International Gender Equality Prize Ceremony and Reception
in honour of Chancellor Merkel
Tuesday, 6 March 2018, Tampere, Finland
PROGRAMME
PRIZE CEREMONY, 14:00 – 15:30
OPENING REMARKS, Anna-Kaisa Ikonen, Chairperson of the Tampere City Council
AWARD SPEECH, Juha Sipilä, Prime Minister of Finland
ADDRESS, Angela Merkel, Federal Chancellor of Germany (video)
PRESENTATION OF THE CAUSE RECEIVING THE PRIZE MONEY
GREETING, Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka, Executive Director, UN Women (video)
MUSIC AND ART PERFORMANCE
PANEL DISCUSSION ON VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN
Introductory remarks, Annika Saarikko, Minister of Family Affairs and Social Services
Jeannette Bougrab, Director, Institut français de Finlande, Helsinki
Katja Iversen, President/CEO, Women Deliver, New York
Dean Peacock, Co-Founder and Co-Executive Director, Sonke Gender Justice, Cape Town
Katja Pehrman, Senior Adviser, UN Women, New York
RECEPTION, 15:30 – 17:00
INTRODUCING THE FINNISH GENDER EQUALITY PERSPECTIVES, Annika Saarikko, Minister of Family Affairs and Social Services
CONTEMPORARY PHOTO EXHIBITION, Meeri Koutaniemi, Photographer