Last year I attended the Global Summit of Women in Vietnam. This year’s conference was in Chile just a couple of weeks ago. The Australian Businesswomen’s Network has been a partner of the summit for many years and today we received this lovely message from the president of the program – a woman who has, for 19 years, committed herself to helping women gather around the world to network, learn and be inspired. Next year’s conference is in China and we plan to take a group of women along to represent Australia. More news as soon as we have details. We’d love you to join us.
I would like to extend my appreciation for Australian Businesswomen’s Network’s participation as an International Partner to the 2009 Global Summit of Women held in Chile this May. We are proud to count you among the 84 partners from 50 countries who supported the Global Summit of Women this year. Your partnership with the Summit contributed greatly to the diversity of our Summit ‘family’. There was a great deal of excitement at this year´s Summit, partly as a result of coming together in such large numbers during a most difficult time globally. We are receiving very positive comments from government ministers, corporate executives and entrepreneurs alike for an exciting, dynamic global forum, which featured some of the best and the brightest women from different parts of the world. Your support plays a critical role, because in addition to sending delegates to the Summit, our partner organizations share important lessons from the Summit following the event itself. In fact, we have been busy since we returned from Chile adding material to our website. I invite you – and your members – to see for yourself what the 2009 Global Summit of Women was all about by visiting our updated website, www.globewomen.org, (click on Global Summit of Women). Even after 19 years, I remain enthused and awed by the talent and expertise exhibited by the women who participate at the Summit. Organizations like yours which carve a path for others to follow make this a worthwhile, albeit difficult to organize, forum as it rotates yearly continent to continent. Thank you very much for giving us your support. Best wishes and I hope that you can make your way to Beijing next year for the Summit’s 20th anniversary. Sincerely, Irene Natividad Summit President
