International Women Leaders to Speak at UVU Women’s Symposium
David Lymburner on August 22, 2010 in College EntryAugust 23, 2010
For Immediate Release
Women around the world often face similar daily struggles – how to care for their families while maintaining their careers and personal lives. On Thursday, Sept. 2, Utah Valley University will host its annual Women’s Symposium, this year entitled “Women’s Perspectives from Around the Globe.” Women leaders from Azerbaijan, Bolivia, Brazil, Israel, Kyrgyzstan, Liberia, and Malaysia will offer their perspectives on the unique challenges that women face in today’s world.
“These women are powerful leaders in their own right,” said Rusty Butler, associate vice president for International Affairs & Diplomacy at UVU. “They are former diplomats, professors, entrepreneurs and business women who put their lives on hold so that their husbands can serve their respective countries in senior diplomatic posts.”
The speakers, wives of current and former consuls general and ambassadors to the United States, will explore the challenges, choices and opportunities they face in juggling home, family, careers and diplomatic life.
Susan Madsen, an associate professor of management with UVU’s Woodbury School of Business and a noted international women’s leadership studies scholar, will join Tcholpon Akmatalieva, wife of former Kyrgyz Ambassador Baktybek Abdrisaev and a university professor, to moderate the symposium. In addition to participating in the panels, the visiting women will meet with Utah community leaders and businessmen.
“I am thrilled be involved in this international symposium,” said Madsen. “We are extremely fortunate to have these influential women on our campus to discuss their own challenges, choices, and opportunities. These women represent countries throughout the world, and I am personally excited to hear their experiences from their own cultural perspectives with integrating work and life.”
The symposium will be held from 10 a.m. to 12:45 p.m. in the UVU Library, room 120. It is co-hosted by the Office of International Affairs & Diplomacy, the Woodbury School of Business and the UVU Student Association.
Attendance is free and open to the public.
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