CORRECTED: UN Global Compact joins partners to ring the bell for gender equality at more than 100 stock exchanges
March 02, 2021 21:07 ET | Source: United Nations Global Compact United Nations Global Compact New York, New York, UNITED STATES
New York, NY, March 02, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) CORRECTION: In the original version of this announcement issued earlier today, the locations of a number of stock exchanges were incorrectly listed. Please find an updated and corrected list of participating exchanges and organizations below. Please also note the total number has increased to 105.
UNITED NATIONS, New York, 2 March 2021 For the seventh consecutive year, the UN Global Compact will participate in Ring the Bell for Gender Equality a collaboration of stock exchanges around the world ringing opening or closing bells to celebrate International Women’s Day on 8 March and promote the Women s Empowerment Principles (WEPs).
Theme: Women in leadership: Achieving an equal future in a COVID-19 world Date: Monday, March 1, 2021
Media contact: media.team[at]unwomen.org
(New York, 1 March) – This year’s International Women’s Day (8 March) comes as the world continues to navigate the COVID-19 pandemic and its staggering impacts on women – from being pushed into poverty, to loss of jobs as the informal economy shrinks, to an alarming spike in domestic violence and the unpaid care burden and will highlight the pressing need for the 2021 Generation Equality Forum. The Forum, which will take place virtually from 29 to 31 March in Mexico and in France in June, will catalyze urgent investments, policies and programmes to accelerate global gender equality.
UN Global Compact joins partners to ring the bell for gender equality at 99 stock exchanges
UN Global Compact ringing the Nasdaq opening bell on 1 March 2021.
New York, NY, March 02, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) UNITED NATIONS, New York, 2 March 2021 For the seventh consecutive year, the UN Global Compact will participate in Ring the Bell for Gender Equality a collaboration of stock exchanges around the world ringing opening or closing bells to celebrate International Women’s Day on 8 March and promote the Women’s Empowerment Principles (WEPs).
The initiative is a partnership between the UN Global Compact, IFC, Sustainable Stock Exchanges (SSE) Initiative, UN Women, the World Federation of Exchanges and Women in ETFs to draw attention to women’s economic empowerment, and the opportunities for the private sector to advance gender equality and sustainable development.
The World Federation Of Exchanges Publishes Women Leaders List For 2021 Date
01/03/2021
The World Federation of Exchanges (“The WFE”), the global industry group for exchanges and CCPs, today published its inaugural annual Women Leaders List.
The WFE’s Women Leaders initiative aims to shine the spotlight on some of the talented and gifted women in our industry. The industry initiative drew almost 60 nominations from every corner of the world as the WFE’s global membership put forward their talented existing, and future, leaders. From the total pool of nominations, 21 women were awarded a place on the list in a very competitive process run by 9 distinguished judges.
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