Ending Poverty through Parity

January 24, 2015 11:00

A new set of development goals will be launched in 2015. How can investing in women and girls accelerate progress on the new goals?

This session was developed in partnership with Yahoo News.

This session is linked to the World Economic Forum Global Gender Gap Report which quantifies and tracks the magnitude of gender-based disparities.

As this session is televised, please arrive 15 minutes before the start. The doors will be closed at the scheduled time. This session is on the record and webcast live.

Speakers:

Katie Couric

Global Anchor, News, Yahoo News

Melinda Gates

Paul Kagame

President of Rwanda, Office of the President of Rwanda

Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka

Paul Polman

Business Leader, Campaigner and Co-Author, Imagine

Erna Solberg