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