Forum Members Announce New Partnerships in Istanbul
October 2009
World Bank Group President Robert B. Zoellick and Forum members met in the margins of the World Bank-IMF Annual Meetings this October at an event co-hosted by the Hüsnü Özyeǧin Foundation. The leaders discussed the impacts of the ongoing economic crisis on women and announced new partnerships.
Highlights include:
- The Özyeǧin Foundation and Goldman Sachs will expand the Goldman Sachs 10,000 Women program to Turkey.
- Boeing announced Forum member efforts to track and spend $2 billion over the next three years on goods and services from women-owned businesses in supply chains.
- Belcorp announced a partnership with the World Bank to train 50,000 women in financial literacy in Latin America.
- McKinsey presented new research, "The Business of Empowering Women," which maps out potential business sector contributions across women's life cycles.
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