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The 2nd International Business Forum “Woman of the Third Millennium” was presented with great success at the Moscow House of Nationalities.

The International Forum “Woman of the Third Millennium” is a unique platform for uniting women leaders of the regions of the Russian Federation and foreign friendly countries, for exchanging experience and getting acquainted with best practices aimed at discussing the role of women in the modern world.

On the first day of the forum, a meeting of the International Discussion Club “VISION 3000” was held. The agenda of the meeting is “The era of change in a multipolar world”.

The moderator of the meeting was Amirova Alfiya, President of the NGO “International Union of Women”, President of the International Discussion Club “VISION 3000”.

As speakers in the round table participated:

Lazutkina Yulia Viktorovna, Member of the Federation Council Committee on Social Policy;
Ms. Maryam Tajgardun, fashion designer, manager and founder of the Islamic brand “Nura”;
Vicente Barrientos, President of the BRICS Center;
Mirtskhulava Tamila Valerievna, President of the Chamber of Commerce of the Republic of Abkhazia;
Safiullova Rima Gumerovna, General Director of Agro-Firm Kolos LLC;
Badretdinova Vinera Favilovna, President of the Non-Profit Partnership for the Development of Science, Education, Culture and Art “Continuing Education”
Mrs. Doreen Mwebase Rutazindwa is the wife of Mr. Ambassador RUTAZINDWA, Deputy Head of the Mission of the Republic of Uganda. Member of the Committee and Treasurer of the Association of Spouses of African Ambassadors in Moscow (SAAM).
Asia Biskup – Vice President of the NGO “International Union of Women”

 

In the evening, a solemn concert dedicated to the opening of the 2nd International Forum “Woman of the Third Millennium” took place in the great hall of the Moscow House of Nationalities. The co-organizer of the concert program performed Art Center PersOna.

The concert was opened by Alfiya  Amirova, President of the  “international women’s Union”

Sergey Anufrienko, Director of the Moscow House of Nationalities, made a welcoming speech.

The winners of the 4th international photo contest “Mother and Children in national costumes”, as well as the winners of the international award “Woman of the Third Millennium” were awarded at the concert.

The exhibition “By the Hands of a woman” was held at the forum site.

The second day of the business program of the 2nd International Forum opened with a Plenary session “Women’s Movement and the Modern World”.

The moderator of the Plenary session was Amirova Alfiya, President of the  “international women’s Union”

Alfiya Amirova read out a welcome letter to the forum participants from the Commissioner for Human Rights in the Russian Federation, T.N. Moskalkova

At the plenary session, the participants of the forum were welcomed by the official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry in her video message Maria Zakharova.

A welcome letter from the Senator of the Russian Federation was read out Epifanova O.N. with wishes of successful work on the forum site

His Excellency Major General, Ambassador of Burundi to Russia, Mr. Joseph Nkurunziza, Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, addressed the participants of the forum with a welcoming speech.

The speakers were:

  • Gulden Turktan (Turkey)- Sherpa of the Republic of Turkey in the W20, Founding President of the Women’s Twenty (W20), member of the Presidential Council of the Association of Women Entrepreneurs of Turkey “KAGIDER” (KAGIDER), Chairman of the International Women’s Forum in Turkey (IWF-Turkey), Member of the Regional Eurasian Association of Women Leaders in online format
    HER Excellency Aimee Laurentine Kanyana – Ombudsman of the Republic of Burundi
    Potyaeva Tatyana – Commissioner for Human Rights in the city of Moscow
    Mineeva Tatiana  – Commissioner for the Protection of the rights of Entrepreneurs in the city of Moscow. Russian economist and public figure, Candidate of Economics, Winner of the All-Russian competition “Leaders of Russia. Politics”.
    Vincente Barrientos (Brazil)- President of the BRICS Center
    Ms. Dr. Zainab Rastgarpanah (Iran)- Holds a PhD in Gender Studies and Equality Policy / Spain. Specialist in women’s, family and gender law. Member of the analytical center of the Organization for Culture and Islamic Relations. Member of the Board of Directors of the Analytical Center for Public Culture and Family of the Ministry of Culture and Islamic Orientation of Iran. Member of the Board of Directors of the Non-governmental Organization of Active Women of Iran (HINA).
    Celia Domiziano Dantas Montanegro. (Brazil)- General Director of Social Entrepreneurship – Third Sector Aliança Bayeux Franco Brasileira

