What: In celebration of International
Women’s Day (8 March 2018), 63 stock exchanges around the world
will host a bell ringing ceremony to raise awareness of the pivotal
role the private sector can play in advancing the UN’s Sustainable
Development Goal 5 on gender equality and women’s empowerment.
This global initiative is a partnership of UN Women, UN Global
Compact, Sustainable Stock Exchanges Initiative, International
Finance Corporation, Women in ETFs, and World Federation of
Exchanges.
The series of 63 events will be kicked off in New York on 7
March at Nasdaq in collaboration with UN Women.
In honor of the New York event at Nasdaq, Phumzile
Mlambo-Ngcuka, Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations and
Executive Director of UN Women, will be joined by
Adena Friedman, President and CEO of Nasdaq, to
ring the Nasdaq Stock Market Closing Bell.
Where:Nasdaq MarketSite – 4 Times Square – 43rd
& Broadway – Broadcast Studio
When:Wednesday, March 7, 2018 – 1:00 to 4:00
p.m. ET
Nasdaq MarketSite Media Contact:Emily Pan(646)
441-5120emily.pan@nasdaq.com
UN Women Media Contact:Zina Alam(646)
781-4783zina.alam@unwomen.org
Feed Information:Fiber Line (Encompass
Waterfront): 4463
Gal 3C/06C 95.05 degrees West 18 mhz Lower DL 3811 Vertical FEC
3/4 SR 13.235 DR 18.295411 MOD 4:2:0 DVBS QPSK
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quote cards, a timeline and social video, please visit the UN Women
Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/unwomen and UN Women Twitter
https://twitter.com/UN_Women. Official hashtags for IWD are
#IWD2018 and #TimeIsNow. See also: http://twitter.com/empower_women
and http://twitter.com/WEPrinciples and
https://facebook.com/empwomen
Webcast: A live stream of the Nasdaq Closing
Bell will be available at: https://new.livestream.com/nasdaq/live
or http://www.nasdaq.com/about/marketsitetowervideo.asx
Photos: To obtain a hi-resolution photograph of
the Market Close, please go to
http://business.nasdaq.com/discover/market-bell-ceremonies and
click on the market close of your choice.
UN Women UN Women is
the UN organization dedicated to gender equality and the
empowerment of women. A global champion for women and girls, UN
Women was established to accelerate progress on meeting their needs
worldwide. UN Women supports UN Member States as they set global
standards for achieving gender equality and works with governments
and civil society to design laws, policies, programs and services
needed to implement these standards. UN Women also coordinates and
promotes the UN system's work in advancing gender
equality. UN Women hosts the Secretariat of the Women’s Empowerment
Principles (WEPs), the UN platform engaging the private sector on
gender equality and women’s empowerment. As of 1 March 2018, 1,806
CEOs have signed up to the WEPs and committed to implementing
gender equality and women’s empowerment in the workplace,
marketplace and community. For more information,
visit www.unwomen.org, and www.empowerwomen.org/weps.
Sustainable Stock Exchanges Initiative The SSE
is a peer-to-peer learning platform for exploring how exchanges—in
collaboration with investors, regulators, and companies—can
encourage sustainable investment and enhance corporate
transparency, and ultimately performance, on ESG (environmental,
social and corporate governance) issues. The SSE is convened by
the UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), the
UN Global Compact, the UN Environment Program Finance Initiative
(UNEP FI), and the Principles for Responsible
Investment (PRI). For more information on specific exchanges'
sustainability efforts, how to become a Partner Stock
Exchange, and further opportunities to advance the integration of
sustainability within capital markets,
visit www.sseinitiative.org. Follow us on Twitter:
@sseinitiative.
IFC As a member of the World Bank Group,
is the largest global development institution focused on the
private sector in emerging markets. Working with 2,000 businesses
worldwide, we use our six decades of experience to create
opportunity where it's needed most. In FY16, our long-term
investments in developing countries rose to nearly $19
billion, leveraging our capital, expertise and influence to help
the private sector end extreme poverty and boost shared prosperity.
For more information, visit www.ifc.org.
Women in ETFs Women in ETFs is the first
women's group for the ETF industry. Founded in January 2014,
WE is a non-profit organization that brings together over 2,600
members, including women and men, in chapters in major financial
centers across the United States, Canada, EMEA
and Asia Pacific to further the careers of women by
leveraging our collective skill and ambition.
Women in ETFs brings together women and men in the ETF industry
in the United States, Canada, EMEA and Asia
Pacific to: 1. CONNECT: Create opportunities for professional
advancement of women by expanding connections among women and men
in the ETF industry, 2. SUPPORT: Offer guidance for the current and
next generation of women in ETFs and 3. INSPIRE: WE achieves this
by organizing events at our chapters globally that support our
goals of education, networking, philanthropy and idea sharing
across the industry and beyond. For more information,
visit: www.womeninetfs.com to learn more, join, or
sponsor. Follow us on Twitter @WomeninETFs and on
LinkedIn.
World Federation of Exchanges (WFE)
Established in 1961, the WFE is the global industry association for
exchanges and clearing houses. The WFE is the definitive source for
exchange-traded statistics and publishes over 350 market data
indicators. WFE exchanges are home to nearly 45,000 listed
companies. The WFE promotes the development of fair, efficient and
transparent markets. It works with policy makers, regulators and
standard-setters around the world to support the development of
effective rules and standards for exchanges and market
participants. For more information, please
visit: www.world-exchanges.org.
NasdaqNasdaq (Nasdaq:NDAQ) is a leading global
provider of trading, clearing, exchange technology, listing,
information and public company services. Through its diverse
portfolio of solutions, Nasdaq enables customers to plan, optimize
and execute their business vision with confidence, using proven
technologies that provide transparency and insight for navigating
today's global capital markets. As the creator of the world's first
electronic stock market, its technology powers more than 90
marketplaces in 50 countries, and 1 in 10 of the world's securities
transactions. Nasdaq is home to approximately 3,900 total listings
with a market value of approximately $13 trillion. To learn more,
visit: http://business.nasdaq.com
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