Monday, September 28, 2015
Ford, Citi and MasterCard Among Leaders to Commit Millions to Gender Equality
New York Leading global companies and foundations are committing millions in additional financing for gender equality at a Business and Philanthropy Leaders’ Forum organized by UN Women today.
Achieving gender equality is fundamental to realizing the transformative promise of the historic 2030 Agenda and its Sustainable Development Goals, adopted by the UN Summit on Friday. But deep financing gaps for women and girls pose significant barriers to rapid progress.
Business and philanthropy leaders attending today’s event in support of UN Women also include representatives from companies such as Coca-Cola, Cisco, Infosys, Itaipu, Mastercard, H&M, Citibank and State Bank of India, along with philanthropic organizations including the Ford Foundation, General Electric Foundation and Nigeria-based Dangote Foundation. Chinese media personality Lan Yang will represent her company Sun Media....