During the International Forum, strategic and expert sessions, discussion platforms, a meeting of the International Discussion Club “VISION 3000”, a presentation of the regions of Russia and foreign countries, business meetings, discussion of topical social, cultural, interethnic and economic problems of concern to the Russian and international business women’s community, useful master classes were held.

Sessions and round tables on the following topics were announced and held at the forum:

“International partnership of the women’s community in the implementation of initiatives within the framework of global and regional integration associations” (moderator: Amirova A.R. – President of the NGO “International Union of Women”)

  • “Creative industries: prospects for the development of culture and art” (Moderator: Kuznetsova Nadezhda is the co-founder and CEO of the La Atmosfera Center for Creative Art Design at VDNH, the author and head of the exhibition project “HIGH CRAFTS OF RUSSIA”. Art consultant for the creation of collections of contemporary art (course of the Art Institute at Sotheby’s)
  • “The role of CCI systems in supporting small and medium-sized businesses” (Moderator: Suren Vardanyan – Vice President of the Moscow Chamber of Commerce and Industry)
  • “International practices of working with youth” (Moderator:Kamil Landa – Doctor of Political Sciences, Professor of the Department of “International Cooperation” of the RANEPA under the President of the Russian Federation.)

The speakers at the round tables were:

  • Mrs. Doreen Mwebase Rutazindwa is the wife of Mr. Ambassador RUTAZINDWA, Deputy Head of the Mission of the Republic of Uganda. Member of the Committee and Treasurer of the Association of Spouses of African Ambassadors in Moscow (SAAM).
    Mertskhulava Tamila Valerievna – President of the Chamber of Commerce of the Republic of Abkhazia
    Artur Sergeevich Nikolaev – First Deputy Chairman of the Union of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of the Republic of Tatarstan, Member of the Public Council under the Committee on Tourism of the Republic of Tatarstan
    Nabieva Alsu Rustemovna – Rector of the Russian University of Cooperation, Doctor of Economics
    Deputy of the State Council of the Republic of Tatarstan of the sixth convocation
    Maria Afonina, Head of the Association of Women Deputies of the State Council of the Republic of Tatarstan “Merhemet- Mercy”
    , is the Vice—Rector of the Senezh Management Workshop of the presidential platform “Russia is a Country of Opportunities”, coordinator of the “Woman Leader” program, member of the Council of the Eurasian Women’s Forum at the SF.
    Shaykhutdinova Diana Olegovna – General Director of the ANO Directorate of International Programs.
    Irina V. Potyagova – President of the All-Russian Public Organization “Association of Women Entrepreneurs of Russia”
    Irina Petrova – Deputy Head of the Department of Foreign Trade Analytics and Relations with International Organizations of the Department of Foreign Economic and International Relations of the City of Moscow
    Ekaterina S. Udalova – Deputy Director of the Penza Region Entrepreneurship Support Fund “My Business”.Head of the Center for the Development of Creative Industries of the Penza region, Candidate of Economics.
    Vinera Favilovna Badretdinova is an Honorary member of the Russian Academy of Arts. Member of the Coordinating Council under the Government of St. Petersburg for the implementation of the National Strategy of Action for Women for 2023-2030. Candidate of Economic Sciences.
    Karimova Tahmina is a Coordinator for working with artisans in the National Association of Businesswomen of Tajikistan.Co-founder of Ozara Company (Tajikistan)
    Safiullova Rima Gumerovna – General Director of Agrofirma Kolos LLC (Tatarstan).
    Member of the charitable foundation of the International Association of Islamic Business.
    Deputy of the Syundyukovsky rural settlement of the Tetyushsky municipal district.
    Professor Paolo Pascalo. Italy is the founder, founder of the anti-fascist association “Humanity inside the War”. Representative from the University of Udine in the authorities. Honorary member of UNESCO Italy. Founder, head of the International Children’s Drawing Contest “Humanity inside War” under the patronage of UNESCO- Italy, with the participation of 19 countries in an online format.
    Anastasia Alexandrovna Ilyushina is the Chief Specialist of the Department of International Activities of the Department of Youth Projects and Programs of the Federal Agency for Youth Affairs.
    Shakirzyanov Marat Ildusovich is the editor-in-chief of the online publication “Embassy Life”. General Director of the Zur Art Foundation.
    Georgy Rossikhin adviser to the deputy of the Regional Assembly of the Bach Kishkun region, the official representative of the NGO “International Union of Women” in Hungary Ilona Cech, Deputy Director of the NGO Zurart Hungary
    Novozhilov Vladimir Nikolaevich – Honorary Academician of the EUROPEAN Academy of Art, hereditary artist. Head of the painting section of the Union of Artists of Decorative and Applied Arts, member of the International Art Foundation. He was included in the catalog of the BEST ARTISTS OF RUSSIA 2015, 2018,2020.  and D.R. representatives of the regions of the Russian Federation and foreign countries, scientists, cultural and artistic figures, businesswomen, public figures.

