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Speaker Biography: His Excellency Ambassador Xolisa Mabhongo joined the Permanent Mission of South Africa to the United Nations in New York on May 1 2019 as Deputy Permanent Representative. From March 2016 he was the Representative of the Director-General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) to the United Nations and Director of the Agency’s New York Office. For two years prior to that he served as Group Executive for Corporate Services at the South African Nuclear Energy Corporation (NECSA) based in Pretoria.

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Xolisa Mabhongo has served in a number of senior diplomatic positions both in South Africa and abroad. From January 2010 to December 2013 he was South Africa's Ambassador to Austria, Slovenia and Slovakia. During this time he was also South Africa’s Permanent Representative to the UN and Other International Organisations in Vienna (IAEA, CTBTO, UNODC, UNOOSA, and UNIDO). He served as Governor for South Africa to the International Atomic Energy Agency. He was President of the IAEA's 57th General Conference in September 2013. He held other leadership positions in multilateral intergovernmental fora including: Chairperson of the PrepCom of the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty (CTBT); Vice Chairperson of the IAEA Board of Governors; Chairperson of the UN Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice.

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He has represented South Africa in many international meetings and conferences including as leader of delegation. His diplomatic experience also includes a period as Chief Director for the United Nations Political Desk, Department of International Relations and Cooperation of South Africa from 2006 to 2009. From 2001 to 2006 he was a Counsellor, then Minister Counsellor and Acting Deputy Permanent Representative of South Africa to the United Nations in New York. Before that he also served at South Africa’s Permanent Mission to the UN in Geneva from 1999 to 2001. Between 1995 and 1999 he held a number of different positions at headquarters in Pretoria. Ambassador Mabhongo holds a degree of Masters in Public Administration from Columbia University, New York, a Post Graduate Certificate in Diplomatic Studies from Oxford University in the United Kingdom and a Bachelor of Arts Degree from Rhodes University in South Africa. Xolisa was born in Mthatha, South Africa in May 1972. He is married with three children.

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Speaker biography: Ms. Dorothy Tembo has served as Deputy Executive Director of the International Trade Centre (ITC) since June 2014, as well as ITC’s Executive Director ad interim from January to September 2020. Prior to ITC, she served as the Executive Director of the multi-donor funded Enhanced Integrated Framework Programme (EIF) at the WTO. She also served as Chief Trade Negotiator and Director of Foreign Trade in the Ministry of Commerce, Trade and Industry of Zambia, as Advisor on USAID projects in Zambia, and held various positions in Zambia's National Commission for Development Planning.

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WEConnect International connects member buyers to women-owned sellers based outside of the US, enhances their capabilities to transact business and instills confidence that sellers meet buyers’ standards for women-owned businesses.

Visit our website for more information: https://weconnectinternational.org/

Good afternoon all and thank you for joining us! If you have any questions or comments during the presentation or discussion, we encourage you to post in the Q&A feature on Zoom

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Speaker biography: Dr. Astrid ter Wiel has substantial experience working in industry and the education sector; she works as freelancer for the Public Procurement Research Centre (PPRC). She holds a Master of Science degree (Industrial Engineering and Management, 2001) and a PhD degree (2012, Interorganizational Collaboration). She currently manages three different projects on sexual and gender based violence in Uganda, Burundi and DRC, and is strategic advisor to a Congolese NGO.

Her experience includes the development of course curricula and training materials in strategy, project management, (public) procurement and diversity in supply chains for both undergraduate and Master students as well as practitioners. Astrid is a trainer (for scientists) and qualified university lecturer, and has written about gender smart procurement. For the International Trade Centre (ITC), she developed an e-learning course on empowering women owned businesses through public procurement. Together with Jonna van der Krift, Astrid wrote ITC's guide "Making Public Procurement Work for Women".

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Hullo all. Am Sophia N. Masagazi from the Public Procurement and Disposal of Public Assets Authority in Uganda.

Good Day Everyone! A pleasure to be here. Aisha Abubakar Chairperson NAWORG, the Women Business Trade Group under the National Association of Chambers of Commerce, Industry, Mines and Agriculture

Greetings Everyone Gbemisola Oduntan Deputy President Nasme (Nigeria association of Small and Medium Enterprises)

Good Day everyone. Iyingiwari Becca-Mary Oludemi, MD, Luz-Maris Integrated Services Limited. Its a pleasure to be here.

Please find the link to the guide, available in English, French, and Spanish, here: https://intracen.org/resources/publications/making-public-procurement-work-for-women

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Speaker biography: Candace Waterman is President and CEO of Women Impacting Public Policy (WIPP). With over 35 years of experience, spanning across both the private and public sector; she has owned three successful companies in the medical, real estate and hospitality industries, and worked as an executive for the ambulatory services division of a hospital system in Michigan overseeing OB-GYN, hematology, radiology, and oncology operations. In her current role, she heads the leading national nonpartisan policy organization on Capitol Hill for women in business. Serving as the voice for the over 12 million women-owned companies in the U.S., Candace works in a bipartisan manner with lawmakers to impact and influence policy that provides economic equity, equality, procurement inclusion, access to capital, and access to the global marketplace.

Prior to joining WIPP, Candace served as the Vice President and Chief of Staff for the Women’s Business Enterprise National Council (WBENC), the nation’s leading third-party certifier of Women’s Business Enterprises (WBEs) and Woman-Owned Small Businesses (WOSBs). During her tenure at WBENC, she was responsible for effective operational management of all WBENC CORE processes and specifically, served as the SME globally, for the WBENC WBE and WOSB certification programs. Additionally, she worked to achieve acceptance of WBENC’s certification by government entities across the U.S. and assisted in driving initiatives and policies which affect international certification.

