Making Wall Street Work for the 99%

Globally, almost 2.4 billion women of working age do not have equal economic rights as men due to legal barriers, unequal pay, and limited access to finance. In addition, 56% of unbanked adults are women, and this gender gap in bank account ownership is prevalent in developing markets.

The financial market has traditionally overlooked underserved groups, especially women. It is crucial to transform the financial system to give them value and a voice in the global market for sustainable development.

Prof. Durreen Shahnaz, the founder of Impact Investing Exchange (IIX), is a global leader in sustainable finance and draws from a rich career working on wall street, where she broke down walls and built bridges to connect Backstreets of underserved communities to the Wall Streets of the world.

Join us in this Luminarias Series live fireside chat and audience Q&A, Impact Entrepreneur's Laurie Lane-Zucker welcomes Durreen Shahnaz for an insightful discussion on key topics such as:

• Addressing the challenges of creating a sustainable global marketplace
• Exploring the potential of impact investing for social and environmental change
• The role of cross-sector collaboration in driving sustainable growth
• Leveraging emerging markets as hubs for innovation and impact
• Fostering gender and diversity in entrepreneurship for a more inclusive market
• Developing a global sustainability framework for effective impact measurement and evaluation

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