Nobel Laureates and Students Discuss Role of Women in Human Rights

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URGENT – Call to Action – 5th UN World Conference on Women in 2015

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A Call to Action in support of a Fifth World UN Conference of Women in 2015 (5WCW) Become part of its realization! April 2012 A statement by Elly Pradervand – WWSF CEO Member of the core lobby group since 2005 for a 5WCW For the past decades, a series of …

Five Questions about SRI – Weekly Expert Interview with Corli le Roux

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Five Questions about SRI – Weekly Expert Interview with Corli le Roux, Head of SRI Index and Sustainability, Johannesburg Stock Exchange, South Africa – April 6, 2012 By Geoffrey on April 6, 2012 An interview from Emerging Markets ESG Each week Emerging Markets ESG publishes an interview entitled, “Five Questions …

20-first Launches Four New Key Country Research Reports

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20-first Launches Four New Key Country Research Reports Looking at our Global Gender Scorecard’s in-depth focus on key Western countries reveals stark differences and remarkable similarities. First the differences. By one measure, the anglo-saxon countries, the UK and US, seem to lead the group on gender balance. Only a small …

Five Questions about SRI – Weekly Expert Interview with Lauren Smart, Executive Director, Trucost, London, United Kingdom

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Five Questions about SRI – Weekly Expert Interview with Lauren Smart, Executive Director, Trucost, London, United Kingdom – March 16, 2012 By Geoffrey on March 16, 2012 Each week Emerging Markets ESG publishes an interview entitled, “Five Questions about SRI.” The interview features a practitioner’s insights about SRI in emerging …

Celebrating International Women’s Day at the RSA

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Celebrating International Women’s Day at the RSA Lisa Cowan, European Ethical Markets Correspondent Celebrates International Women’s day – in very good company! March 8th, 2012 at the RSA in London WINDOW2050™ is the Women’s Intergenerational Network for Development Opportunities & Wealth. Initiated by Sustainability expert Rosemary De Vos, this network …

World Economic Forum Announces Young Global Leaders for 2012

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We at Ethical Markets congratulate our colleague, Georgie Bernadete for this well-deserved recognition!, Hazel Henderson, Editor Geneva, Switzerland, 6 March 2012 – The World Economic Forum has announced its Young Global Leaders (YGLs) for 2012. The honour, bestowed each year by the Forum, recognizes up to 200 outstanding young leaders …

The focus of the report is Gender Equality and Development

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World Development Report 2012: The focus of the report is Gender Equality and Development The World Bank, 2012 Website: http://bit.ly/xiQkAq Swedish launch of World Bank report on gender equality as a pre-condition for reducing poverty and increasing growth. On 31 January, Minister for Finance Anders Borg and Minister for International …