W20 EU Update – Autumn 2018
Find out here about W20 EU Delegation outreach activities in Autumn 2018, including participation of Françoise Le Bail, Head of Delegation, and Cheryl Miller Van Dÿck, new W20 EU Delegate, at the W20 Argentina Summit 2018 in Buenos Aires.
17 September – Digital Skills and Jobs Governing Board Meeting (Brussels): On 17 September at the European Commission in Brussels, Cheryl Miller Van Dÿck joined the fourth meeting of the Governing Board of the Digital Skills and Jobs Coalition of Europe of which she is a member.
18 September – Women Entrepreneurs in Horizon 2020 (Brussels): On 18 September in Brussels, Cheryl Miller Van Dÿck gave a presentation on “women entrepreneurs in the digital economy,” including best practices and challenges they face, in the context of an event hosted by the EMPOWA project – aiming to enhance activities by women entrepreneurs in Horizon 2020.
24 September – 1st Annual Meeting of the Interest Group on Women Entrepreneurship, European Parliament (Brussels): At the European Parliament in Brussels on 24 September, Cheryl Miller Van Dÿck joined the 1st Annual Meeting of the Interest Group on Women Entrepreneurship, hosted by Ms. Sirpa Pietikainen MEP, IGWE Chair, with the Women Entrepreneurship Platform.
1-3 October – W20 Summit (Buenos Aires, Argentina): Francoise Le Bail and Cheryl Miller Van Dÿck joined the W20 Summit, taking place on 1-3 October, as part of the 2018 G20 in Argentina. Ms. Le Bail is Head of Delegation and Ms. Miller Van Dÿck is W20 EU Delegate contributing the W20 Argentina process on the topics of Digital Inclusion, Financial Inclusion, Labor Inclusion and Rural Development.
9 October – “Portray Her: Representations of Women STEM Characters in Media” (Los Angeles): On 9 October, Cheryl Miller Van Dÿck joined a Global Symposium on Gender in Media entitled “Portray Her: Representations of Women STEM Characters in Media,” hosted by the Geena Davis Institute on Gender in Media and Lyda Hill Foundation, at the Writers Guild of America West in Los Angeles.
16 October – COPA Innovation Award for Women Farmers 2018 (Brussels): On 16 October, Cheryl Miller Van Dÿck gave a presentation on women-led entrepreneurship at the COPA Innovation Award for Women Farmers 2018, that took place in Brussels.
18 October – d-Lab Roundtable at Biennal Open City (Barcelona): On 18 October, Cheryl Miller Van Dÿck contributed to a Barcelona Mobile World Capital panel discussion on “Empowering Women in the Tech industry” in the context of the Biennal Open City festival of the Ajuntament de Barcelona. The panel was part of a celebration of winning projects for the 2018 d-Lab challenge.
23 October -“Why are there so few women who tech?” with Womenquake (Brussels): Cheryl Miller Van Dÿck joined a panel hosted by Womenquake Belgium, on 23 October at the Google Atelier in Brussels, to discuss the question “Why are there so few women who tech?“
W20 EU Delegation members are actively engaged in outreach activities with our stakeholders around the world that promote feminist EU civil society and the interests of the girls and women of the European Union, the G20 nations, and beyond.
For upcoming events of the W20 EU Delegation and our stakeholders, please visit here, and to browse past activities, please click here.
