Dialogue with President Tarja Halonen of Finland

The Women's Dialogue is a 3 part series of virtual dialogues which will feature live interviews and participation of current and former female Heads of State including Madam Ellen Johnson Sirleaf and President Tarja Halonen interacting with a global audience of future leaders and will produce recommendations and solutions on how to break down barriers to leadership. They are being organised in collaboration with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Liberia. Each Dialogue consists of a 2 hour event supported by videoconferencing and live streaming. The purpose of these Dialogues is to bring together young people and others concerned with issues related to female leadership in an international conversation with women leaders in different regions of the world. The outputs of these videoconferences, including recommendations will be collated and presented to the International Colloquium in March 2009.

At the heart of the 2nd dialogue will be an interview with President Tarja Halonen of Finland, a well-known figure in respect to women and leadership issues. This interview will be followed by a local discussion in each of the local participating sites where participants can discuss the topic of women in leadership in the local context with others taking part in the Dialogue in their local site. The final part of the event will be an open moderated discussion with President Tarja Halonen linking participants in all sites.

To read more about the upcoming dialogue, click here.