Women Leaders Network (WLN) Meeting was hosted by Peru through its Ministry for Women and Social Development (MIMDES). It was held in Arequipa in May, 2008 under the theme Successful Women, Successful Economies.
Visit the official website for the meeting at: http://www.mimdes.gob.pe/apec
Message from the Chair, 2008 WLN Meeting - September, 2008
A copy of the program can be downloaded here (PDF, 4.6MB).
The WLN Statement, containing WLN’s recommendations to APEC economic leaders and ministers, is here.
MIMDES has progresively posted the presentation materials from the meeting, as well as those from the Digital Economy Forum for Women and Women in Export, on its website. Note that MIMDES has produced both English and Spanish versions of these materials. Check them out at the following links:
- Digital Economy Forum for Women / Mujeres en la Economía Digital
- Women in Export / Mujeres Exportadoras
- 13th Women Leaders Network Meeting / 13era. Reunión de la Red de Mujeres Líderes
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Photos from the meetings are available here.
Links to related media postings on the APEC website:
- Who Needs Women? APEC Women Leaders Consider Their Options at the 13th APEC Women Leaders Network Meeting
- Women Leaders Network Leaders Exhort APEC Leaders and Ministers
- Webcast: 13th APEC Women Leaders Network Meeting
WLN Statement 2008
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13th Meeting of the Women Leaders Network
Arequipa, Peru, 12‐14 May 2008
Recommendations to APEC Economic Leaders and Ministers
The 13th meeting of the Women Leaders Network (WLN) was convened in Arequipa, Peru the 12th – 14th May, 2008. The theme of the meeting was Successful Women, Successful Economies. Over three hundred women and men, representing the public and private sectors, civil society, academia and indigenous and rural women met to consider issues that are critical to supporting the 2008 APEC agenda and the Bogor Goals of free and open trade among the developed economies by 2010 and all economies by 2020. WLN affirmed its commitment to supporting Peru´s priorities of:
- Facilitation of Women’s Access to International Markets
- Education in ICT
- Corporate Social Responsibility
- Rural Women & Trade
- Micro Enterprise and Micro Finance
Invitation to the 13th Women Leaders Network Meeting - Arequipa, Peru (12-14 May 2008)
SUCCESSFUL WOMEN,
SUCCESSFUL ECONOMIES
Dear delegates from 21 economies of APEC
On behalf of Peru, I would like to welcome you to the 13th Annual Meeting of the Women Leaders Network, in Arequipa City – Peru. It will be held from 12 to 14 May 2008 and during this time there also will be an “International Trade Exhibition” and a Business Matching starting the 11.
The theme of this year’s meeting is “SUCCESSFUL WOMEN, SUCCESSFUL ECONOMIES” and it will address the integration of the global economy where we aim to explore knowledge and tools to advance the sustainable socio-economic business for women entrepreneurs and to help them to incorporate into the formal economic process. On 11 May, the Women in Export Trade Forum will be held, where we will also explore the growing complexity of international trade and identify global trade opportunities and risks, the new global consumers and the opportunities and challenges under the Free Trade Agreements. In addition, on May 9-10 there will be Women in Digital Economy Forum.
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