CGI 2022 September Meeting_2022_0920_Breakfast Session_Still Unfinished Business_Megan Maher_0071_1
PLENARY SESSION
"Once and For All"
4:30 - 6:00 p.m. ET
Location: Grand Ballroom
After decades of progress for women around the globe, there has been a stark reversal of this trend in recent years. Governments around the globe are rolling back rights once taken for granted. Global crises – from the COVID-19 pandemic to climate change – are landing disproportionately on women, in particular women of color and LGBTQ+ communities, and jeopardizing shared gains in economic prosperity and social stability.
Although these setbacks are real, collective action can prevent them from becoming permanent. There are more tools and opportunities than ever before for women across the globe to access education. Studies show women are outperforming men in the classroom, and businesses recognize that their talent pool is increasingly female. Women are gaining roles in leadership positions, while women-owned businesses receive more investment than ever before. Yet critical work remains to restore and advance this progress, with actions for all to contribute. This session will explore how a new wave of female leadership is poised to fight these threats to everyone’s rights and prosperity, and, once and for all, codify a world where women’s rights are human rights.
Speakers:
Hillary Rodham Clinton, Former Secretary of State
Chelsea Clinton, Vice Chair, Clinton Foundation
Marinel S. Ubaldo, Advocacy Officer for Ecological Justice and Youth Engagement, Living Laudato Si' Philippines
Prof. Agnes Binagwaho, Vice Chancellor, University of Global Health Equity
Melinda French Gates, Co-Chair, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and Founder, Pivotal Ventures
Dr. Rajiv Shah, President, The Rockefeller Foundation
CGI 2022 September Meeting_2022_0920_Breakfast Session_Still Unfinished Business_Megan Maher_0071_1
PLENARY SESSION
"Once and For All"
4:30 - 6:00 p.m. ET
Location: Grand Ballroom
After decades of progress for women around the globe, there has been a stark reversal of this trend in recent years. Governments around the globe are rolling back rights once taken for granted. Global crises – from the COVID-19 pandemic to climate change – are landing disproportionately on women, in particular women of color and LGBTQ+ communities, and jeopardizing shared gains in economic prosperity and social stability.
Although these setbacks are real, collective action can prevent them from becoming permanent. There are more tools and opportunities than ever before for women across the globe to access education. Studies show women are outperforming men in the classroom, and businesses recognize that their talent pool is increasingly female. Women are gaining roles in leadership positions, while women-owned businesses receive more investment than ever before. Yet critical work remains to restore and advance this progress, with actions for all to contribute. This session will explore how a new wave of female leadership is poised to fight these threats to everyone’s rights and prosperity, and, once and for all, codify a world where women’s rights are human rights.
Speakers:
Hillary Rodham Clinton, Former Secretary of State
Chelsea Clinton, Vice Chair, Clinton Foundation
Marinel S. Ubaldo, Advocacy Officer for Ecological Justice and Youth Engagement, Living Laudato Si' Philippines
Prof. Agnes Binagwaho, Vice Chancellor, University of Global Health Equity
Melinda French Gates, Co-Chair, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and Founder, Pivotal Ventures
Dr. Rajiv Shah, President, The Rockefeller Foundation