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The World Economic Forum 2018 Global Gender Gap report shows that the Philippines ranks 8th in the world in terms of gender equality. This shows that in comparison with other economies, the country fares better in the areas of women's economic participation and opportunity, educational attainment, health, and political empowerment. This is brought about by a collective action from businesses and institutions implementing human resource practices, campaigns, and initiatives geared towards providing women employees more flexibility, career mentorship, and development.
Meanwhile, there is still potential for growth for gender parity and maximizing the role of women to achieve inclusive economic growth and sustainable development. This capacity especially lies within the middle-managerial to grassroots levels. The ECCP Women in Business Forum 2019 will provide a platform for thought leaders, business managers, government representatives, women empowerment advocates, and other key stakeholders to exchange views and best practices that can address these challenges and advance women empowerment initiatives in the private sector and the society as a whole.
Objectives
- To create awareness of the challenges posed by gender gaps and tackle opportunities that come along with promoting women empowerment
- To share best practices on how organizations have effectively implemented and advanced their women empowerment initiatives
- To conduct deep dive sessions to present concrete ideas, strategies, and approaches for implementing organizational initiatives in different workplace scenarios
- To understand how the private sector can contribute to a whole-of-society approach in support of addressing gender inequalities and providing equitable opportunities for all
Target Audience
This forum will bring together like-minded individuals, both MEN and WOMEN, that share the same vision on an equitable workplace for all. Participants will include:
- Thought leaders, C-level Executives, Business Managers
- HR practitioners
- Female employees
- Government representatives
- Academe and Civil Society Organizations
- Women empowerment advocates
Sponsors and Partners
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Mentors
The first 50 registered participants will have exclusive access to a mentoring session with successful female business leaders to discuss life, leadership, career growth, and industry focused issues.
Ms. Carmie De Leon
Vice-President for Sales and Marketing
Healthway Medical
Ms. Carmie De Leon is Healthway Medical's Vice-President for Sales and Marketing. She has over 3 decades of corporate experience in the fields of sales, marketing, people management, operations and customer service.
In love with the promise of healthy lifestyle, Carmie leaves the office by 5pm. She balances her schedule by allocating time with family, friends and personal activities like belly dancing, pole dancing, pound (fitness with drumsticks).
On top of this, Carmie is fond of cooking, painting and writing. Her artworks and blog site sexyprettygranny.net are some of her anti- stressors.
Ms. Jen Alava-Francisco
Training Director
Spiderhook
For the past 13 years, Jen Alava-Francisco has been developing front-liners and senior leaders in the Philippines, Singapore, Shanghai, and Malaysia. Her passion is in creating learning organizations through employee enablement and empowerment. Jen has supported organizations to establish, and enhance their learning academies, branded customer experience strategy, strategic execution, communication, emotional intelligence, resilience, strategic selling, disciplines of execution, coaching, and professional image.
She teaches at the Tantoco Graduate School of Business in Jose Rizal University, and serves as the learning committee head of the Women in Business Committee of the European Chamber of Commerce of the Philippines. As learning committee head, she has facilitated sessions on self-discovery and empowerment, and moderated the leadership mentoring session.
Ms. Evangeline Imperial
Director of Sales & Marketing
Solaire
A dynamic, results-oriented business professional with strong leadership qualities. The ability to lead, inspire and forge effective teams that accomplishes goals and other objectives. Confident and personal presence with strong interpersonal and communication skills. Thirty plus years of proven accomplishments in Luxury Hotel Sales and Marketing, Operations and Management.
Currently, Director of Sales & Marketing for Solaire Resort Manila, where she is responsible for directing and strategizing the sales and marketing activities to growth resort revenues.
Ms. Sheila Lobien
Chief Executive Officer
Lobien Realty Group
Sheila Lobien is currently the Chief Executive Officer and the main force in putting up Lobien Realty Group, Inc. (LRG), a full-service real estate consultancy and property investments strategy firm engaged in commercial and office space leasing, capital investments optimization and property acquisition and sales. She envisions LRG to become a major player in the Philippines' real estate industry in the next several years. Sheila believes that LRG's core team-- which was instrumental in leasing out more than a million square meters of office and commercial space in key business districts in the Philippines in less than a decade-- will bring the same professionalism, dedication and phenomenal performance in LRG.
Sheila advocates gender equality and women empowerment. She currently chairs the Women in Business Committee of the European Chamber of Commerce in the Philippines (ECCP), whose key activities provide an avenue for mentoring, networking and other social activities geared to uplifting women professionals in the Philippines.
Atty. Maria Christina Macasaet-Acaban
Partner
Quisumbing Torres
Maria Christina Macasaet-Acaban is a partner, and the head of the Corporate & Commercial Practice Group, the Healthcare Industry Group, and the Competition Focus Group, in Quisumbing Torres, a member firm of Baker & McKenzie International. She is a member of the Asia Pacific Healthcare Steering Committee, and the Asia Pacific Competition Steering Committee. She has 20 years of experience advising and representing multinational corporations on domestic and cross-border transactions. She is cited as a Leading Individual in Corporate/M&A by the Legal 500 Asia Pacific 2019 and Highly Regarded Lawyer in Corporate/M&A by the IFLR1000 Corporate guide 2019.
Christina's practice focuses on mergers and acquisitions, foreign investments and structuring, antitrust and competition, and corporate reorganizations and restructuring for a range of industries.