Event Oct 26: Corporations Supporting Women and Girls:

See below.

 

From: Sarah Tansey [mailto:stansey@modernizeaid.net]
Sent: Friday, October 07, 2011 12:49 PM
To: Sarah Tansey
Subject: MFAN Partner Events: 10/18; Women Thrive Worldwide - Corporations Supporting Women and Girls, 10/26

 

   
 

Join Us for a Special Event 

 

Gender Roundtable

Wednesday, October 26th
3:30-5:30pm
FHI 360 North Building
1875 Connecticut Avenue
The Board Room – Room 800

 

RSVP now

 

Dear Sarah ,

Women Thrive Worldwide invites you to an exciting Gender Roundtable event on October 26th:

Corporations Supporting Women and Girls:

Ethics, Efficiency, and Effectiveness

Featuring a distinguished panel of speakers:

  • Ritu Sharma, Co-Founder and President, Women Thrive Worldwide
  • Pradeep Ramamurthy, Deputy Counselor for Innovation, United States Agency for International Development (USAID)
  • Carol Grigsby, Senior Advisor, Economic Growth, Agriculture and Trade (EGAT) Bureau, USAID
  • Dean Cycon, Founder and CEO, Dean's Beans Organic Coffee Company
  • Joan Libby Hawk, Special Advisor, Women's Empowerment Principles, UN Women and UN Global Compact

More international assistance than ever before is channeled to, through, and implemented in conjunction with corporations.  This expert panel will examine whether the private sector should subscribe to a set of standards or ethical guidelines for their engagement in women's and girls' global development, as private voluntary organizations do.  Or whether the private sector should be exempt when they are using their own funds.

Light refreshments will be served.

To RSVP for the event, please email Laura Tashjian at ltashjian@womenthrive.org.

Sincerely,

Seema Jalan
Director, Global Development Policy
Women Thrive Worldwide

*Please enter the FHI360 North Building at 1875 Connecticut Avenue and  take the elevator to the 8th floor. The Board Room/Room 800 is through  the double glass doors, adjacent to the set of stairs.

Women Thrive Worldwide
1825 Connecticut Ave NW • Suite 600 • Washington, D.C. 20009 • USA
(202) 884-8396 • thrive@womenthrive.orgwww.WomenThrive.org