ExxonMobil Women and Development Series
Director: Isobel Coleman, Senior Fellow and Director of the Civil Society, Markets, and Democracy Initiative; Director of the Women and Foreign Policy Program
November 20, 2009 - Present
The ExxonMobil Women and Development Series explores the ways in which governments, companies, and NGOs can promote economic development by focusing on women. With the generous support of the ExxonMobil, the series has so far examined such topics as women's role as change agents in the aftermath of the financial crisis and the potential of new technologies to promote women's economic empowerment in developing countries. Transcripts, audio, and video recordings of meetings in this series are available below.
Meetings
Roundtable Meeting
Diversifying Global Supply Chains
Speakers:
Astrid Pregel, Special Advisor; Founder, Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade, Canada; Feminomics, Inc., Anabella Ruiz de Freeman, Coordinator of Small and Medium Supplier Development, Walmart, Elizabeth Vazquez, President, Chief Executive Officer and Co-Founder, WEConnect InternationalPresider:
Isobel Coleman, Senior Fellow and Director, Women and Foreign Policy Program, Council on Foreign RelationsThis meeting is on the record.
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Roundtable Meeting
Supporting Entrepreneurship: What Works in Developing Economies?
Speakers:
Mayra Buvinic, Senior Fellow, United Nations Foundation, Markus Goldstein, Africa Region Gender Practice Leader, World Bank, Agnes Quisumbing, Senior Research Fellow, International Food Policy Research InstitutePresider:
Isobel Coleman, Senior Fellow and Director, Women and Foreign Policy Program, Council on Foreign RelationsThis meeting is on the record.
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Roundtable Meeting
mDevelopment: Harnessing Mobile Technology for Global Economic Growth
Introductory Speaker:
Cherie Blair, Founder, Cherie Blair Foundation for WomenSpeakers:
Ann Mei Chang, Senior Adviser for Women and Technology, Office of Global Women's Issues, U.S. Department of State, Alex Counts, President and Chief Executive Officer, Grameen Foundation, Scott Ratzan, Vice President, Global Health, Johnson & JohnsonPresider:
Isobel Coleman, Senior Fellow and Director of the Civil Society, Markets, and Democracy Initiative; Director of the Women and Foreign Policy Program, Council on Foreign RelationsThis meeting is on the record.
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Roundtable Meeting
Women and Mobile: A Global Opportunity
Speakers:
Cherie Blair, Founder, Cherie Blair Foundation for Women, Maura O'Neill, Senior Counselor to the Administrator and Chief Innovation Officer, USAID, Trina DasGupta, mWomen Program Director, GSMAPresider:
Isobel Coleman, Senior Fellow for U.S. Foreign Policy and Director, Women and Foreign Policy Program, Council on Foreign RelationsThis meeting is not for attribution.
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Roundtable Meeting
Innovations and Innovators: Using Agricultural Technologies to Empower Women
Speakers:
Martin Fisher, KickStart International, Pedro Sanchez, Earth Institute, Columbia UniversityPresider:
Isobel Coleman, Council on Foreign RelationsThis meeting is not for attribution.
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Roundtable Meeting
Women and Development: A Conversation with Anne-Marie Slaughter
Speaker:
Anne-Marie Slaughter, Princeton UniversityPresider:
Isobel Coleman, Council on Foreign RelationsThis meeting is not for attribution.
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Roundtable Meeting
Women and Technology: The Opportunities of Mobile Banking
Speakers:
Mary Ellen Iskenderian, President and Chief Executive Officer, Women’s World Banking, Tamara Cook, Program Officer, Financial Services for the Poor, Bill & Melinda Gates FoundationPresider:
Isobel Coleman, Senior Fellow and Director, Civil Society, Markets and Democracy Initiative, Council on Foreign RelationsThis meeting is not for attribution.
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Conference Panel Session
Setting the Context: Challenges and Opportunities
Panelists:
Leslie Cordes, Director of Partnership Development, Energy and Climate, United Nations Foundation, Gail Karlsson, Adviser, United Nations Development Programme and ENERGIA, Richenda Van Leeuwen, Renewable Energy Access Advisor and Former Senior Advisor, Good Energies, Inc.Presider:
Isobel Coleman, Senior Fellow, Council on Foreign RelationsThis meeting is not for attribution.
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Conference Panel Session
A Discussion with Innovators
Panelists:
Mark Bent, CEO and President, SunNight Solar, Lauren Taylor, Director of Communications, Solar Electric Light Fund (SELF)Presider:
Isobel Coleman, Senior Fellow, Council on Foreign RelationsThis meeting is not for attribution.
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Conference Panel Session
Understanding and Expanding Distribution Networks
Panelists:
Katherine Lucey, Founder and Executive Director, Solar Sister, Carolyn Makinson, Executive Director, Women's Refugee Commission, International Rescue Committee, Toshihiro Nakamura, Co-Founder, KopernikPresider:
Isobel Coleman, Senior Fellow, Council on Foreign RelationsThis meeting is not for attribution.
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National Program Meeting
National Teleconference: The ExxonMobil Women and Development Roundtable Series: Women as Change Agents in the Recovery from the Global Financial Crisis
Speaker:
Robert B. Zoellick, President, World Bank GroupPresider:
Cokie Roberts, Senior News Analyst, ABC News
This meeting is on the record.
Corporate Meeting
Women as Change Agents in the Recovery from the Global Financial Crisis
Speaker:
Robert B. Zoellick, President, World Bank GroupPresider:
Cokie Roberts, News Correspondent
12:00-12:30 p.m. - Seated Lunch
12:30-1:30 p.m. - Meeting
This meeting is on the record.
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