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Stock exchanges ring their opening bells for gender equality
Monday, March 9, 2015
In celebration of the 20th anniversary of the Fourth World Conference on Women in Beijing and International Women’s Day, stock exchanges from around the world joined UN Women, the UN Global Compact and the Sustainable Stock Exchanges Initiative in supporting gender equality and highlighting the pivotal role of the private sector in empowering women.
Women for results: climate change initiatives highlighted at COP-19
Tuesday, November 19, 2013
From building high-quality bamboo bicycles in Ghana to Australia’s “1 Million Women” movement for action on climate change, six winners of the Momentum for Change initiative were showcased on Gender Day at COP-19.
Presentation by Michelle Bachelet and Julia Duncan Cassell at a side event on the COMMIT Initiative
Wednesday, March 6, 2013
Presentation by Michelle Bachelet and Julia Duncan-Cassell at the high-level side event on the COMMIT Initiative, 5 March, 2013, in New York.