This week (October 14, 2019) on our Twitter chat, #SayftyChat, we discussed “Addressing Stereotypes in Media To Achieve Gender Equality” with Dan Seymour & The UnStereotype Alliance. This week’s chat was focused on the role media can play in achieving gender equality. We had participants join the chat from Nairobi, India, US, Canada, UK, Columbia, and South Africa. Questions discussed How …
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Ringing the Stock Exchange Bell For Gender Equality
Stock Exchanges Advancing Gender Equality The key to the success and growth of a country is its human capital. The skills and productivity of its workforce. Therefore a country cannot be competitive and a company cannot be successful if it does not develop and appropriately use half of the world’s available talent pool – women! So to celebrate International Women’s …
Meet the Woman Extraordinaire – Lakshmi Puri
Lakshmi Puri is UN Women’s Deputy Executive Director and Assistant Secretary-General of the United Nations (UN). A champion of Human Rights, Ms. Puri is passionate about gender equality and the empowerment of women. Tell us more about yourself and what you do? I am UN Women’s Deputy Executive Director and Assistant Secretary-General of the United Nations (UN). I have worked …