Tunisia: Prime Minister M. Habib Essid

"Women have been actively participating in political work. This is in addition to the 50 per cent quota in candidate lists in elections. In addition, we have enhanced the gender equality principle in all our laws and we have stressed the importance of protecting the gains for women’s empowerment and equal opportunities between men and women when it comes to taking responsibility in all walks of life. …Tunisia has made great achievements towards gender equality. This is evident in many indicators including the increase in the levels of female enrolment, and the benefits for women in terms of the services for training, and increasing women’s participation in all walks of life. All rights of women are enshrined in our Constitution and international conventions. This is a commitment by Tunisia and we are anxious to protect women so we could overcome all attempts against our modern society in Tunisia. Our experience in democratic transition recently is witness to the fact that women should be represented in all legislative bodies. Hence, we enhance women's ability to participate in politics and in public affairs. This is a commitment."

World leaders convene at the United Nations on 27 September 2015 for the “Global Leaders’ Meeting on Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment: A Commitment to Action” to personally commit to ending discrimination against women by 2030 and announce concrete and measurable actions to kick-start rapid change in their countries.

Read More: www.unwomen.org/en/news/stories/2015/9/press-release-glob...

Read every country's committment from the event: beijing20.unwomen.org/en/step-it-up/commitments

Photo: UN Women/Ryan Brown

Honduras: President Juan Orlando Hernandez

“Honduras has made significant inroads in the promotion of gender equality...we are improving living conditions and housing…Proactive state employment programs...have always been conducted in accordance with strict criteria for gender equality. We have announced a firm strategy to counter [increases in family violence and femicide], which we believe [is] having a great impact…. Honduras has implemented policies to combat crime and violence in general...we've seen therefore effects on the death rate among women.... I personally am interested in…implementing a policy for gender mainstreaming…. We have made [reducing maternal mortality] one of the main planks in the reform of our health system. And we're also looking at… [ensuring] gender mainstreaming in planning and effective operations….”

World leaders convene at the United Nations on 27 September 2015 for the “Global Leaders’ Meeting on Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment: A Commitment to Action” to personally commit to ending discrimination against women by 2030 and announce concrete and measurable actions to kick-start rapid change in their countries.

Read More: www.unwomen.org/en/news/stories/2015/9/press-release-glob...

Read every country's committment from the event: beijing20.unwomen.org/en/step-it-up/commitments

Photo: UN Women/Ryan Brown

Samoa: Prime Minister Tuilaepa Sailele Malielegaoi

"In Samoa…we are acutely aware that we must make every effort to develop and release the full potential of our women…We have already made important strides in…education as well as employment opportunities. Many…ministries are led by women…. Still, much remains to be done…Samoa is committed to mainstreaming policy on gender equality and the empowerment of our women across all sectors of government…. Given that climate change affects men and women differently, we have now integrated fully the needs of women and girls into our national climate resilience, disaster prevention and response policies and operations. ...In May 2015, salaries for village women representatives were raised to address [a] gender pay gap…. The Constitutional Amendment Act of 2013, which guarantees a minimum of 10 per cent of seats for women in our national parliament…[will make] women representatives…an integral and permanent feature of our parliament…. Samoa is committed to [advancing] the full and effective implementation of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action within the next development agenda."

World leaders convene at the United Nations on 27 September 2015 for the “Global Leaders’ Meeting on Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment: A Commitment to Action” to personally commit to ending discrimination against women by 2030 and announce concrete and measurable actions to kick-start rapid change in their countries.

Read More: www.unwomen.org/en/news/stories/2015/9/press-release-glob...

Read every country's committment from the event: beijing20.unwomen.org/en/step-it-up/commitments

Photo: UN Women/Ryan Brown

Background

On 12 September 2015 hundreds of young people came together at the #YouthSummit in London to raise their voices about the future of their world.

September also sees the largest-ever gathering of world leaders at the United Nations in New York to sign up to new Global Goals that aim to eradicate poverty for good.

The Youth Summit gave young people a chance to get their voices heard on the global issues they care about. They have the power, commitment and energy to make sure the world delivers on promises made in New York.

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Picture: Jessica Lea/DFID

Free-to-use photo

This image is posted under a Creative Commons - Attribution Licence, in accordance with the Open Government Licence. You are free to embed, download or otherwise re-use it, as long as you credit the source as 'Jessica Lea/DFID'.

Womensphere 2016 Summit on Creating the Future: Full Steam Ahead

November 7, 2016 | New York City

Womensphere’s Annual Fall Summit brought together over 200 diverse leaders and emerging leaders across sectors, including executives, professionals, entrepreneurs, educators, scientists, artists, student leaders, and leaders from civil society. Convened on the day before the 2016 US national elections, we were thrilled to be able to come together in celebration and strength, to share, discuss, ideate, and collaborate on creating the future to accelerate the advancement of women in all fields.

We were excited to honor Morgan Stanley Vice Chairman Carla Harris with the Womensphere Global Leadership Award for her powerful and creative vision, her longstanding commitment to empowering women and youth of color, and more than a dozen other great reasons. We were happy to bring together ground-breaking innovators, executives, educators, artists, and leaders creating change for women around the world – to launch some very important initiatives. The event offered a forum for sharing and co-designing global and local programs that accelerate the advancement of women and girls in America and around the world.

Womensphere Fall Summit on Creating the Future

Agenda for November 7, 2016

1:00-1:30 PM

Registration, Connecting with Discussion Co-Hosts, and Roundtable Introductions

1:30-2:10 PM

Welcome, Introductions, Context-setting & Launch

• The Leadership Gender Gap: Overview of Global, US, Cross-Industry Contexts

• Women in Leadership & Innovation: Challenges, Opportunities

• Technology-powered Leadership

• NowIsTheTime.com: Celebrating Women’s Firsts

• New Models for Leadership in the World

• Launching NewChampions5050 + Womensphere Incubator Network global initiatives

Anna Ewing – Board Member, New York Hall of Science; Angel Investor; Past CIO & EVP, Global Technology Solutions, NASDAQ OMX

Dr. Valerie Barr – President, ACM-Women (Association for Computing Machinery)

Rina Kupferschmid-Rojas – Managing Director & Global Head, Sustainable Investing, UBS

Analisa Leonor Balares – CEO & Chief Innovation Officer, Womensphere

Drue Kataoka – Global Artist & Creator, Now is The Time

2:10 – 3:00 PM

Womensphere Global Leadership Award 2016 & Keynote

Carla Harris, Vice Chairman, Morgan Stanley; President, National Women’s Business Council

Advancing Women in Leadership in Business & Insights on the Journey to Executive Leadership

Plenary Discussion Panel

Angela Sun – Head of Corporate Development & Strategy, Bloomberg; Young Global Leader

Carla Harris – Vice Chairman, Morgan Stanley

Lili Gil Valetta – CEO, XL Alliance; Young Global Leader

Mary Graham Davis – Managing Partner, Davis Bateson Group; Former Chair, Board of Trustees, Mount Holyoke College

3:00 – 3:10PM Networking Break

3:10 – 4:00 PM

Sharing Insights & Discussion: Building the Pipeline of Talent & Accelerating Leadership for Women

• Insights on Advancing Women in Business & Finance

• Insights on Advancing Women in Science & Technology

• Insights on Advancing Women in Academia & Academic Leadership

• Empowering Millennials to Change the World

• Roundtable Discussion & Ideation for Global Initiatives 2017

Amy Dorn Kopelan –President & Founder, Bedlam Productions; Executive Producer, Corporate State CEO Summit

Laura Cantileno – Executive, Cisco; Co-Author, Internet of Women

Dr. Gilda Barabino – Dean, Grove School of Engineering, City College New York

Aria Finger – CEO, DoSomething.org; Young Global Leader

4:00 – 4:50

Sharing Insights & Discussion: Accelerating Impact & Advancing Women's Leadership in the World

• Principles in Accelerating Impact

• Women's Leadership in the World: Driving the Sustainability & Inclusion Agenda

• Women's Innovation in the World: Driving the Fourth Industrial Revolution

• Leveraging Technology to Amplify & Accelerate Impact

• Roundtable Discussion & Ideation: Strategies for Accelerating Women’s Impact & Advancing Women’s

Leadership (Across Fields/Industries)

Dr. Nada Anid – Dean, School of Engineering, New York Institute of Technology

Dr. Sana Odeh – Chair & Founder, Arab Women in Computing

Dina Shoman – CEO & Founder, InHerQuests financial education company; Young Global Leader

Rina Kupferschmid-Rojas – Managing Director & Global Head, Sustainable Investing, UBS; Young Global Leader

4:50 – 5:40

Synthesis & Community Solutions from Roundtable Discussions & Ideation Sessions

• Synthesis of Insights & Learnings – Community Presentations & Reflections

• Introducing: Project American Dreams

• Introducing: The Internet of Women - book and leaders

• Looking Ahead to 2017: Global Initiatives, Global Movement, Next Steps

5:40 – 6:30

Closing Networking Reception

• Community Connections between Speakers, Discussion Co-Hosts, Participants

• Connect with the Book Authors - The Internet of Women

Womensphere 2016 Summit on Creating the Future

Full Steam Ahead

November 7, 2016

Cary Hall @ The DiMenna Center, New York City

Organization: www.womensphere.org

Festival & Summits: www.womenspherefest.com

#Womensphere #CreatingTheFuture

Thailand: Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha

"Recently, Thailand promulgated the 2015 Gender Equality Act, which became effective on 9 September 2015, so we can protect all individuals from gender-based discrimination. Thailand is resolved to move forward on gender equality in the following areas: First, by developing a curriculum on gender roles to cultivate positive attitudes and an acceptance of gender equality in children from an early age. Second, by collecting sex disaggregated data, for analytical purposes and for formulating gender-sensitive policies as well as for monitoring progress made in the realization of gender equality. Third, by providing training to relevant public agencies at the national level in order to promote gender-responsive budgeting. Thailand’s next national and economic and social development plan will also focus on people-centred, inclusive development, and also on reducing social inequality. This will provide further opportunities for women to participate even more equally in our national development."

World leaders convene at the United Nations on 27 September 2015 for the “Global Leaders’ Meeting on Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment: A Commitment to Action” to personally commit to ending discrimination against women by 2030 and announce concrete and measurable actions to kick-start rapid change in their countries.

Read More: www.unwomen.org/en/news/stories/2015/9/press-release-glob...

Read every country's committment from the event: beijing20.unwomen.org/en/step-it-up/commitments

Photo: UN Women/Ryan Brown

Germany: Chancellor Angela Merkel

"Women have to play a more prominent role in politics, in the economy, and in society. [We commit] ourselves to…launching an initiative to improve [women’s] professional qualifications in developing countries and…promote the entrepreneurial empowerment of women. In Germany too there is still room for improvement. … We've greatly enhanced the possibilities for child care and we finally have a law on women in leadership positions. We all committed ourselves in 1995 to implement the Beijing Platform for Action. Now we are making a new commitment with Sustainable Development Goal 5. Commitments are good. Action is better. Let us take action!"

