Pretoria - International Relations and Cooperation Minister Maite Nkoana-Mashabane is in Xi’an, China, where she will participate in the Women 20 (W20) meeting.
W20 was launched in 2015, in Turkey, as a stand-alone outreach group to support G20’s efforts to achieve inclusive growth and raise the profile of gender issues with the core objective of promoting global gender-inclusive economic growth.
This year’s meeting will take place on 24-26 May 2016, under the theme “Equal participation and innovative development”, divided in the following four sub-themes:
- A gender perspective in global economic governance
- Women’s employment and entrepreneurial and social protection
- Women’s role in the digital economy
- Interconnected and innovative women’s network
The meeting’s outcome communique will be adopted and tabled at the G20 Leaders meeting scheduled to take place on 4-5 September, in Hangzhou, China.
South Africa views this meeting as important in the context of its membership within the Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa (BRICS) Bloc as a number of common interest issues such as population and development are discussed.
Minister Maite Nkoana-Mashabane will be joined by the Minister of Social Development Bathabile Dlamini as well as senior officials from the Department of Women. – SAnews.gov.za
