Tag: Gender Equality

Red Shoe Movement Aims for a Global Leap of Consciousness in Gender Equality

Stuart Mitchell

For the first time ever a fleet of ships rings the bell around the globe for gender equality. As part of its #IWDleader campaign that runs throughout March, Women’s History Month, the Red Shoe Movement unveils the “Ring the Bell on the 7 Seas” with Celebrity Cruises, a Red Shoe Movement® Gender Equality global initiative. On March 8, Celebrity Cruises’ President and CEO, Lisa Lutoff-Perlo, will ring the bell onboard the Celebrity Summit in Fort Lauderdale, Florida echoing the UN Global Compact and stock exchanges worldwide ringing the bell for…

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London Mayor calls for international backing on gender equality campaign

Stuart Mitchell

Sadiq Khan calls on international leaders to back his campaign for improving gender equality, when he makes a speech to more than 100 ambassadors from around the world in City Hall. He will also reiterate his call for the government to provide proper guarantees to European citizens living in the UK. The speech was part of the Mayor of London’s Behind Every Great City campaign, launched to coincide with the 100-year anniversary of some women getting the right to vote. The campaign champions the fact that it is the achievement and…

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Procter & Gamble hosts panel discussion on gender equality

Stuart Mitchell

As part of the Olympic Winter Games PyeongChang 2018, Procter & Gamble, a Worldwide Olympic Partner, has hosted a panel discussion on gender equality. As part of “Love Over Bias,” the latest installment of P&G’s award-winning “Thank You, Mom” campaign, a panel of decorated female Olympians discussed their own journeys to the global stage. The discussion included the role of their moms, mentorship and support from other women, as well as their hopes for what the current global movement for gender equality will mean for future generations of female athletes.…

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UN Women carries the Olympic Torch, calls for gender equality in sport

Stuart Mitchell

UN Women Country Programme Manager in China, Julie Broussard carried the Olympic Torch in Paju, South Korea, leading up to the 2018 Pyeongchang Winter Olympic Games. She called for gender equality in sport, following in the footsteps of UN Women Executive Director Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka, who had carried the Olympic Torch at the 2016 Rio Games. After five years of successful collaboration on women and sport, UN Women and the International Olympic Committee (IOC) recently renewed their commitment to continue empowering women and girls through sport and increasing women’s leadership and…

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Citi Responds To Shareholder Pressure To Close Gender Pay Gap

Stuart Mitchell

Citigroup and Arjuna Capital disclosed today that Citi is taking steps to provide gender and ethnicity wage data and commit to closing the gap, making it the first U.S. bank to respond to shareholder concerns. In response to Citi’s steps, Arjuna Capital withdrew its gender pay shareholder proposal on Monday, January 15, 2018.   Citi’s announcement represents a major shift for U.S. banks and credit card companies, since no financial services company so far targeted by shareholders for gender pay has taken such action. Bank of America, MasterCard, American Express,…

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