World leaders convene at the United Nations on 27 September 2015 for the “Global Leaders’ Meeting on Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment: A Commitment to Action” to personally commit to ending discrimination against women by 2030 and announce concrete and measurable actions to kick-start rapid change in their countries.

Read More: www.unwomen.org/en/news/stories/2015/9/press-release-glob...

Read every country's committment from the event: beijing20.unwomen.org/en/step-it-up/commitments

Photo: UN Women/Ryan Brown

Slovenia: Prime Minister Miroslav Cerar

“Slovenia is fully committed to…the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action. We reaffirm the 2030 Agenda…where the implementation of each and every Sustainable Development Goal must include equal participation and equal enjoyment of rights for women and girls… Inequalities between women and men still exist, and no country is immune to this. We pledge and call on others to…further challenge traditional notions of masculinities, and traditional norms, laws, and practices that support them. We also believe that gender equality…requires active involvement of men and boys. This is why…ministers of my government and I joined the HeForShe campaign. Slovenia will continue to support and promote the role and responsibility of men and boys as allies and agents of change in the promotion of women’s and girls’ rights. For several years, Slovenia [has kept] the issue of violence against women and girls high on the political agenda, [making] significant progress in preventing and combatting violence. Recently we became party to the…Istanbul Convention. Slovenia has affirmed its commitment to foster gender equality…by adopting the national programme for equality between women and men by 2020.”

World leaders convene at the United Nations on 27 September 2015 for the “Global Leaders’ Meeting on Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment: A Commitment to Action” to personally commit to ending discrimination against women by 2030 and announce concrete and measurable actions to kick-start rapid change in their countries.

Read More: www.unwomen.org/en/news/stories/2015/9/press-release-glob...

Read every country's committment from the event: beijing20.unwomen.org/en/step-it-up/commitments

Photo: UN Women/Sarah Stacke

Womensphere 2016 Summit on Creating the Future: Full Steam Ahead

November 7, 2016 | New York City

Womensphere’s Annual Fall Summit brought together over 200 diverse leaders and emerging leaders across sectors, including executives, professionals, entrepreneurs, educators, scientists, artists, student leaders, and leaders from civil society. Convened on the day before the 2016 US national elections, we were thrilled to be able to come together in celebration and strength, to share, discuss, ideate, and collaborate on creating the future to accelerate the advancement of women in all fields.

We were excited to honor Morgan Stanley Vice Chairman Carla Harris with the Womensphere Global Leadership Award for her powerful and creative vision, her longstanding commitment to empowering women and youth of color, and more than a dozen other great reasons. We were happy to bring together ground-breaking innovators, executives, educators, artists, and leaders creating change for women around the world – to launch some very important initiatives. The event offered a forum for sharing and co-designing global and local programs that accelerate the advancement of women and girls in America and around the world.

Womensphere Fall Summit on Creating the Future

Agenda for November 7, 2016

1:00-1:30 PM

Registration, Connecting with Discussion Co-Hosts, and Roundtable Introductions

1:30-2:10 PM

Welcome, Introductions, Context-setting & Launch

• The Leadership Gender Gap: Overview of Global, US, Cross-Industry Contexts

• Women in Leadership & Innovation: Challenges, Opportunities

• Technology-powered Leadership

• NowIsTheTime.com: Celebrating Women’s Firsts

• New Models for Leadership in the World

• Launching NewChampions5050 + Womensphere Incubator Network global initiatives

Anna Ewing – Board Member, New York Hall of Science; Angel Investor; Past CIO & EVP, Global Technology Solutions, NASDAQ OMX

Dr. Valerie Barr – President, ACM-Women (Association for Computing Machinery)

Rina Kupferschmid-Rojas – Managing Director & Global Head, Sustainable Investing, UBS

Analisa Leonor Balares – CEO & Chief Innovation Officer, Womensphere

Drue Kataoka – Global Artist & Creator, Now is The Time

2:10 – 3:00 PM

Womensphere Global Leadership Award 2016 & Keynote

Carla Harris, Vice Chairman, Morgan Stanley; President, National Women’s Business Council

Advancing Women in Leadership in Business & Insights on the Journey to Executive Leadership

Plenary Discussion Panel

Angela Sun – Head of Corporate Development & Strategy, Bloomberg; Young Global Leader

Carla Harris – Vice Chairman, Morgan Stanley

Lili Gil Valetta – CEO, XL Alliance; Young Global Leader

Mary Graham Davis – Managing Partner, Davis Bateson Group; Former Chair, Board of Trustees, Mount Holyoke College

3:00 – 3:10PM Networking Break

3:10 – 4:00 PM

Sharing Insights & Discussion: Building the Pipeline of Talent & Accelerating Leadership for Women

• Insights on Advancing Women in Business & Finance

• Insights on Advancing Women in Science & Technology

• Insights on Advancing Women in Academia & Academic Leadership

• Empowering Millennials to Change the World

• Roundtable Discussion & Ideation for Global Initiatives 2017

Amy Dorn Kopelan –President & Founder, Bedlam Productions; Executive Producer, Corporate State CEO Summit

Laura Cantileno – Executive, Cisco; Co-Author, Internet of Women

Dr. Gilda Barabino – Dean, Grove School of Engineering, City College New York

Aria Finger – CEO, DoSomething.org; Young Global Leader

4:00 – 4:50

Sharing Insights & Discussion: Accelerating Impact & Advancing Women's Leadership in the World

• Principles in Accelerating Impact

• Women's Leadership in the World: Driving the Sustainability & Inclusion Agenda

• Women's Innovation in the World: Driving the Fourth Industrial Revolution

• Leveraging Technology to Amplify & Accelerate Impact

• Roundtable Discussion & Ideation: Strategies for Accelerating Women’s Impact & Advancing Women’s

Leadership (Across Fields/Industries)

Dr. Nada Anid – Dean, School of Engineering, New York Institute of Technology

Dr. Sana Odeh – Chair & Founder, Arab Women in Computing

Dina Shoman – CEO & Founder, InHerQuests financial education company; Young Global Leader

Rina Kupferschmid-Rojas – Managing Director & Global Head, Sustainable Investing, UBS; Young Global Leader

4:50 – 5:40

Synthesis & Community Solutions from Roundtable Discussions & Ideation Sessions

• Synthesis of Insights & Learnings – Community Presentations & Reflections

• Introducing: Project American Dreams

• Introducing: The Internet of Women - book and leaders

• Looking Ahead to 2017: Global Initiatives, Global Movement, Next Steps

5:40 – 6:30

Closing Networking Reception

• Community Connections between Speakers, Discussion Co-Hosts, Participants

• Connect with the Book Authors - The Internet of Women

Womensphere 2016 Summit on Creating the Future

Full Steam Ahead

November 7, 2016

Cary Hall @ The DiMenna Center, New York City

Organization: www.womensphere.org

Festival & Summits: www.womenspherefest.com

#Womensphere #CreatingTheFuture

Argentina: President Cristina Fernandez

“In Argentina we have developed a strong process of social inclusion which has brought about more equal opportunities for women. We have active programmes and policies such as universal benefits for pregnancies, for children and education all the way up to university. This has made it possible together with gender equality laws to protect women. … Even in more developed societies, there continues to be gender inequality with respect to access to political decision-making. … We need to break cultural barriers which have considered women for centuries to be an inferior or less intelligent being. And that is why I think that policies must also be aimed at [transforming] culture, at empowering women not only as as a matter of obligation under conventions or international treaties, but that there be a deep conviction in the hearts of men and of women… to bring down taboos and prejudices against us. … In Argentina we have achieved a high degree of equality that should also be extended to youth and other sectors of society.”

World leaders convene at the United Nations on 27 September 2015 for the “Global Leaders’ Meeting on Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment: A Commitment to Action” to personally commit to ending discrimination against women by 2030 and announce concrete and measurable actions to kick-start rapid change in their countries.

Read More: www.unwomen.org/en/news/stories/2015/9/press-release-glob...

Read every country's committment from the event: beijing20.unwomen.org/en/step-it-up/commitments

Photo: UN Women/Ryan Brown

Background

On 12 September 2015 hundreds of young people came together at the #YouthSummit in London to raise their voices about the future of their world.

September also sees the largest-ever gathering of world leaders at the United Nations in New York to sign up to new Global Goals that aim to eradicate poverty for good.

The Youth Summit gave young people a chance to get their voices heard on the global issues they care about. They have the power, commitment and energy to make sure the world delivers on promises made in New York.

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Picture: Jessica Lea/DFID

Free-to-use photo

This image is posted under a Creative Commons - Attribution Licence, in accordance with the Open Government Licence. You are free to embed, download or otherwise re-use it, as long as you credit the source as 'Jessica Lea/DFID'.

Background

On 12 September 2015 hundreds of young people came together at the #YouthSummit in London to raise their voices about the future of their world.

September also sees the largest-ever gathering of world leaders at the United Nations in New York to sign up to new Global Goals that aim to eradicate poverty for good.

The Youth Summit gave young people a chance to get their voices heard on the global issues they care about. They have the power, commitment and energy to make sure the world delivers on promises made in New York.

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Picture: Marisol Grandon/DFID

Free-to-use photo

This image is posted under a Creative Commons - Attribution Licence, in accordance with the Open Government Licence. You are free to embed, download or otherwise re-use it, as long as you credit the source as 'Marisol Grandon/DFID'.

Background

On 12 September 2015 hundreds of young people came together at the #YouthSummit in London to raise their voices about the future of their world.

September also sees the largest-ever gathering of world leaders at the United Nations in New York to sign up to new Global Goals that aim to eradicate poverty for good.

The Youth Summit gave young people a chance to get their voices heard on the global issues they care about. They have the power, commitment and energy to make sure the world delivers on promises made in New York.

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Picture: Marisol Grandon/DFID

Free-to-use photo

This image is posted under a Creative Commons - Attribution Licence, in accordance with the Open Government Licence. You are free to embed, download or otherwise re-use it, as long as you credit the source as 'Marisol Grandon/DFID'.

Former Development Secretary Justine Greening joins the Youth Summit.

Background

On 12 September 2015 hundreds of young people came together at the #YouthSummit in London to raise their voices about the future of their world.

September also sees the largest-ever gathering of world leaders at the United Nations in New York to sign up to new Global Goals that aim to eradicate poverty for good.

The Youth Summit gave young people a chance to get their voices heard on the global issues they care about. They have the power, commitment and energy to make sure the world delivers on promises made in New York.

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Picture: Jessica Lea/DFID

Free-to-use photo

This image is posted under a Creative Commons - Attribution Licence, in accordance with the Open Government Licence. You are free to embed, download or otherwise re-use it, as long as you credit the source as 'Jessica Lea/DFID'.

Womensphere 2016 Summit on Creating the Future: Full Steam Ahead

November 7, 2016 | New York City

Womensphere’s Annual Fall Summit brought together over 200 diverse leaders and emerging leaders across sectors, including executives, professionals, entrepreneurs, educators, scientists, artists, student leaders, and leaders from civil society. Convened on the day before the 2016 US national elections, we were thrilled to be able to come together in celebration and strength, to share, discuss, ideate, and collaborate on creating the future to accelerate the advancement of women in all fields.

We were excited to honor Morgan Stanley Vice Chairman Carla Harris with the Womensphere Global Leadership Award for her powerful and creative vision, her longstanding commitment to empowering women and youth of color, and more than a dozen other great reasons. We were happy to bring together ground-breaking innovators, executives, educators, artists, and leaders creating change for women around the world – to launch some very important initiatives. The event offered a forum for sharing and co-designing global and local programs that accelerate the advancement of women and girls in America and around the world.

Womensphere Fall Summit on Creating the Future

Agenda for November 7, 2016

1:00-1:30 PM

Registration, Connecting with Discussion Co-Hosts, and Roundtable Introductions

1:30-2:10 PM

Welcome, Introductions, Context-setting & Launch

• The Leadership Gender Gap: Overview of Global, US, Cross-Industry Contexts

• Women in Leadership & Innovation: Challenges, Opportunities

• Technology-powered Leadership

• NowIsTheTime.com: Celebrating Women’s Firsts

• New Models for Leadership in the World

• Launching NewChampions5050 + Womensphere Incubator Network global initiatives

Anna Ewing – Board Member, New York Hall of Science; Angel Investor; Past CIO & EVP, Global Technology Solutions, NASDAQ OMX

Dr. Valerie Barr – President, ACM-Women (Association for Computing Machinery)

Rina Kupferschmid-Rojas – Managing Director & Global Head, Sustainable Investing, UBS

Analisa Leonor Balares – CEO & Chief Innovation Officer, Womensphere

Drue Kataoka – Global Artist & Creator, Now is The Time

2:10 – 3:00 PM

Womensphere Global Leadership Award 2016 & Keynote

Carla Harris, Vice Chairman, Morgan Stanley; President, National Women’s Business Council

Advancing Women in Leadership in Business & Insights on the Journey to Executive Leadership

Plenary Discussion Panel

Angela Sun – Head of Corporate Development & Strategy, Bloomberg; Young Global Leader

Carla Harris – Vice Chairman, Morgan Stanley

Lili Gil Valetta – CEO, XL Alliance; Young Global Leader

Mary Graham Davis – Managing Partner, Davis Bateson Group; Former Chair, Board of Trustees, Mount Holyoke College

3:00 – 3:10PM Networking Break

3:10 – 4:00 PM

Sharing Insights & Discussion: Building the Pipeline of Talent & Accelerating Leadership for Women

• Insights on Advancing Women in Business & Finance

• Insights on Advancing Women in Science & Technology

• Insights on Advancing Women in Academia & Academic Leadership

• Empowering Millennials to Change the World

• Roundtable Discussion & Ideation for Global Initiatives 2017

Amy Dorn Kopelan –President & Founder, Bedlam Productions; Executive Producer, Corporate State CEO Summit

Laura Cantileno – Executive, Cisco; Co-Author, Internet of Women

Dr. Gilda Barabino – Dean, Grove School of Engineering, City College New York

Aria Finger – CEO, DoSomething.org; Young Global Leader

4:00 – 4:50

Sharing Insights & Discussion: Accelerating Impact & Advancing Women's Leadership in the World

• Principles in Accelerating Impact

• Women's Leadership in the World: Driving the Sustainability & Inclusion Agenda

• Women's Innovation in the World: Driving the Fourth Industrial Revolution

• Leveraging Technology to Amplify & Accelerate Impact

• Roundtable Discussion & Ideation: Strategies for Accelerating Women’s Impact & Advancing Women’s

Leadership (Across Fields/Industries)

Dr. Nada Anid – Dean, School of Engineering, New York Institute of Technology

Dr. Sana Odeh – Chair & Founder, Arab Women in Computing

Dina Shoman – CEO & Founder, InHerQuests financial education company; Young Global Leader

Rina Kupferschmid-Rojas – Managing Director & Global Head, Sustainable Investing, UBS; Young Global Leader

4:50 – 5:40

Synthesis & Community Solutions from Roundtable Discussions & Ideation Sessions

• Synthesis of Insights & Learnings – Community Presentations & Reflections

• Introducing: Project American Dreams

• Introducing: The Internet of Women - book and leaders

• Looking Ahead to 2017: Global Initiatives, Global Movement, Next Steps

5:40 – 6:30

Closing Networking Reception

• Community Connections between Speakers, Discussion Co-Hosts, Participants

• Connect with the Book Authors - The Internet of Women

Womensphere 2016 Summit on Creating the Future

Full Steam Ahead

November 7, 2016

Cary Hall @ The DiMenna Center, New York City

Organization: www.womensphere.org

Festival & Summits: www.womenspherefest.com

#Womensphere #CreatingTheFuture

Namibia: Deputy Prime Minister Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah

"The Beijing Platform for Action remains a powerful guide and source of inspiration to all of us. Since independence, Namibia has paid special attention to women’s empowerment and gender equality…it is an integral part of our Constitution…Significant targets…have been met…. We've increased the number of girls in primary and secondary schools…and the [share] of women in the National Assembly from 24 per cent in 2009 to 46 per cent in 2015…. We still face challenges [that] need to be addressed... Namibia commits herself to women’s empowerment and ensuring that women's rights are protected, and that women have access to services such as education, health and employment, among others. We also commit ourselves to fight gender-based violence…[and] to make sure women as agents of peace play their role both in the community and national level. We will continue to have our women in uniform to serve in UN peacekeeping. We commit ourselves to continue to...fully embrace the critical role women play in society. Finally, gender equality and women’s empowerment [are] prerequisites for sustainable development. Therefore Namibia commits herself to ensure equality between men and women."

World leaders convene at the United Nations on 27 September 2015 for the “Global Leaders’ Meeting on Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment: A Commitment to Action” to personally commit to ending discrimination against women by 2030 and announce concrete and measurable actions to kick-start rapid change in their countries.

Read More: www.unwomen.org/en/news/stories/2015/9/press-release-glob...

Read every country's committment from the event: beijing20.unwomen.org/en/step-it-up/commitments

Photo: UN Women/Ryan Brown

Background

On 12 September 2015 hundreds of young people came together at the #YouthSummit in London to raise their voices about the future of their world.

September also sees the largest-ever gathering of world leaders at the United Nations in New York to sign up to new Global Goals that aim to eradicate poverty for good.

The Youth Summit gave young people a chance to get their voices heard on the global issues they care about. They have the power, commitment and energy to make sure the world delivers on promises made in New York.

---------------------------------------

Picture: Jessica Lea/DFID

Free-to-use photo

This image is posted under a Creative Commons - Attribution Licence, in accordance with the Open Government Licence. You are free to embed, download or otherwise re-use it, as long as you credit the source as 'Jessica Lea/DFID'.

Womensphere 2016 Summit on Creating the Future: Full Steam Ahead

November 7, 2016 | New York City

Womensphere’s Annual Fall Summit brought together over 200 diverse leaders and emerging leaders across sectors, including executives, professionals, entrepreneurs, educators, scientists, artists, student leaders, and leaders from civil society. Convened on the day before the 2016 US national elections, we were thrilled to be able to come together in celebration and strength, to share, discuss, ideate, and collaborate on creating the future to accelerate the advancement of women in all fields.

We were excited to honor Morgan Stanley Vice Chairman Carla Harris with the Womensphere Global Leadership Award for her powerful and creative vision, her longstanding commitment to empowering women and youth of color, and more than a dozen other great reasons. We were happy to bring together ground-breaking innovators, executives, educators, artists, and leaders creating change for women around the world – to launch some very important initiatives. The event offered a forum for sharing and co-designing global and local programs that accelerate the advancement of women and girls in America and around the world.

Womensphere Fall Summit on Creating the Future

Agenda for November 7, 2016

1:00-1:30 PM

Registration, Connecting with Discussion Co-Hosts, and Roundtable Introductions

1:30-2:10 PM

Welcome, Introductions, Context-setting & Launch

• The Leadership Gender Gap: Overview of Global, US, Cross-Industry Contexts

• Women in Leadership & Innovation: Challenges, Opportunities

• Technology-powered Leadership

• NowIsTheTime.com: Celebrating Women’s Firsts

• New Models for Leadership in the World

• Launching NewChampions5050 + Womensphere Incubator Network global initiatives

Anna Ewing – Board Member, New York Hall of Science; Angel Investor; Past CIO & EVP, Global Technology Solutions, NASDAQ OMX

Dr. Valerie Barr – President, ACM-Women (Association for Computing Machinery)

Rina Kupferschmid-Rojas – Managing Director & Global Head, Sustainable Investing, UBS

Analisa Leonor Balares – CEO & Chief Innovation Officer, Womensphere

Drue Kataoka – Global Artist & Creator, Now is The Time

2:10 – 3:00 PM

Womensphere Global Leadership Award 2016 & Keynote

Carla Harris, Vice Chairman, Morgan Stanley; President, National Women’s Business Council

Advancing Women in Leadership in Business & Insights on the Journey to Executive Leadership

Plenary Discussion Panel

Angela Sun – Head of Corporate Development & Strategy, Bloomberg; Young Global Leader

Carla Harris – Vice Chairman, Morgan Stanley

Lili Gil Valetta – CEO, XL Alliance; Young Global Leader

Mary Graham Davis – Managing Partner, Davis Bateson Group; Former Chair, Board of Trustees, Mount Holyoke College

3:00 – 3:10PM Networking Break

3:10 – 4:00 PM

Sharing Insights & Discussion: Building the Pipeline of Talent & Accelerating Leadership for Women

• Insights on Advancing Women in Business & Finance

• Insights on Advancing Women in Science & Technology

• Insights on Advancing Women in Academia & Academic Leadership

• Empowering Millennials to Change the World

• Roundtable Discussion & Ideation for Global Initiatives 2017

Amy Dorn Kopelan –President & Founder, Bedlam Productions; Executive Producer, Corporate State CEO Summit

Laura Cantileno – Executive, Cisco; Co-Author, Internet of Women

Dr. Gilda Barabino – Dean, Grove School of Engineering, City College New York

Aria Finger – CEO, DoSomething.org; Young Global Leader

4:00 – 4:50

Sharing Insights & Discussion: Accelerating Impact & Advancing Women's Leadership in the World

