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OAS Development Council to Host U.S. White House Advisor Ivanka Trump and OPIC President for Discussion of Women´s Empowerment in the Region

  August 24, 2018

The Inter-American Council for Integral Development (CIDI) of the Organization of American States (OAS) will meet on Monday, August 27 at 14:00 EDT (18:00) in the Hall of the Americas at OAS headquarters to discuss “Financial Empowerment of Women for the Sustainable Social and Economic Development of the Americas.”

In addition to the Secretary General of the OAS, Luis Almagro, the meeting will feature the following speakers:

• Ivanka Trump, White House Advisor
• Ray W. Washburne, President and CEO of Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC)

Journalists wishing to cover the event should arrive at the OAS headquarters between 12:00 and 13:10 with their identification and that of the media they represent.

Please consult the agenda of the meeting here. Note that changes to the agenda may yet be made before the meeting.

The meetings will be broadcast live - with interpretation in Spanish, English, French and Portuguese- on the OAS Website and the OAS Facebook page

Press Contact: Mónica Reyes ([email protected])

WHAT: OAS Development Council to Discuss Women’s Empowerment in the Americas

WHEN: Monday, August 27 at 14:00 EDT (18:00 GMT)

WHERE: Hall of the Americas
Organization of American States
17th Street & Constitution Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20006

Reference: AVI-105/18