RIO DE
JANEIRO, May 31 (Xinhua) -- The United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and
the Empowerment of Women (UN Women) will hold a summit of top women leaders
from around the globe during the UN Rio Conference on Sustainable Development
in June.
The
"Summit for the Future Women Want" will take place on June 21, the
second day of the so-called Rio+20 conference to be held in Rio de Janeiro, and
will gather a number of female presidents and prime ministers who will call for
concrete action toward the full integration of women in sustainable
development.
Brazil's
President Dilma Rousseff, the first woman to ever lead the South American
giant, will attend the summit, as will Argentine President Cristina Kirchner,
Costa Rican President Laura Chinchilla, Lithuanian President Dalia
Grybauskaite, and Liberian President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf.
Also taking
part will be Kamla Persad-Bissessar, prime minister of Trinidad and Tobago, and
Helle Thorning-Schmidt, the Danish prime minister.
The UN
Women is headed by Michelle Bachelet, who served as president of Chile from
2006 to 2010.
The summit
will be preceded by a three-day forum, at which participants will discuss and
reaffirm the concepts of gender equality and the empowerment of women within
the framework of sustainable development, according to the United Nations.
Editor: Chao Luan
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