In celebration of the International Women’s Day, 90+ stock exchanges around the world are ringing the bell for gender equality and women’s empowerment in March 2021. Many of them are adopting the Women’s Empowerment Principles. This is part of a global collaboration between UN Women and the International Finance Corporation, Sustainable Stock Exchange Initiative, UN Global Compact, Women in ETF and World Federation of Exchanges. As part of this global collaboration, WE EMPOWER-G7 has joined forces with Nasdaq and the NYC FinTech Women to organize an event to Ring the Bell for Gender Equality.
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AGENDA
9:30 am – 10:00 am – Opening remarks
Ann Dennison, CFO, Nasdaq
Anita Bhatia, United Nations Under-Secretary-General and Deputy Executive Director, UN Women
Hilde Hardeman, Head, Service for Foreign Policy Instruments, European Commission
Adina Fischer, NYC FinTech Women
10:00 – 10:30 am – Fireside chat
Securities and Exchange Commission on “The Role of the Government in women’s advancement”
10:30 am – 11:15 am – Panel discussion: How Fintech is helping women's access to finance
Moderator: Michelle Tran, NYC FinTech Women
Panelists: Shivani Siroya, Founder & CEO, Tala
Brooke Berman, Financial Partnerships, Propel
Wim Mijs, CEO European Banking Federation
Emem Usanga, CEO, Bnkability
11:25 am – 12:00 pm – Panel discussion: The impact of COVID-19 on women
Moderator: Anna Falth, Manager of WE EMPOWER-G7 Programme, UN Women
Panelists: Viola Llewellyn, Co-founder, Ovamba Solutions
Sheena Allen, CEO, CapWay
Eliane Tchikanda, Head of Banking Operations, Stash
12:05 pm – Closing remarks
