BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//PYVOBJECT//NONSGML Version 1//EN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Asia/Singapore BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20000101T000000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=1 TZNAME:+08 TZOFFSETFROM:+0800 TZOFFSETTO:+0800 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20260922T062208Z - 89077@fwa DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Singapore:20190308T120000 DTEND;TZID=Asia/Singapore:20190308T140000 CREATED:20260922T062208Z DESCRIPTION:FWA and HSBC Celebrate International Women’s Day\nFacilitators from: Do remember to wear Purple\, the official colo ur of the IWD to the event! Gender inequality in the workplace has persist ed for far too long. There is no shortage of research that shows female pa rticipation in the workforce is beneficial to the economy and in shaping t he minds of our future generation. The gaps in labour force participation between men and women remain large. This uneven playing field comes at a s ignificant economic cost\, hampers productivity\, and weighs on growth. Th e implications last far longer than most can see – including implication s on retirement inadequacy of women and the role modelling for future gene rations of our women\, and men. Gender diversity matters. Women and men br ing different skills and perspectives to the workplace\, including differe nt attitudes to risk taking and collaboration. Studies have shown that the financial performance of companies improves with more gender-equal corpor ate boards. IMF research has found that men and women complement each othe r in the production process\, creating an additional benefit from increasi ng women’s employment on growth. Shockingly\, the IMF finds that closing the gender gap could increase GDP by an average of 35%! Whilst four-fifth s of these gains could come from adding workers to the workforce\, but ful ly one-fifth of the gains are due to the gender diversity effect on produc tivity. In Singapore\, women are fortunate to have access to good healthca re\, education\, support networks and pro-family policies. Still\, gender inequality in corporate ranks is persistent and rife. Why is this so? To a ddress this question\, and to examine the fundamental reasons and potentia l solutions to level the gender imbalance\, we have invited a team of este emed panellists to share their views on this topic. We look forward to a l ively debate. More so\, we seek feedback from YOU\, our member\, to share [...] DTSTAMP:20260922T062208Z LOCATION:Financial Women's Association (Singapore)\, 111 North Bridge Road\ ,\, #21-01 Peninsula Plaza\,\, Singapore 179098\, Singapore SUMMARY:FWA and HSBC Celebrate International Women’s Day END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR