Category: Event

2022 Gender Summit of the MDB Working Group on Gender

16 – 19 May 2022
Cairo
Summit: European Investment Bank; Islamic Development Bank Day 2: EBRD

The European Investment Bank and Islamic Development Bank are co-hosting the 2022 Gender Summit of the Multilateral Development Banks Working Group on Gender.

The theme is “Building back better: advancing gender equality for a more resilient future”.

The three-day summit will focus on a different topic each day, namely the care economy, climate action and digitalisation.

The EBRD is organising Day 2 of the summit on 18 May with the theme “Gender equality and climate action nexus”. There will be a panel session entitled “Inequality and external shocks: creating opportunities and building resilience”, along with two further sessions: “Beyond barriers: women’s access to climate finance” and “Building back better: green skills and new employment opportunities” led by the Caribbean Development Bank and the African Development Bank, respectively.

The three-day event will take place in a hybrid format under the patronage of the Egyptian Ministry of International Cooperation, the Ministry of Planning and Economic Development, and the National Council for Women, and paves the way for COP27 hosted by Egypt later this year.

EEOC TO HOLD HEARING ON RACE, SEX, AND NATIONAL ORIGIN DISCRIMINATION IN CONSTRUCTION

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), will host a hearing on May 17 to examine discrimination based on race, national origin, and sex in construction and consider potential solutions to increasing diversity, equity, and inclusion in the sector.

The hearing, “Knocking Down Walls: Discrimination and Harassment in Construction,” will provide historical, statistical and experiential evidence of race- and sex-based harassment and discrimin­ation that has limited opportunities for Black, Asian, Hispanic, Native American and female workers in construction. The hearing will also explore promising practices to prevent and address systemic discrim­ination so that historically marginalized workers can contribute to the $1.2 trillion federal effort to improve America’s infrastructure.

WHO:

  • Japlan “Jazz” Allen, Treasurer & Iron Worker, Chicago Women in Trades
  • Janel Bailey, Co-Executive Director of Organizing & Programs, Los Angeles Black Workers Center
  • James Bobseine, Trial Attorney, EEOC Buffalo Local Office
  • David Chincanchan, Policy Director, Workers Defense Project
  • Trevor Griffey, Lecturer of U.S. History, UC Irvine
  • Nicole Mason, President & CEO, Institute for Women’s Policy Research
  • Ken Simonson, Chief Economist, Associated General Contractors of America
  • Melissa Wells, Special Assistant to the President for Diversity and Inclusion, North America’s Building Trades Union
  • Chris Winters, Military & Tribal Liaison, International Union of Painters and Allied Trades District Council # 5
  • Gary, Iron Worker

WHEN: Tuesday, May 17, 10:30 a.m. EDT

WHERE:

The meeting will be held as a live-streamed videoconference, with an option for listen-only audio dial-in by telephone. More instructions will be posted on www.eeoc.gov 24 hours before the meeting.

The EEOC advances opportunity in the workplace by enforcing federal laws prohibiting employment discrimination. More information about the EEOC’s work generally can be found at www.eeoc.gov. Stay connected with the latest EEOC news by subscribing to our email updates.

Gina M. Raimondo to Join President Biden and other U.S. Government Leaders at the U.S.-EU Summit in Brussels, Belgium

On June 14-16, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina M. Raimondo will travel to Brussels, Belgium to join President Biden, Secretary Blinken, Ambassador Tai and EU government leaders at the U.S.-EU Summit. In addition to supporting President Biden’s mission at the U.S.-EU Summit, Secretary Raimondo will meet with European Union government leaders and industry leaders to discuss strengthening the transatlantic partnership and economic and digital cooperation. This marks her first official international trip as Secretary.

President Biden to Join Secretary Raimondo at the 2021 SelectUSA Investment Summit

U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina M. Raimondo today announced that President Joseph R. Biden, Jr. will provide prerecorded remarks at the 2021 SelectUSA Investment Summit, to be held virtually June 7-11. President Biden will join Cabinet Secretaries, Governors, CEOs, and other public and private sector leaders eager to strike global business investment deals for the United States and share insights on the latest innovations and trends in an effort to support and create jobs.

“Since taking office, President Biden has made our economic recovery a top priority – and growing U.S. trade and foreign direct investment are an important component of that,” said Secretary Raimondo. “I am proud to stand alongside him in making a powerful case to the world that the U.S. is the best place for any nation to do business.”

In addition to President Biden, Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg will now participate in the SelectUSA Investment Summit. They join Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen, Labor Secretary Marty Walsh, Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack, Small Business Administration Administrator Isabel Guzman, Governors, top CEOs, and small business leaders for the highest-profile event dedicated to promoting foreign direct investment in the United States.

For nine years in a row, the United States has been ranked by A.T. Kearney as the top place for foreign business investment. Many important investment deals are conducted at the SelectUSA Investment Summit, and since inception it has generated more than $48.4 billion in foreign direct investment, supporting more than 45,000 jobs in the United States.

The Investment Summit provides opportunities to spotlight America’s innovative climate, diversity of resources and robust workforce which can contribute to global success for foreign investors. The event will promote four pillars to increase American competitiveness: 1) Revitalizing U.S. manufacturing and developing advanced industries; 2) Building a 21st century workforce; 3) Maintaining leadership in global innovation; and 4) Promoting America, at home and abroad. Biden-Harris Administration priorities will also be discussed, such as the American Jobs Plan, the American Rescue Plan implementation, other COVID-19 economic recovery efforts, job creation, building back better and more inclusivity.

Housed within the U.S. Department of Commerce, SelectUSA promotes and facilitates business investment into the United States by coordinating related federal government agencies to serve as a single point of contact for investors. SelectUSA assists U.S. economic development organizations to compete globally for investment by providing information, a platform for international marketing, and high-level advocacy. SelectUSA also helps investors find the information they need to make decisions; connect to the right people at the local level; navigate the federal regulatory system; and find solutions to issues related to the federal government.

Amber Martinez, Made an Official Judge of the 2021 Asian Film Festival

Amber Martinez, Made an Official Judge of the 2021 Asian Film Festival

On Saturday November 7th, 2020, the official judges were announced for next year’s 2021 Asian Film Festival (https://asianfilmfestival.us).

Among the announced judges was Amber Martinez, actress and producer. Amber Martinez has worked on many films and television projects. Some of her well-known film projects are Dead Ant, Madness in the Method, Glass Jaw, Fight of Fury, Guitars and Guns, Bond of Justice: Kizuna, and Senior Entourage.

In the film Senior Entourage, Amber Martinez worked with an amazing all-star cast, including Ed Asner, Marion Ross, Mark Rydell, Charles Robinson, James Handy, David Lockhart, Brian Conners, and the late Helen Reddy.

Amber Martinez

Some television projects, that Ms. Martinez has worked on include 68 Whiskey, Why Women Kill, NCIS,
S.W.A.T., Homeland, and Dirty John: Betty Broderick. Her latest project that she is working on is the film
Christmas Slasher, where she stars in the role of “Victoria” and she is also an Executive Producer on the
film. Presenting this honor on Nov. 7th, 2020, was the festival director himself, Jason Quin.

The event took place at the new luxury hotel The Maybourne Beverly Hills, located at 225 N Canon Dr, Beverly
Hills, CA 90210.

The event was photographed by Guillermo Proano. Also, in attendance at the official announcement were international recording artist Josh Moreland, actress Rebecca Holden,TV host Shelley Sykes, philanthropist Leith Eaton, and former Hollywood Foreign Press AssociationPresident, Aida Takla.

When asked about receiving the honor of being a judge for the 2021 Asian Film Festival, Ms. Martinez replied, “It is truly an honor and I am so incredibly grateful for this opportunity…”

Amber Martinez has a few official websites, http://www.amber-martinez.com and her fan website http://www.ambermartinezofficial.com.

Festival Director Jason-Quin and Amber-Martinez

Amber Martinez official social media connections are as follows:
Twitter: @__AmberMartinez, Instagram: @amber_martinez_official, and Facebook Fan Page: www.facebook.com/theofficialambermartinez.

This original article was published by: London-TV.co.uk

The Confederation Institute of Education is a sponsor of the 2nd Annual Asian Film Festival Los Angeles 2020 and plans research projects to support the practice of Asian young filmmakers and student film directors.

第三十届世界亚裔小姐美国总决赛在洛杉矶成功落幕

12月8日由美国国际商会主办的2018第三十届世界亚裔小姐选美大赛美国总决赛，在具有百年历史的美国洛杉矶千禧酒店成功落下帷幕。

参加本届美国总决赛的18位参赛佳丽，经过民族服装、泳装、运动装、才艺表演、礼服和机智问答环节的激烈竞赛，加州州立大学波莫纳分校酒店管理专业的美国亚裔参赛佳丽波尔瓦尼以最高得分摘得桂冠，荣获2018世界亚裔小姐冠军称号；来自中国四川电影电视学院播音主持专业的本科学生张语轩荣获本届总决赛亚军，第三名季军由来自蒙古国的参赛佳丽吉布呼兰摘取。

本届总决赛的参赛佳丽们才貌双全，光彩夺目，具有高学历、才艺高的特点，分别荣获了专项奖。

出任本届总决赛的评委均是来自美国好莱坞演艺、电影、时尚届的知名人士和业界的翘楚，他们的加入突显了本届大赛评审的专业性和权威性。大赛特邀嘉宾也都是政界、工商界、艺术界的成功人士，他们对本届大赛参赛选手、组织策划、灯光舞美都给予了高度评价。

中国赛区选送赴美的本届参赛佳丽均表现优秀，张语轩荣获了世界亚裔小姐总决赛亚军，吴桢蕙荣获世界亚裔小姐形象大使奖和最佳泳装展示奖，赵梦婷、王海燕分别荣获世界亚裔小姐最佳魅力奖和世界亚裔小姐最佳上镜奖，通过世界亚裔小姐选美大赛的顶级舞台展示了中国参赛佳丽的亮丽风彩。

加州洛杉矶郡政府在大赛颁奖典礼现场对美国国际商会主办第三十届世界亚裔小姐大赛所作出的杰出成就与贡献颁发了荣誉奖状，表彰美国国际商会，以及联合主办方美国全美电视台为促进国际文化交流所作出努力和杰出贡献。

美国国际商会主席豪姆斯·司特乐表示，感谢联合主办单位、协办单位及承办单位的协作与支持，感谢执行团队的努力工作，特别感谢各赞助商的大力支持，本届世界亚裔小姐选美大赛再次将美国与世界联接在一起，增进各国人民友谊，促进共同发展繁荣，展示了世界人民和谐发展共同繁荣美好愿望。

美国国际商会执行主席、世界亚裔小姐选美大赛组委会执行主席秦嘉豪在总决赛颁奖典礼现场表示，2019世界亚裔小姐选美大赛即将启动，全球范围内的报名海选也将展开，欢迎国际知名企业参与支持，携手合作、共创辉煌。

作为具有公益性质的本届大赛得到了美国及海外媒体的大力合作，获得了包括达美航空、中国南方航空、联盟知库等知名企业和机构的鼎力赞助与合作支持，使得2018第三十届世界亚裔小姐选美大赛美国总决赛盛典再创辉煌，成功圆满落下帷幕。