The stated topics of the forum are aimed at strengthening the women’s movement in Russia and the interaction between Russian women and representatives of friendly foreign countries. It is important that a lively dialogue of women practitioners in various fields took place on one platform.

The organizer of the 2nd International Forum “Woman of the Third Millennium” was the NGO “International Union of Women”.

General information partner – online publication “Embassy Life”

The forum platform brought together more than 300 delegates from the regions of the Russian Federation and foreign countries (Brazil, the Republic of Burundi, the Republic of Belarus, the Republic of Abkhazia, Iran, Qatar, Cameroon, the Kyrgyz Republic, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uganda, Congo, Namibia, Senegal, Angola, etc.)

The forum was attended by representatives of various branches of small, medium and large businesses, top managers of large Russian and foreign companies, representatives of culture, PR specialists, bloggers, women influencers in the digital environment, HR directors, TV and radio hosts and journalists, representatives of creative industries, digital economy specialists, regional and federal authorities, public figures, international women’s communities.

The official partner of the design of the forum space was the Flower Fashion House AraikGalstyan.

The organizers of the 2nd International Forum “Woman of the Third Millennium” express their deep gratitude for the help in organizing and holding the forum of the Moscow House of Nationalities.

We thank the Government of Moscow (Department of Foreign Economic and International Relations of the City of Moscow, Department of National Policy and Interregional Relations of the City of Moscow) for their support.

Thank you for your help in the conduct of the 2nd International Forum “Woman of the Third Millennium” Mosvolonter.

The gift partners were:

  • Blagodar-Krasnodar: manufacturer of high-quality, natural products. These are unique, balanced, ready-to-eat breakfasts, as well as fruit chips.Using its products, you will always be healthy, full of strength, energy and in a great mood.
    Fedotova Alexandra
    The Gold of Mountains company. Unique honey from the highlands of Kyrgyzstan, collected in the virgin places of the Tien Shan, Pamir, Ferghana Valley., more than 200 mountain herbs. A healing product, a natural antiseptic and antidepressant, normalizes blood pressure, improves the work of the heart muscle, increases immunity and many more healing properties for the body. Multiple prize-winner at international trade fairs. Ancestral history.
  • Kharatyan Aykanush Joniki is a man going to a dream, a budding entrepreneur who believes that sweet and love will save the world, and sweet love will leave no chance.