Data2X event to highlight efforts to improve information about girls and women globally
New York, NY — Former
Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, 108th Mayor of New York City
Michael R. Bloomberg, United Nations Foundation President and CEO Kathy
Calvin, and Clinton Foundation Vice Chair Chelsea Clinton will bring
together leading experts for a discussion on the vital role data plays
in closing gender gaps, and how lack of data can inhibit progress for
women and girls globally. The event will take place Monday, Dec. 15,
2014, at Bloomberg Philanthropies in New York City.
The event will
highlight the work of Data2X – a partnership launched by Secretary
Clinton in July 2012 to identify and spur efforts to fill gender data
gaps – and unveil new partnerships to improve data collection and use
for women and girls. Better gender data are needed to guide policies,
set targets, and monitor progress for women and girls.
The event
will feature keynote remarks from Michael R. Bloomberg and Secretary
Clinton, as well as an expert panel moderated by Chelsea Clinton.
Who: Former Secretary of State
Hillary Rodham Clinton; 108th Mayor of New York City
Michael R. Bloomberg; United Nations Foundation President and CEO
Kathy Calvin; Clinton Foundation Vice Chair
Chelsea Clinton
Ambassador-at-Large and U.S. Global AIDS Coordinator
Deborah Birx; Vice President of Marketing Vision, Orange Telecom France,
Nicolas de Cordes; U.S. Deputy Secretary of State
Heather Higginbottom; Deputy Director General for Field Operations and Partnerships of the International Labor Organization
Gilbert Houngbo; Chief Executive Officer of Millennium Challenge Corporation
Dana Hyde; World Bank Managing Director
Sri Mulyani Indrawati; Director of U.N. Global Pulse
Robert Kirkpatrick; Statistician-General of South Africa
Pali Lehohla; United Nations' Secretary-General's Special Adviser on Post-2015 Development Planning
Amina Mohammed; Vice President and Board Member of the National Institute of Statistics and Geography of Mexico
Félix Vélez Fernández Varela
When: Monday, Dec. 15, 2014, at 10:00 a.m. ET
Location: Bloomberg Philanthropies (25 East 78th Street | New York City)
