Yesterday in Bishkek, Assistant Secretary Robert O. Blake and Ambassador-at-Large for Global Women’s Issues Melanne Verveer welcomed over 200 women entrepreneurs, policy makers, educators and civil society leaders from Afghanistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan to the three-day Strategies for Success: Central Asia and Afghanistan Women’s Economic Symposium.
–snip– The United States appreciates and looks forward to further collaboration with partner organizations and corporate sponsors, including the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, International Finance Corporation, UN Women, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, Asia Development Bank, Aga Khan Development Network, Goldman Sachs, Chevron, ExxonMobil and Mary Kay.
via http://www.state.gov/r/pa/prs/ps/2011/07/168776.htm
Remarks, Melanne Verveer, Ambassador-at-Large for Global Women’s Issues Central Asia and Afghanistan Women’s Economic Symposium
Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan.
–snip– We also have a wealth of partners represented here today, from leading international organizations, including UN Women, OSCE, EBRD, and IFC, to universities and foundations, including the American University of Central Asia, the University of Central Asia, and the Aga Khan Foundation, to private companies, including Mary Kay, ExxonMobil, Goldman Sachs, and Chevron.
via http://www.state.gov/s/gwi/rls/rem/2011/168695.htm
Tuesday, July 19 Presidential Conference Center – 8:35-8:50 am Opening Remarks
Nurjehan Mawani, Head of Representation in the Kyrgyz Republic, Aga Khan Development Network
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