Mr. Michael Spanos, Managing Partner of EuroCharity, participated in United Nations Office for Partnerships and the Business Civic Leadership Center Forum on Investing in Women and Entrepreneurship: Solutions to Addressing MDG 3, in New York.
This sold-out event took place on the 100th anniversary of International Women’s Day, March 8, 2011, and was co-hosted at the United Nations headquarters by the U.S. Chamber BCLC and the UN Office for Partnerships.
This sold-out event took place on the 100th anniversary of International Women’s Day, March 8, 2011, and was co-hosted at the United Nations headquarters by the U.S. Chamber BCLC and the UN Office for Partnerships.
The roster of speakers included:
- UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon
- Deputy Secretary-General Asha-Rose Migiro
- UN Development Program Administrator Helen Clark
- Academy Award Winner Geena Davis (founder of the non-profit The Geena Davis Institute on Gender in Media), and
- Dermalogica Founder Jane Wurwand
- Keynote speech by Dermalogica founder Jane Wurwand: “Providing Economic Opportunity to Women – Connecting Consumers and Companies with Women Entrepreneurs”
- “Why Empowering Women is Good for Business”
- “Increasing Leadership and Access to Training in the Workplace”
- “Decreasing Gender Disparity in Primary and Secondary Education”
- Partnership Spotlights with Healthy Women, Healthy Economies (GBC), Girl Up (UN), and the Center for International Private Enterprise
- The agenda and speakers
- Participants’ list
Geena Davis at BCLC UN Investing in Women & Entrepreneurship, NYC
Shelly Porges, U.S. State Department, at BCLC/UN Investing in Women & Entrepreneurship, NYC
From left to right: Mr. Jack Wysocki (VP/Business Development, CSRwire), Ms. Vivian Bouzali (Group Communication Manager, MYTILINEOS Group, member of EuroCharity and CSRwire) and Mr. Michael Spanos (Managing Partner, EuroCharity)
