Special Meeting of Women Ministers of Culture in Reykjavik
At Hotel Nordica
Monday 29 of August at 9.00-10.00 hrs.
Women ministers of culture and other representatives from all parts of the world will be gathered in Iceland August 29th and 30th to discuss serious challenges they face in their field. The meeting is to honour Vigdís Finnbogadóttir, the former president of Iceland who had her 75th birthday in April.
The four keynote speakers of the meeting will be as follows:
- Cherie Booth QC: Women’s Empoverment: Measuring the Global Gender Gap, World Economic Forum
- Mahnaz Afkhami: Women's Cultural Rights
- Asma Khader: Women, Media and Culture In the Middle East
- Dr. Annette Pritchard: Gender, Globalisation and Tourism Cultures
Please find the agenda, the list of participants, discussion papers and further information on the website: http://womenministers.government.is.
The hosts will assist the press to arrange interviews with the participants. Further information: Ms. Elín Thorsteinsdóttir: [email protected]
Telephone +354 545 9529. Mobile phone +354 6900 350.