UN Women, together with the Department of Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities and the Motsepe Foundation, cordially invite you to participate in the webinar ‘Empowering Women Through Preferential Procurement.

The webinar will focus on the Procurement Bill and highlight best practices on preferential procurement for women-owned enterprises during COVID-19. Recognising the important linkages between inclusive growth and women’s economic empowerment, participants will discuss how the Bill can be instrumental in increasing the level of government, corporate and institutional procurement secured by women-owned businesses so that women entrepreneurs and their communities benefit. The outputs of the webinar will inform the submission to the Procurement Bill which is due to Parliament by 30 June 2020.

Panelists: 

- Dr Annette Griessel, Acting Director-General, Department of Women, Youth and Persons with Disability

-  Ms Anne Githuku-Shongwe, UN Women South Africa Multi-Country Office Representative

- Dr Precious Moloi-Motsepe, Chair Motsepe Foundation

- Ms Keketso Maema, Chief Executive Officer, Commission for Gender Equality

-  Ms Phelisa Nkomo, Development Economist and Member of the South African Women in Dialogue

Moderator: Ms Debbie Tagg - Chief Operations Officer, Commerce Edge