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:20261012T083938Z - 63425@fwa DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Singapore:20190308T120000 DTEND;TZID=Asia/Singapore:20190308T140000 CREATED:20261012T083938Z DESCRIPTION:FWA and HSBC Celebrate International Women ’s Day\nFacilitators from: Do remember to wear Purple\, the official colour of the IWD to the event! Gender inequality in the workplace has pe rsisted for far too long. There is no shortage of research that shows fema le participation in the workforce is beneficial to the economy and in shap ing the minds of our future generation. The gaps in labour force participa tion between men and women remain large. This uneven playing field comes a t a significant economic cost\, hampers productivity\, and weighs on growt h. The implications last far longer than most can see – including implic ations on retirement inadequacy of women and the role modelling for future generations of our women\, and men. Gender diversity matters. Women and m en bring different skills and perspectives to the workplace\, including di fferent attitudes to risk taking and collaboration. Studies have shown tha t the financial performance of companies improves with more gender-equal c orporate boards. IMF research has found that men and women complement each other in the production process\, creating an additional benefit from inc reasing women’s employment on growth. Shockingly\, the IMF finds that cl osing the gender gap could increase GDP by an average of 35%! Whilst four- fifths of these gains could come from adding workers to the workforce\, bu t fully one-fifth of the gains are due to the gender diversity effect on p roductivity. In Singapore\, women are fortunate to have access to good hea lthcare\, education\, support networks and pro-family policies. Still\, ge nder inequality in corporate ranks is persistent and rife. Why is this so? To address this question\, and to examine the fundamental reasons and pot ential solutions to level the gender imbalance\, we have invited a team of esteemed panellists to share their views on this topic. We look forward t o a lively debate. More so\, we seek feedback from YOU\, our member\, to s hare [...] DTSTAMP:20261012T083938Z 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