Currently serving as a U.S. Delegate of the W20, Candace is recognized as a global thought leader and subject matter expert in business and policy. Her commitment to diversity, equity, equality, inclusion, and operational excellence has earned her numerous awards and recognition including being named a WBE Hall of Fame recipient and the 2019 Top Executives in Diversity.

Greetings from Zambia. I am Edith Kanyemba,Vice President of Zambia Gemstone Miners and Traders Association.

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Hello Fransiena, Thank you for your message. Yes, we will be sending the recording to all registered participants after the webinar.

Hello everyone. I'm Andidiong Okon and I work with Open Contracting Partnership and we too have done research on gender responsive procurement in partnership with UN Women and Value for Women. It's exciting to see that more people in procurement are proactively thinking about creating opportunities for women. You can visit our gender page to learn more https://www.open-contracting.org/what-is-open-contracting/gender/

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Thank you everyone, and thank you for having me today. It is my honor to serve on this esteemed panel

Hello Edith Kanyemba. Can you please give me your contact?

Speaker biography: Mikateko Joyce Maluleke is an Advocate of the High Court of South Africa and a member of the Johannesburg Society of Advocates. She was appointed as Director-General of the Department of Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities on 01 August 2020.Her qualifications are BA, LLB (Wits University), 1992-1996; LLM Tax (University of Pretoria), 2011.Her post-graduate and vocational training includes Constitutional Analysis and Litigation, Labour law, Human Rights, Equality and Non-discrimination (focusing on race, gender, disability, social context awareness and diversity management), Administrative Justice, Development Law, Insolvency Law and Practice, Mining Laws, Legislative Drafting, Strategic Planning, Scenario Planning, Programme and Operations Management, Project Management, Leadership and Management Development, Women’s Leadership Development, Governance and Gender Mainstreaming.

She has extensive knowledge and understanding of national and international legal frameworks on the empowerment and protection of women. She is a gender activist who has operated in the field of gender justice for three decades.

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Minister are we able to have your contact details so that we may collaborate on various sectors.

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Speaker biography: Ms Yeşim Seviğ received her bachelors degree from the department of Business Administration at Istanbul University in 1989 after graduating from American Robert College in Istanbul. Following 4 years in corporate life at Turkish Airlines and Tekfen Holding she established her own company on marketing materials. 14 years of entrepreneurship led her to the instinct of delivering her know-how to new woman entrepreneurs; thus letting her to work at the Women Entrepreneurs Association of Turkey (KAGIDER) in 2009. Since 2009, she is working as the Secretary General of KAGIDER. She actively works in Advocacy, Entrepreneurship and Leadership, Communications and International Relations activities and other projects of KAGIDER, as well as specializing in overseeing the general administrative functions of the association. She is one of the W20 Delegates from Turkey, member of the Global Entrepreneurship Week Steering Commitee and also Vice Chair of Balkan Women Coalition.

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How do we connect to these women, please, these panelists?

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could you please provide the details about the website URL and link for the objective of the public procurement opportunities in the ITC shetrades initiative?

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Good day everyoneNancy Obi Director at Nanobglobal. We are a global agri commodity exporter in USA. We provide financing for business as well. Please feel free to connect with me. 785-317-8247

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GOOD DAYI am Maryam Yakubu Yanah CEO MAINSTREAM Lime-Light LTD in Kebbi State.Mainstream Lime-Light LTD Producers of Ma'Zaine Foods is a food company that uses indigenous food crops to create a variety of affordable food products aimed at solving malnutrition issues affecting all ages.Our products includes;FINGER MILLET FLOURFINGER MILLET FLOUR WITH SPICEDATE POWDERTIGERNUT POWDERSHEA BUTTERLACTATION PAPBAOBAB FRUIT POWDERONION POWDERSWEET POTATO FLOURCHILD FORMULADATE SEED COFFEEWebsite: www.mazaine.comInstagram: https://instagram.com/mazainefoods/LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/maryam-yakubu-a4965844Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/maryam.m.7Facebook Page: https://web.facebook.com/mainstreamlimelightltd

@nanoglobal can we get an email

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Hi all, thanks for the great conversation. You can see the Open Contracting Partnership's suggestions and approaches to improving gender responsive procurement here : https://www.open-contracting.org/what-is-open-contracting/gender/

info@nanobglobal.com

thank you Candice on the idea of sub contract to gain experience

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Sub Contracting is a great opportunity indeed.

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my name is Regina Wambui Mwangi from Justice Advocacy and Empowerment CentreJustice Advocacy and Empowerment Centre was established in 2017 as an NGO in Kenya.Vision: Shaping the future into a world of justice and sustainableMission: Implementing sustainable programs that aim at improving on the quality of life for vulnerable communitiesJAEC promote peace, Justice, human rights and development through Advocacy and sustainable development. JAEC provides community based solutions by linking quality trainings and livelihood for most vulnerable members of community by breaking poverty cycle.

Good day everyone,Nancy Obi Director at Nanobglobal. We are a global agri commodity exporter in USA. We provide financing for business as well. Please feel free to connect with me.info@nanobglobal.com+1785-317-8247

Can find me here : https://www.linkedin.com/in/anafontesbr/

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my name is Regina Wambui Mwangi from Justice Advocacy and Empowerment CentreJustice Advocacy and Empowerment Centre was established in 2017 as an NGO in Kenya.Vision: Shaping the future into a world of justice and sustainableMission: Implementing sustainable programs that aim at improving on the quality of life for vulnerable communitiesJAEC promote peace, Justice, human rights and development through Advocacy and sustainable development. JAEC provides community based solutions by linking quality trainings and livelihood for most vulnerable members of community by breaking poverty cycle.+254721412555cathmureithi@gmail.comjusticeadvocacycentre@gmail.com

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Thank you for such an engaging conversation

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