<p><span>Qatar Stock Exchange (QSE) today celebrated the International Women s Day and organized a bell-ringing ceremony to commemorate gender equality and recognize women for their role in the fighting against COVID-19.</span></p>
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The Nigerian Stock Exchange has vowed to prioritise the inclusion of women on the board positions of its demutualised entities.
Chief Executive Officer of the NSE, Oscar Onyema, made the vow on Monday during the commemoration of the International Women’s Day 2021 hosted virtually in collaboration with United Nations Global Compact, UN Women, Sustainable Stock Exchanges Initiative, International Finance Corporation, World Federation of Exchanges and Women in ETFs.
The NSE had recently announced that under the demutualisation plan, a new non-operating holding company, the Nigerian Exchange Group Plc, had been created, with three operating subsidiaries – Nigerian Exchange Limited, the operating exchange; NGX Regulation Limited, the independent regulatory arm; and NGX Real Estate Limited, the real estate company.
‘Women key contributor to sustainable development’
KUWAIT CITY, March 9: Boursa Kuwait rang the bell, for the fourth consecutive year, in support of women and their empowerment on International Women’s Day 2021, highlighting the key role of the private sector in raising awareness over the Women’s Empowerment Principles (WEP) to accomplish the goals of sustainable development.
The event took place in the context of the efforts made by the General Secretariat of the Supreme Council for Planning and Development, in partnership with UN Women and the United Nations Development Program in Kuwait, to support the implementation of SDG 5 to empower all women. A number of listed companies participated in the event, including Zain, the National Bank of Kuwait, Equate Petrochemical Company, and Gulf Bank.
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).
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.