BEGIN:VCALENDAR PRODID:NingEventWidget-v1 VERSION:2.0 METHOD:PUBLISH BEGIN:VEVENT UID:2014886:Event:125281 DTSTAMP:20130525T232710Z SUMMARY:Advancing Gender Equality through Business and Partnership DESCRIPTION:\n \n17.00 Registration opens\n17.30-18.15 Introduction a nd panel presentations\n18.15-19.00 Discussion\n19.00 Reception\n \nS peakers:\n \n\nDr Susan Mboya, Group Director, Eurasia Africa Women s Economic Empowerment, The Coca-Cola Company\nMarie Staunton, CEO, P lan UK\nLindi Hlanze, Lead on Economic Empowerment of Women and Girls, DFID\nPenny Fowler, Head of Private Sector Advocacy, Oxfam\n\n \nCha ir: Professor John Humphrey, Globalisation Team, Institute of Developm ent Studies\n \nBackground\n \nA compelling social, economic and bus iness case for investing in the economic empowerment of women is now f irmly established.    Improving the economic position of women deli vers strong social and economic returns, and is a powerful driver for accelerating progress toward the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs).\ n \nAs the recently released World Bank 2012 World Development Report on Gender Equality and Development identifies: “Gender equality is a core development objective in its own right. It is also smart econom ics.  Greater gender equality can enhance productivity, improve devel opment outcomes for the next generation, and make institutions more re presentative”.\n \nA growing number of businesses are also recognis ing that there is both a strong business and development rationale for supporting women economic empowerment in their value chains and local communities.\n \nAt a business level, women have demonstrated great propensity to save and invest in their businesses, contributing to lon g-term growth, increasing job opportunities and generating more stable incomes for themselves and their workforce.\n \nFrom a development p erspective, research shows that more economically active women will de liver better health outcomes as women prioritise increased spending on their families, particularly their children.  Studies show that incr easing women’s share of cash income significantly increases the shar e of household budget allocated to food, with positive nutritional ben efits for their children.\n \nCreating economic opportunities for wom en also strengthens their ability to access healthcare and leads to be tter education outcomes as women are more likely to spend increases in income on education for their children.\n \nThis session will explor e:\n\nHow can business most effectively contribute to advancing gender equality through the economic empowerment of women?\nWhat can we lear n from organisations in the vanguard of this work?\nWhat role can part nerships play in replicating and scaling successful models?\n\nHow to register:\nTo register for this event, you first need to become a memb er of Business Fights Poverty. Membership is free and comes with a num ber of benefits. To become a member, click here.\nOnce you have become a member, return to this page and click on one of the RSVP options on the right hand side of the page.\n\n\nEvent Sponsor: Shell Foundation \nFor more information on the 2011 Event Series, click here.\n\nFor mo re information visit http://www.businessfightspoverty.org/events/advan cing-gender-equality-through-business-and-partnership DTSTART:20111206T173000Z DTEND:20111206T190000Z CATEGORIES:panel, discussion, "#featafrica" LOCATION:Shell Foundation, Shell Centre, London SE1 (Please use Tower Entrance, Belvedere Road and bring photo ID) WEBSITE: URL: CONTACT: ORGANIZER:Business Action for Africa, DFID, IDS, Shell Foundation ATTACH;FMTTYPE="image/jpeg":http://api.ning.com:80/files/Ftd0cxcWJYPWT 2436JX1ql0Guuwd3TmIjx6d5sk2dKc*KbtGXgeQ15TZHaX6K7aC9TzmbimHlwqagjtiC3p NGAkneeHDLG6v/2011EventSeries_Icon2.jpg ATTENDEE;ROLE=REQ-PARTICIPANT;PARTSTAT=ACCEPTED;RSVP=TRUE;CN="lanna wu ":http://www.businessfightspoverty.org/profile/lannawu 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