GGW

• LAS VEGAS, Jan. 31, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Global Gaming Women (GGW) , the gaming industry non-profit dedicated to supporting, inspiring, and influencing the development of professional women, announced the appointment of Lauren Bates to President of the Board of Directors.
• Brandi Ellis, SVP of VIP Marketing at Caesars Entertainment, Inc., has been named to the position of GGW's 2nd Vice President, where Lane had prior served.
• "Since 2011, the focus of Global Gaming Women has been to support, inspire, and influence the development of women in gaming.
• Today, every member of GGW's Board of Directors is centered on that same mission," said GGW President Lauren Bates.

• The annual event, Kick Up Your Heels, supports scholarships for professional women in the gaming industry and celebrates honorees of the Patty Becker Pay It Forward award.
• LAS VEGAS, Oct. 2, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Global Gaming Women (GGW) announces the 13th Annual Kick Up Your Heels premier fundraising event to support the GGW Charitable Education Fund.
• In addition, GGW has a surprise in store for all attendees of this year's Kick Up Your Heels event.
• In addition, this event will also celebrate the honorees of CDC Gaming Report's "10 Women Rising in Gaming", in partnership with Global Gaming Women.

• Reporters, however, failed at the time to pick up on one notable point: that the initiative was not taken within the framework of the African Union (AU).
• This is yet another illustration of the fact that this organisation is struggling to establish itself on the international stage.
• The institution, which replaced the Organisation of African Unity (OAU) in 2002 and brings together the continent’s 55 states, is based on the model of the European Union (EU).

The African Union, a secondary player in international relations

• The number of Turkish diplomatic representations has more than tripled in just 20 years, and China is now the leading investor in Africa.
• Despite all this, Africa’s role on the international stage has not fundamentally changed since the 19th century.
• In the eyes of the outside world, the African continent remains largely a passive subject, a mere supplier of raw materials.

Reforming the African Union and identifying its key objectives

• In this respect, two documents dating from several years ago, whose recommendations have been insufficiently implemented, contain some interesting ideas.
• Objective 7 seems the most likely to generate the massive global support that the pan-African institution really needs.

Great Green Wall and Congo Basin as continental priorities

• We recently suggested stepping up climate communication and public diplomacy on the Congo Basin.
• Bodies such as the Congo Basin Blue Fund, the Congo Basin Forest Partnership (CBFP), the Central African Forest Commission (COMIFAC), and the PAFC Congo Basin Initiative (CBI) are, from this point of view, large-scale environmental initiatives that have already prompted the AU’s main partners to commit themselves wholeheartedly.

Climate action and the African Union

• In light of the above, we believe that climate action and diplomacy, particularly through the GGW initiative and the Congo Basin, could help the AU to restore its international image.
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  Climate action backed by the Congo Basin could yet add more weight to the AU’s diplomacy.

• It is essential that the African Union plays a central role in climate diplomacy.
• The industrialised countries will be among the first beneficiaries of successful action on the GGW and the Congo Basin.

• LAS VEGAS, Sept. 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Global Gaming Women (GGW) congratulates founding Board chair, pioneer, and visionary Virginia McDowell for being one of three inductees to the American Gaming Association's (AGA) Gaming Hall of Fame Class of 2022.
• Honorees will celebrate at an induction ceremony during Global Gaming Expo (G2E) at The Venetian Expo in Las Vegas this October.
• "From the beginning, Virginia has been tirelessly focused on acquiring the support and resources necessary to develop the next generation of women leaders in the gaming industry.
• Global Gaming Women (GGW) supports, inspires,and influences the development of women in the Gaming industry.