Inaugural Meeting of the UN Secretary-General’s High-Level Panel on Women’s Economic Empowerment

Scenes from the inaugural meeting of the UN Secretary-General’s High-Level Panel on Women’s Economic Empowerment held at UN Headquarters on 15 March 2016. The Panel will provide recommendations for the implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development to improve economic outcomes for women and promote women’s leadership in driving sustainable and inclusive, environmentally sensitive economic growth. It will provide recommendations for key actions that can be taken by governments, the private sector, the UN system and other stakeholders, as well as policy directives needed to achieve the new targets and indicators in the Sustainable Development Goals which call for the economic empowerment of women. The panel is backed by the United Kingdom, the World Bank Group and UN Women.

 

Pictured: Ban Ki-moon, Secretary General of the United Nations

 

H.E. Luis Guillermo Solís Rivera, President of Costa Rica

 

Ms. Simona Scarpaleggia, CEO, IKEA Switzerland

 

Ms. Alejandra Mora Mora, Minister for the Status of Women

 

Mr. Aurel Hosennen, PR & Communications Manager, IKEA Switzerland

 

Ms. Fernanda Vidal Correa, Research Fellow, Panamerican University, Mexico City

 

Ms. Nanjira Sambuli, Research Lead, iHub

 

Ms. Kalpana Kochhar, Deputy Director and Leader of the IMF’s Gender Working Group

 

Ms. Mahwish Javaid, Social Impact Innovations Officer, Concern Worldwide

 

Ms. Shauna Olney, Chief of the Gender, Equality and Diversity Branch, ILO

 

Ms. Caren Grown, World Bank Group Senior Director, Gender

 

Ms. Liz Ditchburn, Director of Policy, Department for International Development

 

Ms. Anar Simpson, Special Advisor, Office of the Chair, Women Girls and Technology at Mozilla

 

Ms. Meg Jones, Chief, Economic Empowerment Section, Economic Empowerment

 

Ms. Jenna Harvey, Department of Urban Studies & Planning Massachusetts Institute of Technology

 

Ms. Sirel Shaidi Mchembe, Institute of Financial Management

 

Ms. Chidi King, Director of the Equality Department of the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC)

 

Ms. Amna Al Muhairy, Director of the Human Rights Department in the Ministryof Foreign Affairs

 

Ms. Lan Mercado, Deputy Advocacy and Campaigns Director of Oxfam International

 

Ms. Alicia Girón González, Professor and Researcher of the Economic Research Institute (IIEc)

 

Mr. Amadou Mahtar Ba, Co-Founder and Executive Chairman, AllAfrica Global Media Inc.

 

Ms. Christine Lagarde, Managing Director, International Monetary Fund

 

Ms. Fiza Farhan, CEO Buksh Foundation, Director Buksh Energy Pvt. Ltd

 

Ms. Elizabeth Vazquez, CEO and Co-Founder, WEConnect International

 

Mr. Guy Ryder, Director-General, International Labour Organization

 

Mr. Jim Yong Kim, President, World Bank

 

Ms. Justine Greening, Secretary of State for International Development

 

Mr. Michael Spence, Economist and recipient of the 2001 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences

 

Ms. Mitchell Baker, Executive Chairwoman, Mozilla Foundation

 

Ms. Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka, United Nations Under-Secretary-General and Executive Director of UN Women

 

Ms. Renana Jhabvala, Chair, Women in Informal Employment: Globalizing and Organizing (WIEGO)

 

Ms. Saadia Zahidi, Head of Employment and Gender Initiatives, World Economic Forum

 

H.E. Samia Suluhu Hassan, Vice-President, United Republic of Tanzania

 

Ms. Sharan Burrow, General Secretary of the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC)

 

H.E. Sheikha Lubna bint Khalid bin Sultan Al Qasimi, Minister for Foreign Trade of the United Arab Emirates

 

Ms. Tina Fordam, Managing Director, Chief Global Political Analyst, Citi Research

 

Ms. Winnie Byanyima, Executive Director, Oxfam International

 

Photo: UN Women/Ryan Brown

 

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