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RIYADH, Saudi Arabia, Nov. 19, 2020 /PRNewswire=KYODO JBN/ --

A virtual roundtable was held during the summit week of the Saudi G20

Presidency on Women's empowerment as a key enabler for economic recovery. The

round table featured Dr. Reham AlRassi, Policy Advisor Head of G20 Women's

Empowerment, Dr. Hala AlTuwaijri, Chair of the Women Workstream, Mrs. Rania

Nashar, CEO of Samba/Empower Alliance, Mrs. Salma AlRasheed, Women 20's Sherpa,

Ms. Michiko Achilles, Special advisor Gender Equality and Human Recourse

Policies, Ms. Carla Abiven Executive Assistant - Women's Forum For The Economy

& Society, and Mr. Stefano Pizzicannella, Empowerment General Director for

International and General Affairs - Italian Government.

Dr. Hala stated: "Women's empowerment is a core priority for the 2020 G20 Saudi

Arabia presidency and has been considered holistically across multiple

workstreams as well as through the advancement of the EMPOWER alliance."

EMPOWER was launched in Osaka 2019 after a suggestion from the Canadian Sherpa,

progress greatly accelerated in 2020 as the Alliance became functional and

members met for the first time. EMPOWER was established and grown to 24 country

representatives nominated with all G20 members (other than South Africa and

China) and 6 guest countries represented.

Mrs. Rania Nashar, CEO of SAMBA and Empower Alliance, mentioned that Empower is

working this year to further advance the presence of women in leadership

positions, "with the Empower members from twenty four countries to further

connect the private sector leaders across all these countries to share best

practices and accelerate the change - that's why we have created two major

reports with OECD and ILO to measure the progression and the advancement of

women in leadership positions."

Empower is building an alliance network to support the advancement of women

internationally. Mr. Stefano Pizzicannella, Empowerment General Director,

shared Italy's vision to move the alliance forward and shed light on the

importance of Empower being owned and represented by the private sector which

strengthens their potential impact during the Italian Presidency.

Further information about the Saudi G20 Presidency, details of the Leaders'

Summit, and schedule of the upcoming G20 Media Briefings and Roundtables can be

found here (https://tinyurl.com/y35zwac8 ).

The link to register for exclusive G20 Riyadh Summit content on the dedicated

Microsite can be found here (https://accreditation.g20.gov.sa/PublicRegistration/MediaLoginAndApplyToMeeting?meetingId=044412b4-fa84-4d46-a9cd-6dfa179341cb ).

SOURCE  Saudi G20 Presidency

CONTACT: +966 11 829 6129, G20media@saudisecretariat.gov.sa