Gujarat to host G20 EMPOWER Summit & G20 Ministerial Conference on Women Empowerment

Gandhinagar: The state capital is set to host G20 EMPOWER Summit from 1st to 4th August and G20 Ministerial Conference on Women Empowerment from 2nd to 4th August at Mahatma Mandir.

The themes for these events are Women-Led Development: Ensuring a sustainable, inclusive, and equitable global economic growth, and ‘Women-led Inclusive Development as cusp of Inter-generational Transformation’ respectively.

More than 600 participants from all over the world are going to attend these meetings. Several women Ministers, high-profile speakers from India and abroad, G20 EMPOWER delegates and representatives from various global organizations.

G20 EMPOWER Summit

The EMPOWER Summit under India’s G20 Presidency will commence on 31st of July with a fireside chat by Dr. Sangita Reddy, Chair, G20 EMPOWER, Past President, FICCI & Joint Managing Director, Apollo Hospitals Enterprises Ltd. with Shri Aman Gupta, Co-Founder & CMO, Boat India (TBC). It will be followed by a welcome dinner and cultural show.

The main event will begin on 1st August with the launch of G20 EMPOWER Digital Inclusion Platform by Smt. Smriti Zubin Irani, Union Minister for Women & Child Development, and Minority Affairs, and Shri Amitabh Kant, G20 Sherpa.

The Inaugural Ceremony will witness the presence of Mr. Indevar Pandey, Secretary, Union Ministry of Women & Child Development; Dr. Sangita Reddy, Chair, G20 EMPOWER; Ms. Sima Bahous, Executive Director, UN Women, and Ms. Lakshmi Shyam Sunder, Vice-President, World Bank.

This will be followed by an Opening Plenary Session addressed by Smt. Rajashree Birla, Head, Aditya Birla Centre for Community Initiatives and Rural Development, Chairperson, FICCI CSR & Community Development Committee; Mr. Sivasubramanian Ramann, Chairman & Managing Director, SIDBI and Mr. Sanjiv Mehta, Former CEO & MD, Hindustan Unilever Limited; and Past President, FICCI.

There will be five-panel discussions highlighting topics: Leading the Change: Women Redefining Leadership,
Leveraging Digital Public Infrastructure to advance financial equality of women, Closing the gap: Achieving TECHEQUITY for Women, She-preneurs: Harnessing the power of Women-Led Enterprises, Leadership Unplugged: Empowering stories by Inspirational Leaders.

These sessions will witness the presence of various dignitaries from different organizations across the world like World Bank, UN Women, SIDBI, FICCI, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, HUL, Wockhardt Hospitals, The Female Quotient, BRICS Women Business Alliance, Dept of Economic Affairs GOI, Africa Continental Free Trade Area Secretariat, Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI), Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Bank, SAP Labs India, TCS, Microsoft India, LinkedIn India, Nykaa Fashion, Da Milano, Safeducate, FICCI Ladies Organisation, Biotique, Grow Supplier ZA, Business in the Community, Bharat Hotels Limited, Kinetic Green Energy & Power Solutions Limited, Former Ambassador of India to the United States, ICICI Bank, Salesforce India, Apollo Hospitals, Times Network. The summit will end with a felicitation ceremony for all G20 EMPOWER Working Group Chairs and Co-Chairs.

G20 Ministerial Conference on Women Empowerment

The first day of the conference i.e. 2nd August will commence with the inauguration of an exhibition by the Minister of Women and Child Development. This will be followed by deliberations across five ministerial sessions. These sessions will be held on:
1. Education, a Game changing pathway to Women’s Empowerment
2. Digital skilling for Women’s Empowerment
3. Education and STEM
4. Skilling opportunities for Women
5. Women in Emerging Technologies

On the next day, i.e 3rd August, will begin with a mindfulness meditation session early in the morning. Later in the day, the event will continue with Ministerial Level discussions on topics such as; Women and Space, Power of Culture and Women’s Empowerment,Climate Resilience Action-Impact on Women’s health and farming, Women and Girls as Changemakers in Climate Resilience Action, Partnership for Promoting leadership at Grassroots, and Women’s Entrepreneurship and Enterprise.

The delegates will also be visiting Dandi Kutir, World’s Largest and Only Museum built on One man’s story – Mahatma Gandhi, Father of the Nation. They will witness cultural programs and dinner highlighting Gujarati culture and its delicacies. Apart from this they will visit the GIFT City, and participate in Ahmedabad Heritage Walk.

The G20 Ministerial event on Women Empowerment will conclude with a closing and handover ceremony in the presence of esteemed dignitaries at the Mahatma Mandir. DeshGujarat