• Principles in Accelerating Impact

• Women's Leadership in the World: Driving the Sustainability & Inclusion Agenda

• Women's Innovation in the World: Driving the Fourth Industrial Revolution

• Leveraging Technology to Amplify & Accelerate Impact

• Roundtable Discussion & Ideation: Strategies for Accelerating Women’s Impact & Advancing Women’s

Leadership (Across Fields/Industries)

Dr. Nada Anid – Dean, School of Engineering, New York Institute of Technology

Dr. Sana Odeh – Chair & Founder, Arab Women in Computing

Dina Shoman – CEO & Founder, InHerQuests financial education company; Young Global Leader

Rina Kupferschmid-Rojas – Managing Director & Global Head, Sustainable Investing, UBS; Young Global Leader

4:50 – 5:40

Synthesis & Community Solutions from Roundtable Discussions & Ideation Sessions

• Synthesis of Insights & Learnings – Community Presentations & Reflections

• Introducing: Project American Dreams

• Introducing: The Internet of Women - book and leaders

• Looking Ahead to 2017: Global Initiatives, Global Movement, Next Steps

5:40 – 6:30

Closing Networking Reception

• Community Connections between Speakers, Discussion Co-Hosts, Participants

• Connect with the Book Authors - The Internet of Women

Womensphere 2016 Summit on Creating the Future

Full Steam Ahead

November 7, 2016

Cary Hall @ The DiMenna Center, New York City

Organization: www.womensphere.org

Festival & Summits: www.womenspherefest.com

#Womensphere #CreatingTheFuture

Womensphere 2016 Summit on Creating the Future: Full Steam Ahead

November 7, 2016 | New York City

Womensphere’s Annual Fall Summit brought together over 200 diverse leaders and emerging leaders across sectors, including executives, professionals, entrepreneurs, educators, scientists, artists, student leaders, and leaders from civil society. Convened on the day before the 2016 US national elections, we were thrilled to be able to come together in celebration and strength, to share, discuss, ideate, and collaborate on creating the future to accelerate the advancement of women in all fields.

We were excited to honor Morgan Stanley Vice Chairman Carla Harris with the Womensphere Global Leadership Award for her powerful and creative vision, her longstanding commitment to empowering women and youth of color, and more than a dozen other great reasons. We were happy to bring together ground-breaking innovators, executives, educators, artists, and leaders creating change for women around the world – to launch some very important initiatives. The event offered a forum for sharing and co-designing global and local programs that accelerate the advancement of women and girls in America and around the world.

Womensphere Fall Summit on Creating the Future

Agenda for November 7, 2016

1:00-1:30 PM

Registration, Connecting with Discussion Co-Hosts, and Roundtable Introductions

1:30-2:10 PM

Welcome, Introductions, Context-setting & Launch

• The Leadership Gender Gap: Overview of Global, US, Cross-Industry Contexts

• Women in Leadership & Innovation: Challenges, Opportunities

• Technology-powered Leadership

• NowIsTheTime.com: Celebrating Women’s Firsts

• New Models for Leadership in the World

• Launching NewChampions5050 + Womensphere Incubator Network global initiatives

Anna Ewing – Board Member, New York Hall of Science; Angel Investor; Past CIO & EVP, Global Technology Solutions, NASDAQ OMX

Dr. Valerie Barr – President, ACM-Women (Association for Computing Machinery)

Rina Kupferschmid-Rojas – Managing Director & Global Head, Sustainable Investing, UBS

Analisa Leonor Balares – CEO & Chief Innovation Officer, Womensphere

Drue Kataoka – Global Artist & Creator, Now is The Time

2:10 – 3:00 PM

Womensphere Global Leadership Award 2016 & Keynote

Carla Harris, Vice Chairman, Morgan Stanley; President, National Women’s Business Council

Advancing Women in Leadership in Business & Insights on the Journey to Executive Leadership

Plenary Discussion Panel

Angela Sun – Head of Corporate Development & Strategy, Bloomberg; Young Global Leader

Carla Harris – Vice Chairman, Morgan Stanley

Lili Gil Valetta – CEO, XL Alliance; Young Global Leader

Mary Graham Davis – Managing Partner, Davis Bateson Group; Former Chair, Board of Trustees, Mount Holyoke College

3:00 – 3:10PM Networking Break

3:10 – 4:00 PM

Sharing Insights & Discussion: Building the Pipeline of Talent & Accelerating Leadership for Women

• Insights on Advancing Women in Business & Finance

• Insights on Advancing Women in Science & Technology

• Insights on Advancing Women in Academia & Academic Leadership

• Empowering Millennials to Change the World

• Roundtable Discussion & Ideation for Global Initiatives 2017

Amy Dorn Kopelan –President & Founder, Bedlam Productions; Executive Producer, Corporate State CEO Summit

Laura Cantileno – Executive, Cisco; Co-Author, Internet of Women

Dr. Gilda Barabino – Dean, Grove School of Engineering, City College New York

Aria Finger – CEO, DoSomething.org; Young Global Leader

4:00 – 4:50

Sharing Insights & Discussion: Accelerating Impact & Advancing Women's Leadership in the World

• Principles in Accelerating Impact

• Women's Leadership in the World: Driving the Sustainability & Inclusion Agenda

• Women's Innovation in the World: Driving the Fourth Industrial Revolution

• Leveraging Technology to Amplify & Accelerate Impact

• Roundtable Discussion & Ideation: Strategies for Accelerating Women’s Impact & Advancing Women’s

Leadership (Across Fields/Industries)

Dr. Nada Anid – Dean, School of Engineering, New York Institute of Technology

Dr. Sana Odeh – Chair & Founder, Arab Women in Computing

Dina Shoman – CEO & Founder, InHerQuests financial education company; Young Global Leader

Rina Kupferschmid-Rojas – Managing Director & Global Head, Sustainable Investing, UBS; Young Global Leader

4:50 – 5:40

Synthesis & Community Solutions from Roundtable Discussions & Ideation Sessions

• Synthesis of Insights & Learnings – Community Presentations & Reflections

• Introducing: Project American Dreams

• Introducing: The Internet of Women - book and leaders

• Looking Ahead to 2017: Global Initiatives, Global Movement, Next Steps

5:40 – 6:30

Closing Networking Reception

• Community Connections between Speakers, Discussion Co-Hosts, Participants

• Connect with the Book Authors - The Internet of Women

Womensphere 2016 Summit on Creating the Future

Full Steam Ahead

November 7, 2016

Cary Hall @ The DiMenna Center, New York City

Organization: www.womensphere.org

Festival & Summits: www.womenspherefest.com

#Womensphere #CreatingTheFuture

Womensphere 2016 Summit on Creating the Future: Full Steam Ahead

November 7, 2016 | New York City

Womensphere’s Annual Fall Summit brought together over 200 diverse leaders and emerging leaders across sectors, including executives, professionals, entrepreneurs, educators, scientists, artists, student leaders, and leaders from civil society. Convened on the day before the 2016 US national elections, we were thrilled to be able to come together in celebration and strength, to share, discuss, ideate, and collaborate on creating the future to accelerate the advancement of women in all fields.

We were excited to honor Morgan Stanley Vice Chairman Carla Harris with the Womensphere Global Leadership Award for her powerful and creative vision, her longstanding commitment to empowering women and youth of color, and more than a dozen other great reasons. We were happy to bring together ground-breaking innovators, executives, educators, artists, and leaders creating change for women around the world – to launch some very important initiatives. The event offered a forum for sharing and co-designing global and local programs that accelerate the advancement of women and girls in America and around the world.

Womensphere Fall Summit on Creating the Future

Agenda for November 7, 2016

1:00-1:30 PM

Registration, Connecting with Discussion Co-Hosts, and Roundtable Introductions

1:30-2:10 PM

Welcome, Introductions, Context-setting & Launch

• The Leadership Gender Gap: Overview of Global, US, Cross-Industry Contexts

• Women in Leadership & Innovation: Challenges, Opportunities

• Technology-powered Leadership

• NowIsTheTime.com: Celebrating Women’s Firsts

• New Models for Leadership in the World

• Launching NewChampions5050 + Womensphere Incubator Network global initiatives

Anna Ewing – Board Member, New York Hall of Science; Angel Investor; Past CIO & EVP, Global Technology Solutions, NASDAQ OMX

Dr. Valerie Barr – President, ACM-Women (Association for Computing Machinery)

Rina Kupferschmid-Rojas – Managing Director & Global Head, Sustainable Investing, UBS

Analisa Leonor Balares – CEO & Chief Innovation Officer, Womensphere

Drue Kataoka – Global Artist & Creator, Now is The Time

2:10 – 3:00 PM

Womensphere Global Leadership Award 2016 & Keynote

Carla Harris, Vice Chairman, Morgan Stanley; President, National Women’s Business Council

Advancing Women in Leadership in Business & Insights on the Journey to Executive Leadership

Plenary Discussion Panel

Angela Sun – Head of Corporate Development & Strategy, Bloomberg; Young Global Leader

Carla Harris – Vice Chairman, Morgan Stanley

Lili Gil Valetta – CEO, XL Alliance; Young Global Leader

Mary Graham Davis – Managing Partner, Davis Bateson Group; Former Chair, Board of Trustees, Mount Holyoke College

3:00 – 3:10PM Networking Break

3:10 – 4:00 PM

Sharing Insights & Discussion: Building the Pipeline of Talent & Accelerating Leadership for Women

• Insights on Advancing Women in Business & Finance

• Insights on Advancing Women in Science & Technology

• Insights on Advancing Women in Academia & Academic Leadership

• Empowering Millennials to Change the World

• Roundtable Discussion & Ideation for Global Initiatives 2017

Amy Dorn Kopelan –President & Founder, Bedlam Productions; Executive Producer, Corporate State CEO Summit

Laura Cantileno – Executive, Cisco; Co-Author, Internet of Women

Dr. Gilda Barabino – Dean, Grove School of Engineering, City College New York

Aria Finger – CEO, DoSomething.org; Young Global Leader

4:00 – 4:50

Sharing Insights & Discussion: Accelerating Impact & Advancing Women's Leadership in the World

• Principles in Accelerating Impact

• Women's Leadership in the World: Driving the Sustainability & Inclusion Agenda

• Women's Innovation in the World: Driving the Fourth Industrial Revolution

• Leveraging Technology to Amplify & Accelerate Impact

• Roundtable Discussion & Ideation: Strategies for Accelerating Women’s Impact & Advancing Women’s

Leadership (Across Fields/Industries)

Dr. Nada Anid – Dean, School of Engineering, New York Institute of Technology

Dr. Sana Odeh – Chair & Founder, Arab Women in Computing

Dina Shoman – CEO & Founder, InHerQuests financial education company; Young Global Leader

Rina Kupferschmid-Rojas – Managing Director & Global Head, Sustainable Investing, UBS; Young Global Leader

4:50 – 5:40

Synthesis & Community Solutions from Roundtable Discussions & Ideation Sessions

• Synthesis of Insights & Learnings – Community Presentations & Reflections

• Introducing: Project American Dreams

• Introducing: The Internet of Women - book and leaders

• Looking Ahead to 2017: Global Initiatives, Global Movement, Next Steps

5:40 – 6:30

Closing Networking Reception

• Community Connections between Speakers, Discussion Co-Hosts, Participants

• Connect with the Book Authors - The Internet of Women

Womensphere 2016 Summit on Creating the Future

Full Steam Ahead

November 7, 2016

Cary Hall @ The DiMenna Center, New York City

Organization: www.womensphere.org

Festival & Summits: www.womenspherefest.com

#Womensphere #CreatingTheFuture

Background

On 12 September 2015 hundreds of young people came together at the #YouthSummit in London to raise their voices about the future of their world.

