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The social nature of women has historically dictated their role in preserving and handing down national spiritual and moral values and traditions, be it in the context of families, intercultural dialogue, or the foundations of global peace and cooperation. A woman is the bearer of traditions, a keeper, and a conveyer. She passes them on to future generations. This relay race is what forms cultural heritage, people’s identity, and the cultural code that distinguishes them.

How are contemporary women fulfilling their mission as guardians of traditions? What role do traditions play in modern culture? Does today’s society need traditions? How does the mixing of traditions affect the development of cultures? What role do traditions play in forming a solidary society? How important are traditions in maintaining peace and trust? What is the role of corporate traditions? How are traditions transforming under the influence of modern technologies? What role do traditions play in economic development? How does globalization affect traditional cultural practices?

Moderator:
Elena Malysheva — Coordinator of the project of the Council of the Eurasian Women's Forum "Women for the Preservation of Traditions", Head, National Center for Historical Memory under the President of the Russian Federation, Russian Federation (Moscow)

Panellists:
Maryam Bint Ali Al-Misand — Minister of Social Development and Family of the State of Qatar, State of Qatar;
Nina Veysalova — Vice President, Association of Indigenous Peoples of the North, Siberia, and the Far East of the Russian Federation, Russian Federation (St. Petersburg)
Marina Medvedeva — Member of the Management Board - Managing Director, SIBUR, Russian Federation (Moscow)
Natalia Nikolaeva — Chairman, Chuvash Republican Public Organization Union of Women of Chuvashia, Russian Federation (Republic of Chuvashia);
Olga Nyuman — Coordinator of Socially Significant Projects, Member of the Management Board, Leningrad Regional Public Organization Vepsan Kond, Russian Federation (Leningrad region);
Gloria Sandoval Salas — Executive Director of the Mexican Agency for International Development Cooperation, Co-Chair of the Russian-Mexican Joint Commission on Cultural Cooperation, United Mexican States;
Nabeela Farida Tunis — Minister of Tourism and Culture of the Republic of Sierra Leone, Republic of Sierra Leone;