W20: New International Grouping for Women’s Empowerment
W20: New International Grouping for Women’s Empowerment
Question : Recently the G-20 nations launched the W20, a grouping of female leaders. Provide an overview of this new grouping.
- W20 has just been formed with a new president, Gulden Turktan to work as an outreach group and promote gender inclusive economic growth and development
- The leading G-20 economies have launched the new grouping to increase the role of women in international economic growth
- W20 is a group launched in the Turkish capital of Ankara
- Group also works for women empowerment and their participation in economic growth
- Women’s participation is paramount to economic growth and women participation is critical for national prosperity
- Education as the key for empowerment was the aim of W20 which also focused on eliminating discrimination in remuneration for women workers
- W20 will hold its first summit next month
- W20 promotes gender inclusiveness and gender equity for strong, sustainable and balanced economic growth
- Women constitute over half of the population of the world yet their participation in economic growth is far below the potential
- Gender inequality restricts poverty alleviation and development
- Mission of W20 is promotion of international gender inclusive economic growth
- G20 Commitments
These include the following:
- “women’s full economic and social participation” made in the Los Cabos Leaders’ Declaration in 2012,
- “women’s financial inclusion and education” in the St. Petersburg Leaders’ Declaration in 2013,
- “reducing the gap in participation rates between men and women in our countries by 25 percent by 2025 (taking into account national circumstances)” in the Brisbane Leaders’ Declaration in 2014.
- Women Entrepreneurs Association of Turkey is caring the W20 and firming part of its steering committee along with Women and Democracy Association and Turkish Businesswomen Association
About the W20 Representatives
The countries, institutions and names of W20 representatives are as follows:
- Brazil, Federal University of Pernambuco: Maria Betânia Ávila
- Brazil, Scientific Council of Women’s Studies and Social Relations on Gender: Vera Soares
- Brazil, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro: Bila Sorj
- Canada, Startup Canada: Victoria Lennox
- China, All-China Women’s Federation: An Weiwei
- China, Chinese Women’s Research Society: WU Jing
- China, China Association of Women Entrepreneurs: LU Qianyun
- France, DEBON & SUEZ Environnement: Marie-Ange DEBON
- France, ACCOR: Sophie STABILE
- France, CEPII: Natacha VALLA
- Germany, The National Council of German Women’s Organizations: Dr. Anja Nordmann
- Germany, Association of German Women Entrepreneurs (Verband deutscher Unternehmerinnen, VdU): Claudia Grobe-Leege
- Italia, Valore D Association: Anna Zattoni
- Italia, Giacomo Brodolini Foundation: Barbara Leda Kenny
- Italia, AIDOS: Maria Grazia Panunzi
- Italia, University of Padova: Prof. Paola Degani
- Japan Ewoman, Inc. & UNICUL International, Inc.Committee for the International Conference for Women in Business: Kaori Sasaki
- Japan, Kigen Corparation: Makiko Tachimori
- Japan, Gender Action Platform: Asako Osaki
- Republic of Korea, Korean Women’s Development Institute, Center for Women’s Labor & HRD Policy: Jongsoog KIM
- Republic of Korea, Ewha Womans University: Joohee LEE
- Mexico, The Research Center for Women in Senior Management at Mexico´s PanAmerican Institute for High Business Direction (IPADE): Dr. Maria Del Carmen Bernal Gonzalez
- Mexico, Grupo DIARQ and Fundación Pro-Educación: Gina Diez Barroso
- Russia, S7 Aviation Group & The Russian Union of Industrials and Entrepreneurs: Nataliya Fileva
- Russia, Deputy Head of the Department of International Relations and Foreign Policy at the MGIMO-University; Director General of the Strategic Diplomacy Foundation: Associate Professor Victoria Panova
- Russia, NGO AIDS Infoshare & Co-Chair of the C20 in 2013: Alena Peryskina
- Turkey, President of W20 Turkey, KAGIDER: Dr. Gülden Türktan
- Turkey, TIKAD: Nilüfer Bulut
- Turkey, TIKAD: Prof. Zehra Nese Kavak
- Turkey, KADEM: Özgül Özkan Yavuz
- Turkey, KAGIDER: Sanem Oktar Ögüt
- Turkey, KADEM: Assistant Prof. E. Sare Aydin Yilmaz
- The United Kingdom, The Women’s Business Council: Michael Osei
- The United Kingdom, Chatham House: Stéphane Dubois
- The United Kingdom, The Gender and Development Network: Jessica Woodroffe
- The United States, UN Foundation -Data 2X: Mayra Buvinic
- The United States, WEConnect: Elizabeth Vazquez
- The United States, AFL-CIO: Cathy Feingold
- The United States,BSR: Aron Cramer
- The United States, Children and Families Programs: Ann O’Leary
- The United States, Catalyst: Deborah Gillis
- The United States, WIPP International: Jennifer Bisceglie
- The United States, Women’s World Banking: Mary Ellen Iskenderian
- The United States, Global Banking Alliance for Women: Inez Murray
- The European Union, Women in Parliament (WIP): Silvana Koch-Mehrin
- Spain, Director of the Spanish Institute for Women Affairs: Rosa Urbón
- Azerbaijan Integration of Azerbaijani Youth to Europe Organisation: Nargiz Eyvazova
Facts and Stats
G20 members comprise the following:
- Argentina,
- Australia,
- Brazil,
- Canada,
- China,
- France,
- Germany,
- India,
- Indonesia,
- Italy,
- Japan,
- Mexico,
- Russia,
- Saudi Arabia,
- South Africa,
- South Korea,
- Turkey,
- The United Kingdom,
- The United States
- The European Union
- G20 nations represent 85% of global GDP
- G20 commenced as a meeting of finance ministers and governors of central bank in the aftermath of the Asian financial crisis in 1999.
- The Group of Twenty (G20) is the premier forum for global economic and financial cooperation that brings together the world's major advanced and emerging economies
- G20 leaders have met 9 times since 2008 to focus on sustainable and inclusive economic growth and development
- Presidency rotates each year and this year, it rests with Turkey
