UNITED NATIONS

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ASIA-PACIFIC REGIONAL COORDINATION MECHANISM THEMATIC WORKING GROUP ON GENDER EQUALITY AND EMPOWERMENT OF WOMEN

United Nations Building, Rajadamnern Nok Avenue, Bangkok 10200, Thailand Fax: (66 2) 288 1030 · Email: rcm-twg-geew@un.org

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Asia-Pacific Policy Dialogue on “Women’s Economic Empowerment in the Changing World of Work”

23-24 February 2017 Bangkok

LIST OF PARTICIPANTS

COUNTRIES

AFGHANISTAN H.E. Ms. Delbar Nazari, Minister of Women’s Affairs, Kabul, Ministry of Women Affairs (MOWA), Kabul, Afghanistan

BANGLADESH Ms. Nurun Nahar Begum, Senior Assistant Chief, Policy Leadership and Advocacy Unit (PLAU), Ministry of Women and Children Affairs, Bangladesh Secretariat, Dhaka, Bangladesh Ms. Mahmuda Sharmeen Benu, Additional Secretary, Ministry of Women and Children Affairs, Building No. 6, Room No. 307, Bangladesh Secretariat, Dhaka, Bangladesh Ms. Sadia Islam, Assistant Chief, International Organizations Wing, Ministry of Labour and Employment, Bangladesh Secretariat, Dhaka, Bangladesh

CAMBODIA

Mr. ChhunHak The, Deputy General Director of Gender Equality and Economic Development, Ministry of Women’s Affairs, Phnom Penh, Cambodia Ms. Thoeun Sarkmarkna, Deputy Department Director, Economic Development Department, Phnom Penh, Cambodia

CHINA

Ms. Yang Yujing, Associate Professor from Women's Studies Institute, Beijing, China

FIJI

Ms. Raijieli Biutiganena Mawa, Acting Director Women, Ministry of Women, Children and Poverty Alleviation, P.O. Box 14068, Suva, Fiji

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INDIA

Ms. Alka Upadhyaya, Joint Secretary, Ministry of Rural Development, New Delhi, 110001, India

INDONESIA

Mr. Dino Anggara, Official, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Republic of Indonesia, Jl. Taman Pejambon No.6, Gambir, Jakarta Pusat, Indonesia

IRAN (REPUBLIC OF)

Ms. Zohreh Nosrat Kharazmi, Department of Women’s International Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Tehran, Islam Republic of Iran

JAPAN

Mr. Hidenobu Ishibashi, Counsellor for Gender Equality Promotion Gender Equality Bureau, Cabinet Office, Government of Japan, Tokyo 100-8914, Japan

MYANMAR Ms. Phyo Thunandar Aung, Assistant Director, Department of Social Welfare, Ministry of Social Welfare, Relief and Resettlement, Nay Pyi Taw, Myanmar

NEPAL

Mr. Narayan Bahadur Kunwar, Under Secretary, Gender Mainstreaming Section, Ministry of Women, Children and Social Welfare, Kathmandu, Nepal

Mr. Maheshwor Neupane, Joint Secretary, Head of Administration and Planning Division, Ministry of Labour and Employment, Kathmandu, Nepal

PAKISTAN Ms. Khawar Mumtaz, Chairperson, National Commission on the Status of Women, Huma Plaza 21-East, Blue Area, Islamabad, Pakistan

RUSSIA FEDERATION

Ms. Natalia Karmazinskaya, Third Secretary and Assistant Permanent Representative to ESCAP, Embassy of the Russian Federation in the Kingdom of Thailand, Bangkok, Thailand

THAILAND

Ms. Somsri Chongpensuklert, Social Worker, Professional Level, Department of Women’s Affairs and Family Development, Bangkok, Thailand

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Ms. Treenuch Linitda, Assistant Operations Officer International, Department of Women’s Affairs and Family Development, Bangkok, Thailand

TIMOR-LESTE

Mr. Armando da Costa, Director General, Secretary of State for the Support and Socio-

Economic Promotion of Women, Dili, Timor-Leste

VIET NAM

Ms. Hoang Thi Thu Huyen, Deputy Director, Gender Equality Department, Ministry of

Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs, Hanoi, Viet Nam

INTERGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATION

PACIFIC COMMUNITY (SPC)

Ms. Maire Dwyer Gender Equality Adviser; Pacific Community (SPC)

RESOURCES PERSONS

Ms. Anna Lee Tuvera International Trade Union Confederation ITUC, Asia

Pacific regional office Singapore

Mr. Anshul Sonak

Regional Director- Innovation Programs, Asia Corporate Affairs Director – Singapore, Intel Technology Asia Pte Ltd, Singapore