September also sees the largest-ever gathering of world leaders at the United Nations in New York to sign up to new Global Goals that aim to eradicate poverty for good.

The Youth Summit gave young people a chance to get their voices heard on the global issues they care about. They have the power, commitment and energy to make sure the world delivers on promises made in New York.

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This image is posted under a Creative Commons - Attribution Licence, in accordance with the Open Government Licence. You are free to embed, download or otherwise re-use it, as long as you credit the source as 'Jessica Lea/DFID'.

Former Development Secretary Justine Greening speaks at the Youth Summit.

Background

On 12 September 2015 hundreds of young people came together at the #YouthSummit in London to raise their voices about the future of their world.

September also sees the largest-ever gathering of world leaders at the United Nations in New York to sign up to new Global Goals that aim to eradicate poverty for good.

The Youth Summit gave young people a chance to get their voices heard on the global issues they care about. They have the power, commitment and energy to make sure the world delivers on promises made in New York.

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Picture: Jessica Lea/DFID

Free-to-use photo

This image is posted under a Creative Commons - Attribution Licence, in accordance with the Open Government Licence. You are free to embed, download or otherwise re-use it, as long as you credit the source as 'Jessica Lea/DFID'.

Anti-FGM campaigner, Fahma Mohamed, meets with former Develpoment Secretary Justine Greening.

Background

On 12 September 2015 hundreds of young people came together at the #YouthSummit in London to raise their voices about the future of their world.

September also sees the largest-ever gathering of world leaders at the United Nations in New York to sign up to new Global Goals that aim to eradicate poverty for good.

The Youth Summit gave young people a chance to get their voices heard on the global issues they care about. They have the power, commitment and energy to make sure the world delivers on promises made in New York.

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Picture: Jessica Lea/DFID

Free-to-use photo

This image is posted under a Creative Commons - Attribution Licence, in accordance with the Open Government Licence. You are free to embed, download or otherwise re-use it, as long as you credit the source as 'Jessica Lea/DFID'.

Womensphere 2016 Summit on Creating the Future: Full Steam Ahead

November 7, 2016 | New York City

Womensphere’s Annual Fall Summit brought together over 200 diverse leaders and emerging leaders across sectors, including executives, professionals, entrepreneurs, educators, scientists, artists, student leaders, and leaders from civil society. Convened on the day before the 2016 US national elections, we were thrilled to be able to come together in celebration and strength, to share, discuss, ideate, and collaborate on creating the future to accelerate the advancement of women in all fields.

We were excited to honor Morgan Stanley Vice Chairman Carla Harris with the Womensphere Global Leadership Award for her powerful and creative vision, her longstanding commitment to empowering women and youth of color, and more than a dozen other great reasons. We were happy to bring together ground-breaking innovators, executives, educators, artists, and leaders creating change for women around the world – to launch some very important initiatives. The event offered a forum for sharing and co-designing global and local programs that accelerate the advancement of women and girls in America and around the world.

Womensphere Fall Summit on Creating the Future

Agenda for November 7, 2016

1:00-1:30 PM

Registration, Connecting with Discussion Co-Hosts, and Roundtable Introductions

1:30-2:10 PM

Welcome, Introductions, Context-setting & Launch

• The Leadership Gender Gap: Overview of Global, US, Cross-Industry Contexts

• Women in Leadership & Innovation: Challenges, Opportunities

• Technology-powered Leadership

• NowIsTheTime.com: Celebrating Women’s Firsts

• New Models for Leadership in the World

• Launching NewChampions5050 + Womensphere Incubator Network global initiatives

Anna Ewing – Board Member, New York Hall of Science; Angel Investor; Past CIO & EVP, Global Technology Solutions, NASDAQ OMX

Dr. Valerie Barr – President, ACM-Women (Association for Computing Machinery)

Rina Kupferschmid-Rojas – Managing Director & Global Head, Sustainable Investing, UBS

Analisa Leonor Balares – CEO & Chief Innovation Officer, Womensphere

Drue Kataoka – Global Artist & Creator, Now is The Time

2:10 – 3:00 PM

Womensphere Global Leadership Award 2016 & Keynote

Carla Harris, Vice Chairman, Morgan Stanley; President, National Women’s Business Council

Advancing Women in Leadership in Business & Insights on the Journey to Executive Leadership

Plenary Discussion Panel

Angela Sun – Head of Corporate Development & Strategy, Bloomberg; Young Global Leader

Carla Harris – Vice Chairman, Morgan Stanley

Lili Gil Valetta – CEO, XL Alliance; Young Global Leader

Mary Graham Davis – Managing Partner, Davis Bateson Group; Former Chair, Board of Trustees, Mount Holyoke College

3:00 – 3:10PM Networking Break

3:10 – 4:00 PM

Sharing Insights & Discussion: Building the Pipeline of Talent & Accelerating Leadership for Women

• Insights on Advancing Women in Business & Finance

• Insights on Advancing Women in Science & Technology

• Insights on Advancing Women in Academia & Academic Leadership

• Empowering Millennials to Change the World

• Roundtable Discussion & Ideation for Global Initiatives 2017

Amy Dorn Kopelan –President & Founder, Bedlam Productions; Executive Producer, Corporate State CEO Summit

Laura Cantileno – Executive, Cisco; Co-Author, Internet of Women

Dr. Gilda Barabino – Dean, Grove School of Engineering, City College New York

Aria Finger – CEO, DoSomething.org; Young Global Leader

4:00 – 4:50

Sharing Insights & Discussion: Accelerating Impact & Advancing Women's Leadership in the World

• Principles in Accelerating Impact

• Women's Leadership in the World: Driving the Sustainability & Inclusion Agenda

• Women's Innovation in the World: Driving the Fourth Industrial Revolution

• Leveraging Technology to Amplify & Accelerate Impact

• Roundtable Discussion & Ideation: Strategies for Accelerating Women’s Impact & Advancing Women’s

Leadership (Across Fields/Industries)

Dr. Nada Anid – Dean, School of Engineering, New York Institute of Technology

Dr. Sana Odeh – Chair & Founder, Arab Women in Computing

Dina Shoman – CEO & Founder, InHerQuests financial education company; Young Global Leader

Rina Kupferschmid-Rojas – Managing Director & Global Head, Sustainable Investing, UBS; Young Global Leader

4:50 – 5:40

Synthesis & Community Solutions from Roundtable Discussions & Ideation Sessions

• Synthesis of Insights & Learnings – Community Presentations & Reflections

• Introducing: Project American Dreams

• Introducing: The Internet of Women - book and leaders

• Looking Ahead to 2017: Global Initiatives, Global Movement, Next Steps

5:40 – 6:30

Closing Networking Reception

• Community Connections between Speakers, Discussion Co-Hosts, Participants

• Connect with the Book Authors - The Internet of Women

Womensphere 2016 Summit on Creating the Future

Full Steam Ahead

November 7, 2016

Cary Hall @ The DiMenna Center, New York City

Organization: www.womensphere.org

Festival & Summits: www.womenspherefest.com

#Womensphere #CreatingTheFuture

Womensphere 2016 Summit on Creating the Future: Full Steam Ahead

November 7, 2016 | New York City

Womensphere’s Annual Fall Summit brought together over 200 diverse leaders and emerging leaders across sectors, including executives, professionals, entrepreneurs, educators, scientists, artists, student leaders, and leaders from civil society. Convened on the day before the 2016 US national elections, we were thrilled to be able to come together in celebration and strength, to share, discuss, ideate, and collaborate on creating the future to accelerate the advancement of women in all fields.

We were excited to honor Morgan Stanley Vice Chairman Carla Harris with the Womensphere Global Leadership Award for her powerful and creative vision, her longstanding commitment to empowering women and youth of color, and more than a dozen other great reasons. We were happy to bring together ground-breaking innovators, executives, educators, artists, and leaders creating change for women around the world – to launch some very important initiatives. The event offered a forum for sharing and co-designing global and local programs that accelerate the advancement of women and girls in America and around the world.

Womensphere Fall Summit on Creating the Future

Agenda for November 7, 2016

1:00-1:30 PM

Registration, Connecting with Discussion Co-Hosts, and Roundtable Introductions

1:30-2:10 PM

Welcome, Introductions, Context-setting & Launch

• The Leadership Gender Gap: Overview of Global, US, Cross-Industry Contexts

• Women in Leadership & Innovation: Challenges, Opportunities

• Technology-powered Leadership

• NowIsTheTime.com: Celebrating Women’s Firsts

• New Models for Leadership in the World

• Launching NewChampions5050 + Womensphere Incubator Network global initiatives

Anna Ewing – Board Member, New York Hall of Science; Angel Investor; Past CIO & EVP, Global Technology Solutions, NASDAQ OMX

Dr. Valerie Barr – President, ACM-Women (Association for Computing Machinery)

Rina Kupferschmid-Rojas – Managing Director & Global Head, Sustainable Investing, UBS

Analisa Leonor Balares – CEO & Chief Innovation Officer, Womensphere

Drue Kataoka – Global Artist & Creator, Now is The Time

2:10 – 3:00 PM

Womensphere Global Leadership Award 2016 & Keynote

Carla Harris, Vice Chairman, Morgan Stanley; President, National Women’s Business Council

Advancing Women in Leadership in Business & Insights on the Journey to Executive Leadership

Plenary Discussion Panel

Angela Sun – Head of Corporate Development & Strategy, Bloomberg; Young Global Leader

Carla Harris – Vice Chairman, Morgan Stanley

Lili Gil Valetta – CEO, XL Alliance; Young Global Leader

Mary Graham Davis – Managing Partner, Davis Bateson Group; Former Chair, Board of Trustees, Mount Holyoke College

3:00 – 3:10PM Networking Break

3:10 – 4:00 PM

Sharing Insights & Discussion: Building the Pipeline of Talent & Accelerating Leadership for Women

• Insights on Advancing Women in Business & Finance

• Insights on Advancing Women in Science & Technology

• Insights on Advancing Women in Academia & Academic Leadership

• Empowering Millennials to Change the World

• Roundtable Discussion & Ideation for Global Initiatives 2017

Amy Dorn Kopelan –President & Founder, Bedlam Productions; Executive Producer, Corporate State CEO Summit

