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SUMMARY:Target Gender Equality Live
DESCRIPTION:Target Gender Equality – The world continues to face a range of interconnected emergencies – from the COVID-19 pandemic\, to the climate crisis\, to rising inequalities\, humanitarian disasters and financial instability. Gender equality is both central to the challenge – with women and girls bearing the brunt of global crises – and an essential solution with the power to transform economies\, countries\, and communities to achieve sustainable development. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nConvened during the UN’s Commission on the Status of Women\, the interactive LIVE event brings business representatives from across the globe together with leaders from government\, civil society\, academia and the United Nations to discuss how the private sector can disrupt bias and unlock women’s leadership\, entrepreneurship and innovation to tackle the world’s greatest challenges.   \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe virtual/hybrid event will include a range of thought-provoking discussions guided by the Women’s Empowerment Principles and practical business examples from the UN Global Compact’s Target Gender Equality accelerator programe active in over forty countries.  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nTweets by globalcompact\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nhttps://esgnews.com/esg-lifestyle/ \nMatt BirdMatt Bird is the Founder\, CEO\, and Editor-in-Chief of ESG News. He brings 25 years of experience in corporate strategy\, media\, fintech\, and communications\, including 15 years specializing in news and journalism. Matt was recognized by the United Nations as #3 of the “Top 10 Most Influential Media Executives for Impact” in 2015 during the launch of the UN SDGs.\nHe has advised the Sustainable Stock Exchange initiative (SSEI)\, UNCTAD\, and the UN\, and hosts event coverage at the World Economic Forum\, ADFW\, Climate Week NYC\, EU Parliament\, COP\, the Vatican\, NASDAQ\, NYSE\, and more. Matt is a founding board member of the Humanity 2.0 Foundation\, a Vatican-based NGO focused on identifying and removing impediments to human flourishing.\nHe previously rang the NASDAQ Closing Bell in honor of his partnership with NASDAQ OMX to launch the world’s first retail investor targeting and newswire monitoring platform with the NASDAQ Financial Services Group. Matt launched ESG News in 2021\, leading coverage of more than 10\,000 news stories as of 2026—and truly loves what he does. \nesgnews.com
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