Gender Equality as Smart EconomicsThe World Bank GroupInternational Finance Corporation

The Global Private Sector Leaders Forum is an initiative of the World Bank Group Gender Action Plan (GAP) to engage private sector leaders in promoting women's economic empowerment. The Forum is one of World Bank Group President Robert B. Zoellick's six new commitments on gender equality announced on April 11, 2008 at the World Bank Group Spring Meetings. Learn more >

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Forum Leaders

Eduardo Belmont

Lloyd Blankfein

Henryka Bochniarz

Frank J. Brown

John T. Chambers

Kristin Clemet

Samuel A. DiPiazza

Rick Goings

Kevin L. Kelly

Sung-joo Kim

Yang Lan

Wendy Luhabe

Marilyn Carlson Nelson

Hüsnü M. Özyeǧin

Lynn Taliento

Elena Viyella de Paliza

Nitin Paranjpe

Mark Parker

Peter Sands

James S. Turley

Mona Zulficar
Hüsnü M. Özyeǧin Foundation - Hüsnü M. Özyeǧin
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Hüsnü M. Özyeǧin

Board President

Company: Hüsnü M. Özyeǧin Foundation
Web: www.husnuozyeginvakfi.org.tr/

Hüsnü M. Özyeǧin is the founder of Finansbank and Özyeǧin University in Turkey. He launched the Hüsnü M. Özyeǧin Foundation in 1990. As part of Mr. Özyeǧin's commitment to advancing girls' education, he supported the establishment of 36 schools and girl's dormitories, and aims to establish 100 by 2010. Through his wife's foundation, Acev, Mr. Özyeǧin has also helped pay for women's literacy and early education programs in poor parts of Turkey. more >
"Gender and women's empowerment is at the core of what we need to do in the field of development. Gender equality is also smart economics. Research demonstrates that progress in the area of women's economic empowerment is still far, far too slow. Whether it is the question of employment, opportunity, pay, or access to finance, there is a tremendous amount of work to do to level the playing field for women."

Robert B. Zoellick
President, World Bank Group

PSLF Represented at Inter-Government Meetings in Vienna

Speaking at the Inter-Agency Network on Women and Gender Equality and the OECD-DAC Network on Gender Equality (GENDERNET) Meetings in Vienna this February, Tess Mateo of PwC and Claudia Belmont of Belcorp described their companies' activities to promote women's economic empowerment.

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