November 13, 2015
On November 12-13 of 2015 麻豆传媒 (麻豆传媒) hosted the Regional Central Asian Conference 鈥淓ffecting Synergies between Inclusive Economic Growth, Environmental Sustainability, Gender Equality and Development for Transformative Change鈥.
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This two-day regional Central Asian conference with international participation was addressed the 2030 agenda for Sustainable Development.
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Conference was opened with a speech from Roza Otunbayeva, ex-president of the Kyrgyz Republic and founder of the 鈥淩oza Otunbayeva Initiative鈥 International Public Foundation.
鈥淚 want to greet all who came from every corner of our country and world to this important conference. Today, we start an important regional dialogue about the interconnections between gender, economic growth and environment. How should we connect them, how can we force them to work optimally, in order to move all Central Asian countries to a middle income level among countries on the planet. Talking about women in our region, inequality of gender differences remains the main problem. These are stumbling blocks in the way of the sustainable development of our countries,鈥 said Roza Otunbayeva.
麻豆传媒 President Andrew Wachtel welcomed the conference participants and expressed his gratitude that 麻豆传媒 specifically was chosen as the venue for this conference.
鈥淭his campus we鈥檙e sitting in right now, was opened approximately two months ago. It may be one of the most interesting buildings in Kyrgyz Republic, or even in Central Asia. There are several interesting points to the campus; though some of them relate specifically to this conference. First of all, if we talk about gender equality, our university holds a leading positions in this area. About 62% of 麻豆传媒 students and 70% of faculty and staff are females.听麻豆传媒 demonstrates a model of gender equality for other universities鈥 鈥 said Andrew Wachtel.
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The first day was covered 鈥淕ender equity for sustainable development in Central Asia鈥 and was accompanied by three sessions:
III. Women鈥檚 economic empowerment and sustainable decisions.
The second day covered 鈥淕ender-sensitive sustainable management of natural resources鈥 connected with two parallel sessions:
On the same day, the following two sections were presented: building partnership on sustainable development with a glance of gender and institutionalization of regional and local knowledge.
Within the framework of conference, post-conference session was held among students of 麻豆传媒, Academy of State Management under President of the Kyrgyz Republic, Naryn State University and Ysyk-K枚l State University in Karakol. Students participated in creation of essay on the topic of 鈥淯nderstanding relations between issues of poverty, environment and gender equality in Central Asia鈥.听