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HOW STOCK EXCHANGES CAN ADVANCE GENDER EQUALITY In partnership with: HOW STOCK EXCHANGES CAN ADVANCE GENDER EQUALITY ABOUT THIS REPORT Stock exchanges are uniquely positioned to influence their market in a way few other actors can. The Sustainable Stock ACKNOWLEDGMENTS Exchange (SSE) initiative of the United Nations helps stock The Sustainable Stock Exchanges initiative would like to exchanges build on this position by connecting them with acknowledge the following people for their contribution to companies, investors and policymakers to support sustainable this report: Moayyad Tahtamouni (Amman Stock Exchange); development in capital markets. Stock exchanges around Kevin Lewis and Mavis Tan (ASX); Steve Waygood (Aviva the world are invited to join the initiative by signing a public Investors); Samantha Reiss, Sallianne Taylor and Jill Watanabe commitment to promote sustainable business practices. (Bloomberg); Marita Bernhoeft, Sonia Favaretto, and Cristiana Pereira (BMFBOVESPA); Girish Joshi (BSE); Kristina Jeromin Building on the 2016 SSE Report on Progress, which highlights and Brian Gillard (Deutsche B?rse); Nayla Ghantous, Olivier five specific targets of the UN Sustainable Development Goals Jaeggi, and Regula Meng (ECOFACT); Medhat Nafei and (SDGs) that exchanges are well placed to influence, this report Ahmed Roshdy (The Egyptian Exchange); Nina Roth (GIZ); examines the contribution exchanges can make toward SDG Ellie Pang (HKEX); Corli le Roux (Johannesburg Stock target 5.5: ensure women’s full and effective participation Exchange); Carmen Niethammer (IFC); Naoko Otobe and Emily and equal opportunities for leadership at all levels of Sims (International Labour Organization); Ainagul Iskakova decision making in political, economic, and public life, as (Kazakhstan Stock Exchange); David Harri