Laura Cantileno – Executive, Cisco; Co-Author, Internet of Women

Dr. Gilda Barabino – Dean, Grove School of Engineering, City College New York

Aria Finger – CEO, DoSomething.org; Young Global Leader

4:00 – 4:50

Sharing Insights & Discussion: Accelerating Impact & Advancing Women's Leadership in the World

• Principles in Accelerating Impact

• Women's Leadership in the World: Driving the Sustainability & Inclusion Agenda

• Women's Innovation in the World: Driving the Fourth Industrial Revolution

• Leveraging Technology to Amplify & Accelerate Impact

• Roundtable Discussion & Ideation: Strategies for Accelerating Women’s Impact & Advancing Women’s

Leadership (Across Fields/Industries)

Dr. Nada Anid – Dean, School of Engineering, New York Institute of Technology

Dr. Sana Odeh – Chair & Founder, Arab Women in Computing

Dina Shoman – CEO & Founder, InHerQuests financial education company; Young Global Leader

Rina Kupferschmid-Rojas – Managing Director & Global Head, Sustainable Investing, UBS; Young Global Leader

4:50 – 5:40

Synthesis & Community Solutions from Roundtable Discussions & Ideation Sessions

• Synthesis of Insights & Learnings – Community Presentations & Reflections

• Introducing: Project American Dreams

• Introducing: The Internet of Women - book and leaders

• Looking Ahead to 2017: Global Initiatives, Global Movement, Next Steps

5:40 – 6:30

Closing Networking Reception

• Community Connections between Speakers, Discussion Co-Hosts, Participants

• Connect with the Book Authors - The Internet of Women

Womensphere 2016 Summit on Creating the Future

Full Steam Ahead

November 7, 2016

Cary Hall @ The DiMenna Center, New York City

Organization: www.womensphere.org

Festival & Summits: www.womenspherefest.com

#Womensphere #CreatingTheFuture

Background

On 12 September 2015 hundreds of young people came together at the #YouthSummit in London to raise their voices about the future of their world.

September also sees the largest-ever gathering of world leaders at the United Nations in New York to sign up to new Global Goals that aim to eradicate poverty for good.

The Youth Summit gave young people a chance to get their voices heard on the global issues they care about. They have the power, commitment and energy to make sure the world delivers on promises made in New York.

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Picture: Jessica Lea/DFID

Free-to-use photo

This image is posted under a Creative Commons - Attribution Licence, in accordance with the Open Government Licence. You are free to embed, download or otherwise re-use it, as long as you credit the source as 'Jessica Lea/DFID'.

Background

On 12 September 2015 hundreds of young people came together at the #YouthSummit in London to raise their voices about the future of their world.

September also sees the largest-ever gathering of world leaders at the United Nations in New York to sign up to new Global Goals that aim to eradicate poverty for good.

The Youth Summit gave young people a chance to get their voices heard on the global issues they care about. They have the power, commitment and energy to make sure the world delivers on promises made in New York.

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Picture: Jessica Lea/DFID

Free-to-use photo

This image is posted under a Creative Commons - Attribution Licence, in accordance with the Open Government Licence. You are free to embed, download or otherwise re-use it, as long as you credit the source as 'Jessica Lea/DFID'.

Background

On 12 September 2015 hundreds of young people came together at the #YouthSummit in London to raise their voices about the future of their world.

September also sees the largest-ever gathering of world leaders at the United Nations in New York to sign up to new Global Goals that aim to eradicate poverty for good.

The Youth Summit gave young people a chance to get their voices heard on the global issues they care about. They have the power, commitment and energy to make sure the world delivers on promises made in New York.

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Picture: Jessica Lea/DFID

Free-to-use photo

This image is posted under a Creative Commons - Attribution Licence, in accordance with the Open Government Licence. You are free to embed, download or otherwise re-use it, as long as you credit the source as 'Jessica Lea/DFID'.

Young anti-FGM campaigners meet with former Develpoment Secretary Justine Greening.

Background

On 12 September 2015 hundreds of young people came together at the #YouthSummit in London to raise their voices about the future of their world.

September also sees the largest-ever gathering of world leaders at the United Nations in New York to sign up to new Global Goals that aim to eradicate poverty for good.

The Youth Summit gave young people a chance to get their voices heard on the global issues they care about. They have the power, commitment and energy to make sure the world delivers on promises made in New York.

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Picture: Jessica Lea/DFID

Free-to-use photo

This image is posted under a Creative Commons - Attribution Licence, in accordance with the Open Government Licence. You are free to embed, download or otherwise re-use it, as long as you credit the source as 'Jessica Lea/DFID'.

A Fairer Future For All: Fighting Inequalities and Discrimination at the Heart of the 2030 Agenda.

This high-level event co-hosted by UN Women, the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, and the Permanent Missions of Finland, Mexico and South Africa, focused on the commitment to ‘leave no one behind’ and discuss ways to remove inequalities and discrimination both within and between states as the central defining feature of the new agenda.

Panelists L-R: Winnie Byanyima, Executive Director, Oxfam International; Lorena Cruz, President of the National Women’s Institute, Mexico; Craig Mokhiber, Chief of Development, Economic and Social Issues Branch, UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights; Lenita Toivakka, Minister for International Development and Foreign Trade, Finland; Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights; Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka, Executive Director, UN Women;

Photo: UN Women/Ryan Brown

Womensphere 2016 Summit on Creating the Future: Full Steam Ahead

November 7, 2016 | New York City

Womensphere’s Annual Fall Summit brought together over 200 diverse leaders and emerging leaders across sectors, including executives, professionals, entrepreneurs, educators, scientists, artists, student leaders, and leaders from civil society. Convened on the day before the 2016 US national elections, we were thrilled to be able to come together in celebration and strength, to share, discuss, ideate, and collaborate on creating the future to accelerate the advancement of women in all fields.

We were excited to honor Morgan Stanley Vice Chairman Carla Harris with the Womensphere Global Leadership Award for her powerful and creative vision, her longstanding commitment to empowering women and youth of color, and more than a dozen other great reasons. We were happy to bring together ground-breaking innovators, executives, educators, artists, and leaders creating change for women around the world – to launch some very important initiatives. The event offered a forum for sharing and co-designing global and local programs that accelerate the advancement of women and girls in America and around the world.

Womensphere Fall Summit on Creating the Future

Agenda for November 7, 2016

1:00-1:30 PM

Registration, Connecting with Discussion Co-Hosts, and Roundtable Introductions

1:30-2:10 PM

Welcome, Introductions, Context-setting & Launch

• The Leadership Gender Gap: Overview of Global, US, Cross-Industry Contexts

• Women in Leadership & Innovation: Challenges, Opportunities

• Technology-powered Leadership

• NowIsTheTime.com: Celebrating Women’s Firsts

• New Models for Leadership in the World

• Launching NewChampions5050 + Womensphere Incubator Network global initiatives

Anna Ewing – Board Member, New York Hall of Science; Angel Investor; Past CIO & EVP, Global Technology Solutions, NASDAQ OMX

Dr. Valerie Barr – President, ACM-Women (Association for Computing Machinery)

Rina Kupferschmid-Rojas – Managing Director & Global Head, Sustainable Investing, UBS

Analisa Leonor Balares – CEO & Chief Innovation Officer, Womensphere

Drue Kataoka – Global Artist & Creator, Now is The Time

2:10 – 3:00 PM

Womensphere Global Leadership Award 2016 & Keynote

Carla Harris, Vice Chairman, Morgan Stanley; President, National Women’s Business Council

Advancing Women in Leadership in Business & Insights on the Journey to Executive Leadership

Plenary Discussion Panel

Angela Sun – Head of Corporate Development & Strategy, Bloomberg; Young Global Leader

Carla Harris – Vice Chairman, Morgan Stanley

Lili Gil Valetta – CEO, XL Alliance; Young Global Leader

Mary Graham Davis – Managing Partner, Davis Bateson Group; Former Chair, Board of Trustees, Mount Holyoke College

3:00 – 3:10PM Networking Break

3:10 – 4:00 PM

Sharing Insights & Discussion: Building the Pipeline of Talent & Accelerating Leadership for Women

• Insights on Advancing Women in Business & Finance

• Insights on Advancing Women in Science & Technology

• Insights on Advancing Women in Academia & Academic Leadership

• Empowering Millennials to Change the World

• Roundtable Discussion & Ideation for Global Initiatives 2017

Amy Dorn Kopelan –President & Founder, Bedlam Productions; Executive Producer, Corporate State CEO Summit

Laura Cantileno – Executive, Cisco; Co-Author, Internet of Women

Dr. Gilda Barabino – Dean, Grove School of Engineering, City College New York

Aria Finger – CEO, DoSomething.org; Young Global Leader

4:00 – 4:50

Sharing Insights & Discussion: Accelerating Impact & Advancing Women's Leadership in the World

• Principles in Accelerating Impact

• Women's Leadership in the World: Driving the Sustainability & Inclusion Agenda

• Women's Innovation in the World: Driving the Fourth Industrial Revolution

• Leveraging Technology to Amplify & Accelerate Impact

• Roundtable Discussion & Ideation: Strategies for Accelerating Women’s Impact & Advancing Women’s

Leadership (Across Fields/Industries)

Dr. Nada Anid – Dean, School of Engineering, New York Institute of Technology

Dr. Sana Odeh – Chair & Founder, Arab Women in Computing

Dina Shoman – CEO & Founder, InHerQuests financial education company; Young Global Leader

Rina Kupferschmid-Rojas – Managing Director & Global Head, Sustainable Investing, UBS; Young Global Leader

4:50 – 5:40

Synthesis & Community Solutions from Roundtable Discussions & Ideation Sessions

• Synthesis of Insights & Learnings – Community Presentations & Reflections

• Introducing: Project American Dreams

• Introducing: The Internet of Women - book and leaders

• Looking Ahead to 2017: Global Initiatives, Global Movement, Next Steps

5:40 – 6:30

Closing Networking Reception

• Community Connections between Speakers, Discussion Co-Hosts, Participants

• Connect with the Book Authors - The Internet of Women

Womensphere 2016 Summit on Creating the Future

Full Steam Ahead

November 7, 2016

Cary Hall @ The DiMenna Center, New York City

Organization: www.womensphere.org

Festival & Summits: www.womenspherefest.com

#Womensphere #CreatingTheFuture

On Saturday 12 September hundreds of young people will gather in London at The Youth Summit to help shape the future of our world.

At the end of September, world leaders will sign up to new Global GBackground

On 12 September 2015 hundreds of young people came together at the #YouthSummit in London to raise their voices about the future of their world.

September also sees the largest-ever gathering of world leaders at the United Nations in New York to sign up to new Global Goals that aim to eradicate poverty for good.

