Women In ETFs And Five Partner Organizations Ring The Bell For Gender Equality At 43 Stock Exchanges Globally

For the 3^rd year, a global collaboration across 43 stock exchanges around the world plan to “Ring the Bell for Gender Equality,” to celebrate International Women’s Day 2017 (March 8^th). The events are a partnership between Women in ETFs, UN Global Compact, UN Women, the Sustainable Stock Exchanges (SSE) Initiative, IFC, and the World Federation of Stock Exchanges, to raise awareness about the business case for women’s economic empowerment and the opportunities for the private sector to advance gender equality and sustainable development.

A new report to be published on March 6^th by the UN Sustainable Stock Exchanges initiative with GIZ*, highlights how exchanges and businesses can and are advancing gender equality. It cites a number of imperative challenges: