MEDIA ADVISORY During CSW59/Beijing+20 in New York, major companies to showcase how business can advance gender equality as part of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) What: th Marking the 20 anniversary of the historic adoption of the Beijing Declaration, the Annual Women’s Empowerment Principles (WEPs) event, Unlimited Potential: Business Partners for Gender Equality, will bring together leaders from business, Government and civil society to discuss strategies for addressing persistent challenges to gender equality, as well as opportunities to scale up investment in women and girls Hosted by the WEPs, a partnership initiative of the UN Global Compact and UN Women, the event will strengthen local and global solutions on gender equality With more than 850 CEO signatories worldwide, the WEPs provide a roadmap for companies to advance and empower women in the workplace, marketplace and community Day One (10 March) will feature a Stakeholders Plenary (an official side event of CSW59/Beijing+20) and the presentation of the annual WEPs Leadership Awards Day Two (11 March) will feature Executive Roundtable Discussions on topics such as leveraging technology for gender equality and exploring new business models to scale up investment in women and girls (Space is limited Please RSVP early.) Webcast: A live stream of both days will be available through +SocialGood: http://bit.ly/WEPsOnline When & Where: Who: 10 March, 13:30 – 17:30: 11 March, 9:00 – 17:00: ECOSOC Chambers Wyndham New Yorker Hotel UN Headquarters 481 8th Avenue, New York Entrance: 1st Ave & E 45th St, New York Participants and speakers include: • Hon Hillary Rodham Clinton, Former Secretary of State of the United States • Hon Mary Robinson, United Nations Special Envoy for Climate Change • Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka, Under-Secretary-General, Executive Director, UN Women • Elizabeth Broderick, Sex Discrimination Commissioner, Australian Human Rights Commission and Chair, WEPs Leadership Group • Amanda Ellis, Ambassador, Head of Mission, Permanent Representative of New Zealand to the United Nations Office in Geneva • Arancha Gonzalez, Executive Director, International Trade Centre • Margaret Groff, Chief Financial Officer, Itaipu Binacional (Brazil) • Joseph Keefe, President & CEO, Pax World Funds and Chair, WEPs Leadership Group (USA) • Georg Kell, Executive Director, UN Global Compact • Sallie L Krawcheck, Chair, Ellevate (USA) • Brian Molefe, CEO, Transnet SOC (South Africa) • Linda Tarr-Whelan, Former U.S Ambassador to the UN Commission on the Status of Women and Delegate to Fourth World Conference on Women • Participating companies include: Access Bank (Nigeria), Alcatel-Lucent (France), Borusan Holding (Turkey), CA Technologies (USA), Calvert Group, Ltd (USA), Dean’s Beans Organic Coffee Company (USA), Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu Limited (UK/Global), Endesa S.A (Spain), HCL Technologies Ltd (India), JSL Stainless, Ltd (India), Levi Strauss & Co (USA), Mas Holdings Pvt Ltd (Sri Lanka), Omnilife (Mexico), Österreichischer Rundfunk (Austria), Schneider Electric (France/Global), Shiseido Co., Ltd (Japan), Sovereign Assurance (New Zealand), Symantec Corporation (USA), Teleconsult Group (Bangladesh), The Westpac Group (Australia) PROGRAMME & FEATURED SPEAKERS: http://weprinciples.org/Site/FeaturedSpeakers Media: Deadline for Media Accreditation: Friday, 24 February 2015 MEDIA ARRANGEMENTS: http://weprinciples.org/Site/Media Media access to the Women’s Empowerment Principles Annual Event will require 1) UN MALU media accreditation and 2) registration for the event UN Media Accreditation: Requests for media accreditation must be submitted through the UN Media Accreditation and Liaison Unit (MALU) Accreditation through UN MALU is a requirement for all journalists who wish to cover activities at the United Nations in New York More information: http://www.un.org/en/media/accreditation/index.shtml Event Registration: In addition to receiving accreditation, all media must register for the event by emailing the UN Global Compact Office at media@unglobalcompact.org with your name, role and media organization Please indicate any broadcasting equipment you will bring and if you will be attending one or both days Please register early as space is limited Contacts: Event Website: www.weprinciples.org/site/AnnualEvent General Media Inquiries: Kristina Wilson-Rocheford, UN Global Compact wepsmedia@unglobalcompact.org, +1 917-367-2801 Event Registration: wepsmedia@unglobalcompact.org #WEPs #Beijing20 ... www.weprinciples.org/site/AnnualEvent General Media Inquiries: Kristina Wilson-Rocheford, UN Global Compact wepsmedia@unglobalcompact.org, +1 917-367-2801 Event Registration: wepsmedia@unglobalcompact.org #WEPs #Beijing20... http://weprinciples.org/Site/FeaturedSpeakers Media: Deadline for Media Accreditation: Friday, 24 February 2015 MEDIA ARRANGEMENTS: http://weprinciples.org/Site /Media Media access to the Women’s Empowerment Principles Annual Event. .. http://www.un.org/en /media/ accreditation/index.shtml Event Registration: In addition to receiving accreditation, all media must register for the event by emailing the UN Global Compact Office at media@ unglobalcompact.org