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A panel on achieving gender equity, and a conversation with Radcliffe Medalist Melinda French Gates

19 May 2021 World-leading experts today focussed on the importance of girls’ education and ending violence against women and girls at the second meeting of the Gender Equality Advisory Council (GEAC) under the UK’s G7 Presidency. The meeting saw Cynthia Nyongesa, Youth Leader from the Global Partnership for Education, speak with the Council about the transformative impact education can have on girls’ lives and her work as an advocate in Kenya. Alongside this, the Home Secretary, Rt Hon Priti Patel, discussed the Home Office’s Tackling Violence Against Women and Girls Strategy, which w...

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(Image: Shutterstock) Credit Suisse's Lack of Adult Supervision As  Urs Rohner wraps his ten-year tenure of the Zurich-based bank, he was blasted as being «more than asleep at the wheel» by Credit Suisse's second-largest shareholder, Harris Associates' Dave Herro, in the «Financial Times». The «nonsense and poor oversight» are due to end when Rohner hands over to  António Horta-Osório on Friday. The Swiss lawyer is leaving in ignominy: Credit Suisse tapped shareholders four times in nine years, held fast to investment banking risk-taking despite several huge accidents, pleaded...

G7 Gender Equality Advisory Council membership announced CERN Director-General, former Foreign Minister for Australia and a Harvard Professor join Professor Sarah Gilbert and Chair Sarah Sands on the GEAC From: 9 April 2021 CERN Director-General Dr Fabiola Gianotti, former Foreign Minister for Australia, the Hon Julie Bishop, and Harvard Professor Iris Bohnet join Professor Sarah Gilbert and Chair Sarah Sands on the Council Council to convene for first time next week (12 April) Members will produce an independent report with actions to advance women’s empowerment globally Minister for W...