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  • Hybrid | Nairobi | London - 2 Days
    Wednesday
    March 8
    2023

    Business Fights Poverty: Gender Summit 2023

    Coinciding with International Women’s Day,

    the Business Fights Poverty Gender Summit is the perfect opportunity to come together to share the latest thinking and action around gender equity.

    Over the course of two days, on March 8th and 9th, you’ll get access to a series of highly interactive webinars and hybrid workshops, featuring world-leading thinkers and practitioners. Together, we’ll explore how to enhance the lives and livelihoods of women around the world, and empower them to thrive.

    This is your chance to gain access to the latest insights, build relationships, and drive collaboration with voices from across the globe. Whether you’re from the world of business, NGOs, academia, or government, you’ll have the opportunity to connect with like-minded individuals and create positive change together.

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  • Pretoria, South Africa - 1 Day
    Wednesday
    March 8
    2023

    2023 Forbes Woman Africa Leading Women Summit

    With an expected audience of 1,000 trailblazing women, the 2023 FORBES WOMAN AFRICA Leading Women Summit is the eighth instalment of the hugely-successful must-do annual event honoring International Women’s Day (March 8) and the female leaders and luminaries scripting a new vision for Africa. After two years of being held as a pandemic induced-virtual summit attended by thousands from across Africa and the world, 2023 will mark the summit’s reincarnation as an unforgettable one-day event bringing power to life on stage, igniting an all-new discourse with technology at its heart.

    Venue

    Sun Bet Arena at Time Square, 209 Aramist Ave, Waterkloof Glen, Pretoria, 0010   Location on Google Maps
    Time: 8:30 AM South Africa / 1:30 AM ET
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  • San Diego, California - 3 Days
    Wednesday
    March 8
    2023

    Women’s Private Equity Summit

    Be part of the leading industry event for senior women in Private Equity.

    Join us in March 2023 at our brand new beautiful venue, The Hotel del Coronado in San Diego, for what will be our biggest and most exciting Summit yet.

    Since our debut in 2008, the Women’s Private Equity Summit has become the “must attend” industry event for senior women in the sector.

    Now in our 16th year, we will welcome an impressive attendee roster of leading women from across North America, and the globe, in the private equity space. These accomplished women — made up of LPs, GPs, and advisors to the industry — attend the Summit to swap stories and information, initiate deals, and forge new relationships.

    Targeted content, sparking vibrant conversations

    Private equity is the darling of the investment community, with assets under management growing more strongly than ever. But this very success is creating its own issues with the huge weight of dry powder driving deal prices and making the competition for the best deals tighter.

    Delivered in a range of engaging formats, such as keynote presentations, panels, breakouts and roundtable discussions, we will provide you with valuable, actionable insight into market trends, investment strategies and operational considerations that will be key to ensuring your success.

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  • Virtual - 1 Day
    Wednesday
    March 8
    2023

    Women as Key Players in the Decentralised Renewable Energy Sector: Beneficiaries, Leaders, Innovators

    The ongoing energy transition entails widespread social and economic opportunities. Accompanied by a range of enabling policies, the shift towards a sustainable, distributed, and low-carbon energy system is producing a plethora of advantages, including employment opportunities. According to the International Renewable Energy Agency, renewable energy created in 2021 over 12.7 million jobs, including those in the decentralised renewable energy (DRE) solutions (IRENA and ILO, 2022). The numbers are expected to grow substantially in coming years and decades, exceeding the jobs lost in fossil fuels.

    While women constitute approximately a third of the total workforce in the renewable energy industry, they appear to have a higher representation in the solar PV sector, with a 40% share (IRENA, 2022). This is also the case in decentralized renewable energy (DRE), where solar technologies are prominently deployed. There is growing knowledge about the situation in certain countries, such as Ethiopia, where women account for 37% of the DRE workforce (Power For All, 2022).

    The role of women in DRE solutions is multi-faceted and can include a range of activities such as installation, maintenance, and management of renewable energy systems, as well as entrepreneurship and leadership positions in the field. DRE solutions have the potential to empower women by providing them with access to clean and reliable energy for their homes and communities, which can lead to improved health and livelihoods. Moreover, women can also benefit from income-generating opportunities through the establishment of small businesses related to decentralized renewable energy.

    While women play a vital role in DRE solutions and their involvement and empowerment in this sector can bring numerous benefits to both individuals and communities, women’s involvement is still often limited by gender-specific barriers such as lack of access to finance, limited knowledge and skills, and cultural attitudes that restrict their participation in certain areas. It is crucial to address these barriers to increase women’s involvement in DRE solutions and to ensure that the benefits of clean energy reach all members of society.

    The event aims to increased awareness of the role of women in decentralized renewable energy and explore ways to increase their involvement in the industry. This year, the United Nations’ theme for International Women’s Day on 8 March (IWD 2023) is “DigitALL: Innovation and technology for gender equality”. To complement this focus, the event will consider ways to tailor technological innovation in support of broadening women’s access to renewable energy.

    To attend the event, please register here.

    Time: 4:30 PM in Dubai / 7:30 AM EST

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