Women Economic Forum
Women Economic Forum (WEF)[1] is a women's conference where women share their ethics, views, thoughts, societal issues, and culture. The vision of WEF is to make the invisible economic efforts of women more visible and promote the feminine spirit of harmony.
History
Founded by Harbeen Arora, the first annual edition of WEF was held in 2015 in Goa,[2] India, with 300 women leaders from 25 countries participating.
Organization
Women Economic Forum is an associate of ALL Ladies League (ALL),[3] the international network of women from across the world and a global women's chamber connecting women of inspiration from ALL countries and cultures, creating on-ramps for ALL women to access opportunities, learning, inspiration, and massive global connections and business networking.
Annual WEF
Annual WEF India 2015
The first annual event was held in Goa at the Goa[4] Marriott from May 7th to May 11th 2015. The program of WEF 2015 covered a diverse range of topics with exceptionally good Speakers.[5] Over 400 delegates from over 25 countries experienced much learning and change via the debates and discussion in a unique environment of positivity, enthusiasm, friendship, and kinship.
Annual WEF India 2016
The next annual event was held in New Delhi[6] this time. The theme for WEF 2016 was “Women : Uniting the World” through 28 tracks like business, technology, entrepreneurship, health, travel, spirituality, belief, peace, diplomacy, conflict resolution, personal leadership, innovation, research, etc. It was discussed for 6 days and 5 nights. The leading session was on entrepreneurship, start-ups, innovation, and personal leadership in many spheres constituting more than 30% of the sessions.
Women Economic Forum 2016 was held in New Delhi[7] from May 16th-21st 2016 at the Pullman Hotel, Aerocity. Cabinet ministers[8] and chief ministers were expected to address the gathering apart from some important dignitaries from other nations.
Annual WEF India 2017
From 8th to 13th May in New Delhi again,[9] this annual event was a confluence of leaders[10] and achievers from 100+ countries who empowered one another by sharing and speaking[11] across 520 sessions and workshops under the overall bold theme of “Women: Creating, Innovating, Understanding and Driving the Future”. In India, a special outreach had been made toward young people in schools, universities, and start-ups as also NGOs especially in the North East to foster a sense of inclusion and open up channels of communication and global networking for ALL.
Participants
Speakers and Attendees from Past WEF:
Vidya Balan,[12] Indian Film Actress, India
Aditi Rao Hydari,[13] Indian Film Actress, India
References
- ↑ "Vidya Balan invited to speak at Women Economic Forum 2015". The Indian Express. 2015-05-10. Retrieved 2018-01-08.
- ↑ "300 global women leaders to come together in Goa to create an impact - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 2018-01-08.
- ↑ "Delhi to host global conference on women empowerment". Retrieved 2018-01-08.
- ↑ "300 global women leaders to come together in Goa to create an impact - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 2018-01-08.
- ↑ "Vidya Balan invited to speak at Women Economic Forum 2015". The Indian Express. 2015-05-10. Retrieved 2018-01-08.
- ↑ "Delhi to host global conference on women empowerment- News Nation". http://www.newsnation.in. 2016-05-14. Retrieved 2018-01-08. External link in
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- ↑ "Press Information Bureau Photo Gallery". Retrieved 2018-01-08.
- ↑ "Embassy of India Kabul, Afghanistan". www.eoi.gov.in. Retrieved 2018-01-08.
- ↑ "women economic forum: अदिति राव समेत कई दिग्गज कलाकार होंगे शामिल". aajtak.intoday.in (in हिन्दी). Retrieved 2018-01-08.
- ↑ "Aditi Rao Hydari: Something wrong with people who are not feminist". http://www.hindustantimes.com/. 2017-05-09. Retrieved 2018-01-08. External link in
|work=(help) - ↑ "Vidya Balan invited to speak at Women Economic Forum 2015". The Indian Express. 2015-05-10. Retrieved 2018-01-08.
- ↑ "Aditi Rao Hydari: Something wrong with people who are not feminist". http://www.hindustantimes.com/. 2017-05-09. Retrieved 2018-01-08. External link in
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