FDI Center to host webinar on integrating gender equality in investment promotion

In line with the International Women’s Day 2025 theme “Accelerate Action”, FDI Center will host a webinar on “Integrating Gender Equality in Investment Promotion to Accelerate Action and Boost Investment Outcomes”. The webinar will take place on Wednesday, March 26 at 14:00 CET.  

The webinar will cover the following areas:  

• The business case for gender equality in investment promotion: How gender considerations drive economic and community benefits delivered by the session moderators Heather-Taylor Strauss, Economic Affairs Officer, UN ESCAP and Andreas Dressler, Managing Director, FDI Center.  

• Practical recommendations: Key findings from FDI Center’s latest report presented by FDI Center colleagues and writers of the report Kathryn Rothwell and Nada Snoussi.

• IPA and investor roundtable: Four IPA representatives and two global investors will share impactful strategies, initiatives and achievements in gender equality.  

We are thrilled to announce a panel of experts from around the globe who will be participating in the IPA and Investor roundtable section:  

• Maria Rosario Jotie Dominguez, Director for the Domestic Investments Promotion Service, Board of Investments Philippines

• Ana Laura Vega, Chief of Staff, ProComer (Costa Rica’s Trade and Investment Promotion Agency)

• Maria Magdaleena Lamp, Digital Marketing and PR Project Manager, the Estonian Investment Agency

• Maria Angela N. Esquivel, Asia Corporate Affairs Director, FrieslandCampina

• Paranee Adulyapichet, Head of Public Affairs and Sustainability ASEAN, Bayer

• A representative from ApexBrasil.