The Youth Summit gave young people a chance to get their voices heard on the global issues they care about. They have the power, commitment and energy to make sure the world delivers on promises made in New York.

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This image is posted under a Creative Commons - Attribution Licence, in accordance with the Open Government Licence. You are free to embed, download or otherwise re-use it, as long as you credit the source as 'Ricci Coughlan/DFID'.

Background

On 12 September 2015 hundreds of young people came together at the #YouthSummit in London to raise their voices about the future of their world.

September also sees the largest-ever gathering of world leaders at the United Nations in New York to sign up to new Global Goals that aim to eradicate poverty for good.

The Youth Summit gave young people a chance to get their voices heard on the global issues they care about. They have the power, commitment and energy to make sure the world delivers on promises made in New York.

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Picture: Jessica Lea/DFID

Free-to-use photo

This image is posted under a Creative Commons - Attribution Licence, in accordance with the Open Government Licence. You are free to embed, download or otherwise re-use it, as long as you credit the source as 'Jessica Lea/DFID'.

Foto: Aleksander Ramsland/Scream Media for Norad

Nattevandring for bærekraftsmålene i Oslo 27. oktober.

På toppen kunne deltakerne ta bilde med det eller de målene de gikk for.

Rick Edwards - BBC Free Speech and E4 presenter - meets Former Development Secretary Justine Greening at the Youth Summit in London.

Background

On 12 September 2015 hundreds of young people came together at the #YouthSummit in London to raise their voices about the future of their world.

September also sees the largest-ever gathering of world leaders at the United Nations in New York to sign up to new Global Goals that aim to eradicate poverty for good.

The Youth Summit gave young people a chance to get their voices heard on the global issues they care about. They have the power, commitment and energy to make sure the world delivers on promises made in New York.

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Picture: Jessica Lea/DFID

Free-to-use photo

This image is posted under a Creative Commons - Attribution Licence, in accordance with the Open Government Licence. You are free to embed, download or otherwise re-use it, as long as you credit the source as 'Jessica Lea/DFID'.

Womensphere 2016 Summit on Creating the Future: Full Steam Ahead

November 7, 2016 | New York City

Womensphere’s Annual Fall Summit brought together over 200 diverse leaders and emerging leaders across sectors, including executives, professionals, entrepreneurs, educators, scientists, artists, student leaders, and leaders from civil society. Convened on the day before the 2016 US national elections, we were thrilled to be able to come together in celebration and strength, to share, discuss, ideate, and collaborate on creating the future to accelerate the advancement of women in all fields.

We were excited to honor Morgan Stanley Vice Chairman Carla Harris with the Womensphere Global Leadership Award for her powerful and creative vision, her longstanding commitment to empowering women and youth of color, and more than a dozen other great reasons. We were happy to bring together ground-breaking innovators, executives, educators, artists, and leaders creating change for women around the world – to launch some very important initiatives. The event offered a forum for sharing and co-designing global and local programs that accelerate the advancement of women and girls in America and around the world.

Womensphere Fall Summit on Creating the Future

Agenda for November 7, 2016

1:00-1:30 PM

Registration, Connecting with Discussion Co-Hosts, and Roundtable Introductions

1:30-2:10 PM

Welcome, Introductions, Context-setting & Launch

• The Leadership Gender Gap: Overview of Global, US, Cross-Industry Contexts

• Women in Leadership & Innovation: Challenges, Opportunities

• Technology-powered Leadership

• NowIsTheTime.com: Celebrating Women’s Firsts

• New Models for Leadership in the World

• Launching NewChampions5050 + Womensphere Incubator Network global initiatives

Anna Ewing – Board Member, New York Hall of Science; Angel Investor; Past CIO & EVP, Global Technology Solutions, NASDAQ OMX

Dr. Valerie Barr – President, ACM-Women (Association for Computing Machinery)

Rina Kupferschmid-Rojas – Managing Director & Global Head, Sustainable Investing, UBS

Analisa Leonor Balares – CEO & Chief Innovation Officer, Womensphere

Drue Kataoka – Global Artist & Creator, Now is The Time

2:10 – 3:00 PM

Womensphere Global Leadership Award 2016 & Keynote

Carla Harris, Vice Chairman, Morgan Stanley; President, National Women’s Business Council

Advancing Women in Leadership in Business & Insights on the Journey to Executive Leadership

Plenary Discussion Panel

Angela Sun – Head of Corporate Development & Strategy, Bloomberg; Young Global Leader

Carla Harris – Vice Chairman, Morgan Stanley

Lili Gil Valetta – CEO, XL Alliance; Young Global Leader

Mary Graham Davis – Managing Partner, Davis Bateson Group; Former Chair, Board of Trustees, Mount Holyoke College

3:00 – 3:10PM Networking Break

3:10 – 4:00 PM

Sharing Insights & Discussion: Building the Pipeline of Talent & Accelerating Leadership for Women

• Insights on Advancing Women in Business & Finance

• Insights on Advancing Women in Science & Technology

• Insights on Advancing Women in Academia & Academic Leadership

• Empowering Millennials to Change the World

• Roundtable Discussion & Ideation for Global Initiatives 2017

Amy Dorn Kopelan –President & Founder, Bedlam Productions; Executive Producer, Corporate State CEO Summit

Laura Cantileno – Executive, Cisco; Co-Author, Internet of Women

Dr. Gilda Barabino – Dean, Grove School of Engineering, City College New York

Aria Finger – CEO, DoSomething.org; Young Global Leader

4:00 – 4:50

Sharing Insights & Discussion: Accelerating Impact & Advancing Women's Leadership in the World

• Principles in Accelerating Impact

• Women's Leadership in the World: Driving the Sustainability & Inclusion Agenda

• Women's Innovation in the World: Driving the Fourth Industrial Revolution

• Leveraging Technology to Amplify & Accelerate Impact

• Roundtable Discussion & Ideation: Strategies for Accelerating Women’s Impact & Advancing Women’s

Leadership (Across Fields/Industries)

Dr. Nada Anid – Dean, School of Engineering, New York Institute of Technology

Dr. Sana Odeh – Chair & Founder, Arab Women in Computing

Dina Shoman – CEO & Founder, InHerQuests financial education company; Young Global Leader

Rina Kupferschmid-Rojas – Managing Director & Global Head, Sustainable Investing, UBS; Young Global Leader

4:50 – 5:40

Synthesis & Community Solutions from Roundtable Discussions & Ideation Sessions

• Synthesis of Insights & Learnings – Community Presentations & Reflections

• Introducing: Project American Dreams

• Introducing: The Internet of Women - book and leaders

• Looking Ahead to 2017: Global Initiatives, Global Movement, Next Steps

5:40 – 6:30

Closing Networking Reception

• Community Connections between Speakers, Discussion Co-Hosts, Participants

• Connect with the Book Authors - The Internet of Women

Womensphere 2016 Summit on Creating the Future

Full Steam Ahead

November 7, 2016

Cary Hall @ The DiMenna Center, New York City

Organization: www.womensphere.org

Festival & Summits: www.womenspherefest.com

#Womensphere #CreatingTheFuture

World leaders convene at the United Nations on 27 September 2015 for the “Global Leaders’ Meeting on Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment: A Commitment to Action” to personally commit to ending discrimination against women by 2030 and announce concrete and measurable actions to kick-start rapid change in their countries.

Read More: www.unwomen.org/en/news/stories/2015/9/press-release-glob...

Read every country's committment from the event: beijing20.unwomen.org/en/step-it-up/commitments

Photo: UN Women/Ryan Brown

Pictured: Germany (Merkel)

BBC Free Speech and E4 presenter, Rick Edwards speaks at the Youth Summit.

Background

On 12 September 2015 hundreds of young people came together at the #YouthSummit in London to raise their voices about the future of their world.

September also sees the largest-ever gathering of world leaders at the United Nations in New York to sign up to new Global Goals that aim to eradicate poverty for good.

The Youth Summit gave young people a chance to get their voices heard on the global issues they care about. They have the power, commitment and energy to make sure the world delivers on promises made in New York.

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Picture: Jessica Lea/DFID

Free-to-use photo

This image is posted under a Creative Commons - Attribution Licence, in accordance with the Open Government Licence. You are free to embed, download or otherwise re-use it, as long as you credit the source as 'Jessica Lea/DFID'.

On Saturday 12 September hundreds of young people will gather in London at The Youth Summit to help shape the future of our world.

At the end of September, world leaders will sign up to new Global GBackground

On 12 September 2015 hundreds of young people came together at the #YouthSummit in London to raise their voices about the future of their world.

September also sees the largest-ever gathering of world leaders at the United Nations in New York to sign up to new Global Goals that aim to eradicate poverty for good.

The Youth Summit gave young people a chance to get their voices heard on the global issues they care about. They have the power, commitment and energy to make sure the world delivers on promises made in New York.

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Graphic: Ricci Coughlan/DFID

Free-to-use photo

This image is posted under a Creative Commons - Attribution Licence, in accordance with the Open Government Licence. You are free to embed, download or otherwise re-use it, as long as you credit the source as 'Ricci Coughlan/DFID'.

Burundi: Joseph Butore, Vice-President of the Republic of Burundi

“Burundi has assured free schooling for basic education which has helped lead to equality between boys and girls in education. ...The extension of the health network and its infrastructure…has…substantially reduced infant [and] maternal mortality. The Government has set up a national centre to help with victims of gender-based violence…three further centres will be opened. A… gender-based violence [law]…has been adopted…. The participation of women in national and local decision-making bodies has seen remarkable progress. Despite these efforts, socio-economic problems persist and the lack of funding means that promotion of women and girls is still an issue…. We commit to the Beijing Platform for Action. Reinforcing gains [made] to promote women and girls, [we] support the reinforcement of equality and women’s empowerment [in] development programmes in the post-2015 agenda, and [efforts] to help women and young girls to make sure they are empowered and not discriminated against.”

World leaders convene at the United Nations on 27 September 2015 for the “Global Leaders’ Meeting on Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment: A Commitment to Action” to personally commit to ending discrimination against women by 2030 and announce concrete and measurable actions to kick-start rapid change in their countries.

Read More: www.unwomen.org/en/news/stories/2015/9/press-release-glob...

Read every country's committment from the event: beijing20.unwomen.org/en/step-it-up/commitments

Photo: UN Women/Ryan Brown

Pakistan: Prime Minister Muhammad Nawaz Sharif

"We welcome the inclusion of a stand-alone goal on gender equality and women’s empowerment in the post-2015 development agenda. The challenge now is to invest sufficient resources and to adopt appropriate policies to ensure its full and effective realization. … We have introduced many initiatives over the years, including the…establishment of national and provincial commissions of the status of women. Led by women, they are independent and contributing to formulation of legislation and policies for women’s empowerment and gender equality. [We have] strengthened and improved the implementation of the national policy for development and empowerment of women…and [enacted and implemented] pro-women legislation including the criminal law amendment act and women in distress in detention act…. [W]omen’s empowerment is the first pillar of our key planning document, Vision 2025. All countries stand to benefit from the empowerment of women. We are therefore determined to ensure a more central role for women in the political, economic as well as other spheres of national life."

World leaders convene at the United Nations on 27 September 2015 for the “Global Leaders’ Meeting on Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment: A Commitment to Action” to personally commit to ending discrimination against women by 2030 and announce concrete and measurable actions to kick-start rapid change in their countries.

Read More: www.unwomen.org/en/news/stories/2015/9/press-release-glob...

Read every country's committment from the event: beijing20.unwomen.org/en/step-it-up/commitments

Photo: UN Women/Ryan Brown

Liberia: President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf

“Liberia has already demonstrated, by my election, its commitment to [women’s] equality. However, I must be the first to admit that the gaps are many, and much more remains to be done. I therefore commit my administration to ensure that the Domestic Violence Bill, now under consideration by our legislature is passed into law to safeguard the safety of our women. My administration commits to continue adherence and enforcement of the law which denies bail to those who commit the offense of rape… My administration commits to uphold the rights and laws on children to ensure their access to quality education and their retention in schools …My administration commits to ensuring training and better working conditions for healthcare workers to ensure better healthcare delivery service, given our recent experience with the Ebola Disease. My Government commits to continuing the effort to submit laws under much difficulty to our standing legislature to ensure the abolition [and] enforcement of the ban on Female Genital Mutilation. My Government commits to improving the living and working conditions of women in the informal sector, who provide the resilience of our economy and are the most disadvantaged. My Government commits to ensuring that the ongoing Constitutional review process guarantees women’s full participation in governance and national affairs on a priority basis.”

World leaders convene at the United Nations on 27 September 2015 for the “Global Leaders’ Meeting on Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment: A Commitment to Action” to personally commit to ending discrimination against women by 2030 and announce concrete and measurable actions to kick-start rapid change in their countries.

Read More: www.unwomen.org/en/news/stories/2015/9/press-release-glob...

Read every country's committment from the event: beijing20.unwomen.org/en/step-it-up/commitments

Photo: UN Women/Ryan Brown

Background

On 12 September 2015 hundreds of young people came together at the #YouthSummit in London to raise their voices about the future of their world.

September also sees the largest-ever gathering of world leaders at the United Nations in New York to sign up to new Global Goals that aim to eradicate poverty for good.

The Youth Summit gave young people a chance to get their voices heard on the global issues they care about. They have the power, commitment and energy to make sure the world delivers on promises made in New York.

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Picture: Jessica Lea/DFID

Free-to-use photo

This image is posted under a Creative Commons - Attribution Licence, in accordance with the Open Government Licence. You are free to embed, download or otherwise re-use it, as long as you credit the source as 'Jessica Lea/DFID'.

Background

On 12 September 2015 hundreds of young people came together at the #YouthSummit in London to raise their voices about the future of their world.

September also sees the largest-ever gathering of world leaders at the United Nations in New York to sign up to new Global Goals that aim to eradicate poverty for good.

The Youth Summit gave young people a chance to get their voices heard on the global issues they care about. They have the power, commitment and energy to make sure the world delivers on promises made in New York.

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Picture: Marisol Grandon/DFID

Free-to-use photo

This image is posted under a Creative Commons - Attribution Licence, in accordance with the Open Government Licence. You are free to embed, download or otherwise re-use it, as long as you credit the source as 'Marisol Grandon/DFID'.

On Saturday 12 September hundreds of young people will gather in London at The Youth Summit to help shape the future of our world.

At the end of September, world leaders will sign up to new Global GBackground

On 12 September 2015 hundreds of young people came together at the #YouthSummit in London to raise their voices about the future of their world.

September also sees the largest-ever gathering of world leaders at the United Nations in New York to sign up to new Global Goals that aim to eradicate poverty for good.

The Youth Summit gave young people a chance to get their voices heard on the global issues they care about. They have the power, commitment and energy to make sure the world delivers on promises made in New York.

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Graphic: Ricci Coughlan/DFID

Free-to-use photo

This image is posted under a Creative Commons - Attribution Licence, in accordance with the Open Government Licence. You are free to embed, download or otherwise re-use it, as long as you credit the source as 'Ricci Coughlan/DFID'.

World leaders convene at the United Nations on 27 September 2015 for the “Global Leaders’ Meeting on Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment: A Commitment to Action” to personally commit to ending discrimination against women by 2030 and announce concrete and measurable actions to kick-start rapid change in their countries.

Read More: www.unwomen.org/en/news/stories/2015/9/press-release-glob...

Read every country's committment from the event: beijing20.unwomen.org/en/step-it-up/commitments

Photo: UN Women/Ryan Brown

Pictured: Chile, Cuba

Sierra Leone: President Ernest Bai Koroma

“We have enacted…legislation…towards the empowerment of women and ensuring that there is equality. Additionally, knowing that education is key, we have emphasized providing a free education for our girls in primary schools and senior secondary schools. We are also providing free tertiary education scholarships for girls...in the sciences. We have provided free health care for women who are pregnant, lactating mothers and children under five. The policies that we have adopted so far have ensured that as of now there is [gender] parity…in primary school…and an increased number of girls finishing…junior secondary schools.”

World leaders convene at the United Nations on 27 September 2015 for the “Global Leaders’ Meeting on Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment: A Commitment to Action” to personally commit to ending discrimination against women by 2030 and announce concrete and measurable actions to kick-start rapid change in their countries.

Read More: www.unwomen.org/en/news/stories/2015/9/press-release-glob...

Read every country's committment from the event: beijing20.unwomen.org/en/step-it-up/commitments

Photo: UN Women/Sarah Stacke

Background

On 12 September 2015 hundreds of young people came together at the #YouthSummit in London to raise their voices about the future of their world.

September also sees the largest-ever gathering of world leaders at the United Nations in New York to sign up to new Global Goals that aim to eradicate poverty for good.

The Youth Summit gave young people a chance to get their voices heard on the global issues they care about. They have the power, commitment and energy to make sure the world delivers on promises made in New York.

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Picture: Jessica Lea/DFID

Free-to-use photo

This image is posted under a Creative Commons - Attribution Licence, in accordance with the Open Government Licence. You are free to embed, download or otherwise re-use it, as long as you credit the source as 'Jessica Lea/DFID'.

92 Y in New York, 18 Sept. 2016 - Actress Michelle Yeoh atended the Social Good Summit, as UNDP Goodwill Ambassador, to announce the names of our panda ambassadors: "Qiqi" in English ‘beginning’, and "Diandian", which means ‘moment’.

© Freya Morales / UNDP

Womensphere Fall Summit on Creating the Future

Agenda for November 7, 2016

1:00-1:30 PM

Registration, Connecting with Discussion Co-Hosts, and Roundtable Introductions

1:30-2:10 PM

Welcome, Introductions, Context-setting & Launch

• The Leadership Gender Gap: Overview of Global, US, Cross-Industry Contexts

• Women in Leadership & Innovation: Challenges, Opportunities

• Technology-powered Leadership

• NowIsTheTime.com: Celebrating Women’s Firsts

• New Models for Leadership in the World

• Launching NewChampions5050 + Womensphere Incubator Network global initiatives

Anna Ewing – Board Member, New York Hall of Science; Angel Investor; Past CIO & EVP, Global Technology Solutions, NASDAQ OMX

Dr. Valerie Barr – President, ACM-Women (Association for Computing Machinery)

Rina Kupferschmid-Rojas – Managing Director & Global Head, Sustainable Investing, UBS

Analisa Leonor Balares – CEO & Chief Innovation Officer, Womensphere

Drue Kataoka – Global Artist & Creator, Now is The Time

2:10 – 3:00 PM

Womensphere Global Leadership Award 2016 & Keynote

Carla Harris, Vice Chairman, Morgan Stanley; President, National Women’s Business Council

Advancing Women in Leadership in Business & Insights on the Journey to Executive Leadership

Plenary Discussion Panel

Angela Sun – Head of Corporate Development & Strategy, Bloomberg; Young Global Leader

Carla Harris – Vice Chairman, Morgan Stanley

Lili Gil Valetta – CEO, XL Alliance; Young Global Leader

Mary Graham Davis – Managing Partner, Davis Bateson Group; Former Chair, Board of Trustees, Mount Holyoke College

3:00 – 3:10PM Networking Break

3:10 – 4:00 PM

Sharing Insights & Discussion: Building the Pipeline of Talent & Accelerating Leadership for Women

• Insights on Advancing Women in Business & Finance

• Insights on Advancing Women in Science & Technology

• Insights on Advancing Women in Academia & Academic Leadership

• Empowering Millennials to Change the World

• Roundtable Discussion & Ideation for Global Initiatives 2017

Amy Dorn Kopelan –President & Founder, Bedlam Productions; Executive Producer, Corporate State CEO Summit

Laura Cantileno – Executive, Cisco; Co-Author, Internet of Women

Dr. Gilda Barabino – Dean, Grove School of Engineering, City College New York

Aria Finger – CEO, DoSomething.org; Young Global Leader

4:00 – 4:50

Sharing Insights & Discussion: Accelerating Impact & Advancing Women's Leadership in the World

• Principles in Accelerating Impact

• Women's Leadership in the World: Driving the Sustainability & Inclusion Agenda

• Women's Innovation in the World: Driving the Fourth Industrial Revolution

• Leveraging Technology to Amplify & Accelerate Impact

• Roundtable Discussion & Ideation: Strategies for Accelerating Women’s Impact & Advancing Women’s

Leadership (Across Fields/Industries)

Dr. Nada Anid – Dean, School of Engineering, New York Institute of Technology

Dr. Sana Odeh – Chair & Founder, Arab Women in Computing

Dina Shoman – CEO & Founder, InHerQuests financial education company; Young Global Leader

Rina Kupferschmid-Rojas – Managing Director & Global Head, Sustainable Investing, UBS; Young Global Leader

4:50 – 5:40

Synthesis & Community Solutions from Roundtable Discussions & Ideation Sessions

• Synthesis of Insights & Learnings – Community Presentations & Reflections

• Introducing: Project American Dreams

• Introducing: The Internet of Women - book and leaders

• Looking Ahead to 2017: Global Initiatives, Global Movement, Next Steps

5:40 – 6:30

Closing Networking Reception

• Community Connections between Speakers, Discussion Co-Hosts, Participants

• Connect with the Book Authors - The Internet of Women

Womensphere 2016 Summit on Creating the Future

Full Steam Ahead

November 7, 2016

Cary Hall @ The DiMenna Center, New York City

Organization: www.womensphere.org

Festival & Summits: www.womenspherefest.com

#Womensphere #CreatingTheFuture