世界亚裔小姐选美大赛1980年代初期创办于美国加州洛杉矶，即将到来的2019年将迎来第31届。世界亚裔小姐选美大赛是美国国际商会拥有的知名大赛品牌之一，是最具知名度的世界性亚裔选美盛典，也是目前世界性最顶级的选美大赛。大赛每年在世界范围内主办和推广赛事活动，旨在鼓励优秀亚裔佳丽的文化自信和女神风范。通过在全球范围内公开遴选、甄评和推介出的“世界亚裔小姐选美大赛”获奖者，均是优秀亚裔女性代表，她们在形体、知性和心灵塑造方面所展现出来的东方之美，是整个亚裔女性整体特征的缩影，也是全球亚裔族群共同的骄傲。

Upcoming: 2018 Miss Asia International Pageant Final – Los Angeles

We cordially invite you to join us in this grand occasion.

Millennium Biltmore Hotel Los Angeles

506 S. Grand Ave.

Los Angeles, CA 90071

The Miss Asia International Pageant is one of the world’s most prestigious beauty pageants hosted by the American International Chamber of Commerce (AICC) and one of the most prestigious competitions under the Miss Asia International Pageant Committee. The winner of the Miss Asian International Pageant selected, evaluated and promoted worldwide is an outstanding representative of Asian women. Their oriental beauty in appearance, intellectual and spiritual shaping is the epitome of the overall characteristics of Asian women and the common pride of Asian ethnic groups around the world. So far, the competition has successfully held 29 sessions. The 30th Miss Asia International Pageant Final Los Angeles will be held at the Millennium Hotel Los Angeles on Dec 8, 2018.

The China division of this year’s Miss Asia International Pageant has successfully held the region finals in Shenyang and the Chengdu in this September and October 2018. The China Final was successfully held in Beijing on November 11st 2018

The annual Miss Asia International Pageant has become the most famous beauty pageant in China and Asian countries. Through the beauty pageant contest, the diversity of Asian ethnic culture in the United States and the beauty that Asian women have both in common and distinctive features are shown. The contest is a huge public cultural activities, 2018 Miss Asia International Pageant of all the sponsorship benefits, all will be donated to the 501 (c) (3) non-profit cultural education research institutions – The Confucius Institute of Education, dba Confederation Institute of Education (CIE), a think tank, help implement the “Asian Youth Culture Innovation Entrepreneurship Volunteers Project ” of public welfare undertakings, and promote the minority cultures of innovation entrepreneurship research cooperation and exchanges.

For more information about Miss Asia International Pageant, please visit in website and facebook at

https://missasiainternational.org/ : https://www.facebook.com/maip1980

美国国际商会赞助联盟智库

世界亚裔小姐选美大赛是由美国国际商会(AICC)拥有的国际知名品牌，也是每年主办的世界上最负盛名的选美比赛之一，通过大赛在世界范围内选拔、评估和推广世界亚裔小姐大赛的获胜者是亚裔妇女的杰出代表。她们的外表形象、才华和精神上的东方美是亚裔女性整体特征的缩影，也是全世界亚裔民族的共同骄傲。目前，已成功举办过29届。第30届世界亚裔小姐总决赛将于2018年12月8日在洛杉矶千禧酒店举行。

今年世界亚裔小姐大赛中国赛区已于今年9月和10月分别在沈阳和成都成功举行了分赛区总决赛。11月11日，中国总决赛在北京成功举行。

一年一度的世界亚裔小姐选美大赛已经在亚洲及中国成为最著名的选美比赛。通过选美大赛，展示了美国亚裔民族文化的多样性，以及亚裔女性既有共同特征又有鲜明特征的魅力。该比赛是一个巨大的公共文化活动，2018世界亚裔小姐大赛的全部赞助和门票收益，都将捐赠给501(c)(3)非营利性文化教育研究机构——联盟智库(CIE)，帮助实现“亚洲青年文化创新创业志愿者项目”的公益事业，促进少数民裔文化的创新创业研究合作与交流。

更多关于世界亚裔小姐大赛的信息，请访问其官网和脸书：

https://missasiainternational.org

https://www.facebook.com/maip1980