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8th AGFUND-UN Development Forum
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Europe/Zurich
In-Person
Room XX (Palais des Nations, Geneva, Switzerland)
Room XX
Palais des Nations
Geneva, Switzerland
Description
VIII AGFUND Development Forum
Women around the world make enormous contributions to economies, whether in businesses, on farms, as entrepreneurs or employees, or by doing unpaid care work at home.
The Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf (GCC), UNITAR and the Arab Gulf Program for Development (AGFUND) are organizing the VIII AGFUND Development Forum, including a global Symposium on “Empowering Women Through Financial Inclusion” and the Prince Talal International Prize Award Ceremony, to be held at the Palais des Nations in Geneva, Switzerland, on 8-9 October 2019.
The first day of the Forum will be dedicated to a global Symposium on Promoting the SDGs through Women’s Financial Inclusion. Its objective is to find concrete ways to address the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by empowering women to make them part of the formal economic system of their countries. The Symposium, organized by UNITAR and AGFUND, will host dialogues with key experts and influential leaders across business, government, civil society, and academia. Sessions will focus on challenges and opportunities for women’s financial inclusion, success stories from the field, innovative digital services, and the role of donors and the private sector, taking into account the integral and multi-actor character of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.
⇒ Click here for the agenda of the Symposium
Co-Organized with the Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf for the 3rd consecutive year, the second day of the Forum will be dedicated to the Prince Talal International Prize Award Ceremony. Established in 1999, the Prize is a strategic instrument for developing countries to successfully reach the SDGs. The 2018 Prize is focussed on SDG 1 on No Poverty. The Prize bursary of $ 1Million will be awarded to four ambitious projects addressing this SDG.
We will be honoured to count on your participation in the Forum with the presence of HRM Queen Sofia and HRH Prince Abdulaziz Bin Talal Bin Abdulaziz Al Saud.
⇒ Click here for the programme of the Award Ceremony
Join us in this global symposium to discuss strategies on investing in women’s economic empowerment through financial inclusion, to set direct path towards gender equality, poverty eradication, and inclusive economic growth.
Sarah Bencherif