Ms. Emma Tiaree Regional Strategic Partnerships Director – Asia, CARE Asia Regional Management Unit

Ms. Frozan Irfan Mashal

Managing Director, Public Awareness Time Hour Organization (PATH-O), Kabul, Afghanistan

Mr. Gavin Jones

Expert on demography, population and family dynamics in Asia

Ms. Jayati Ghosh

Economist and Professor of Economics at Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, and Executive Secretary of International Development Economics Associates (Ideas)

Ms. Jocelyn Villanueva

Regional Change Lead-Women's Economic Empowerment, Oxfam, Philippines

Ms. Justine Hulst

Head of Communications at Orami Thailand

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Ms. Kannika Jarusuraisin

External Relations Director for P&G Thailand, Myanmar and Laos, Bangkok, Thailand

Ms. Kate Lappin

Regional Coordinator, Asia Pacific Forum on Women, Law and Development (APWLD), Chiang Mai, Thailand

Ms. Kate Sheill Human Rights Consultant, Thailand

Ms. Nazma Akter Executive Director, AWAJ Foundation, Bangladesh

Ms. Sanam Amin

Programme Officer, Asia Pacific Forum on Women, Law and Development (APWLD),Chiang Mai, 50100, Thailand

Ms. Saule Khamzayeva,

M. Auezov South Kazakhstan State University, 5 Tauke khan avenue, Building 3, Office 205, Shymkent city, Kazakhstan

Ms. Shannon Kalyayanamitr Founder & Group CMO at ORAMI, Orami Thailand

Ms. Yumiko Yamamoto Independent researcher

UNITED NATIONS BODIES

UNITED NATIONS CHILDREN’S FUND (UNICEF)

Ms. Gerda Binder

Regional Advisor, UNICEF, Bangkok, Thailand

Ms. Mehrak Mehrvar Senior Gender and Governance Specialist, UNICEF,

Bangkok, Thailand

UNITED NATIONS ENVIRONMENT

Ms. Annette Wallgren Gender and Environment Officer, UNEP

UNITED NATIONS POPULATION FUND (UNFPA)

Ms. Ingrid Fitzgerald

Regional Technical Adviser, Gender and Human Rights, UNFPA Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific

WORLD FOOD PROGRAMME (WFP)

Ms. Felicity Chard Regional Bureau Gender Advisor, Regional Bureau for

Asia & the Pacific

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SPECIALIZED AGENCIES AND RELATED ORGANIZATIONS

FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS (FAO)

Ms. Mayling FloresRojas

Junior Professional Agricultural Systems Mechanisation Officer

Mr. Loïs Archimbaud

Gender, Social and Rural Development Consultant

INTERNATIONAL LABOUR ORGANIZATION (ILO)

Ms. Joni Simpson

Senior Gender Specialist, Bangkok, Thailand

Mr. Sher Verick ILO Deputy Director of the Decent Work Team for South

Asia

SECRETARIAT

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COMMISSION FOR ASIA AND THE PACIFIC (ESCAP) Mr. Nagesh Kumar Director, Social Development Division

Ms. Cai Cai Chief, Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment

Section, Social Development Division

Mr. Atsuko Okuda

Chief of ICT and Development Section, ICT and Disaster

Risk Reduction Division

Ms. Cocco Okada Social Affairs Officer, Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment Section, Social Development Division

Ms. Grace Puliyel Social Affairs Officer, Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment Section, Social Development Division

Ms. Sansiri Visarutwongse Staff Assistant, Social Development Division

Ms. Zalon Wong

Intern, Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment Section, Social Development Division

Ms. Noor Ali

Intern, Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment Section, Social Development Division

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UNITED NATIONS ENTITY FOR GENDER EQUALITY AND THE EMPOWERMENT OF WOMEN (UN WOMEN)

Ms. Miwa Kato Regional Director, UN Women Regional Office for Asia

and the Pacific and Representative in Thailand

Ms. Anna-Karin Jatfors

Deputy Regional Director, UN Women Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific

Mr. Francisco Cos Montiel

Regional Advisor Women’s Economic Empowerment, UN Women Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific

Ms. Marie Sophie Pettersson Humanitarian/Disaster Risk Reduction and Coordination Analyst

Mr. Mohammad Homayon Hashimi

National Reporting Officer (Int’l Standards on Women’s Rights and Gender Equality), UN Women ACO , UN Women - UNOCA, Kabul, Afghanistan

Ms. Marie Palitzyne EVAW/UNiTE research intern, UN Women ROAP

Ms. Camila Trespalacios Women's Economic Empowerment Intern

Ms. Christy Hiuyan Chan Women's Economic Empowerment Intern