The panel, which included IMF Managing Director Christine Lagarde, as well as businesswomen, a physicist, a social activist and a prime minister, was lauded as a bold attempt to increase female representation at the notoriously male-dominated event. However, Angela Kane, a senior fellow at the Vienna Center for Disarmament and Non-Proliferation, who has spoken at the summit in the past, believes the WEF is still out of step with the rest of the business world.
If you look at economic topics, there are more CEOs that are men than women, but I still think that if you really look for women, you can find them. Kane left the UN in August after 38 years and told Global Insight shortly after retiring that she hoped to see a woman appointed as Secretary-General one day. The really important jobs in the organisation are not held by women. Creating flexible workplaces, embedding diversity in the culture at all levels and a sense of responsibility in choosing businesses that demonstrate gender diversity are some of the steps that can have an immediate impact.
Bueno, who also co-chairs the IBA Women Lawyers' Interest Group, says ensuring women have access to justice is vital to upholding their rights. Therefore, we engage our lawyers and attorneys to defend clients who do not have sufficient resources to pay for legal services or seek rights in the Judiciary.
Both Kaura and Bueno say there has been progress in their countries. International Bar Association is incorporated as a Not-for-Profit Corporation under the laws of the State of New York in the United States of America and is registered with the Department of State of the State of New York with registration number - and the liability of its members is limited. Sign in. Join the IBA Membership directory. Conference diary Specialist conference sponsorship.
Angela Kane.
