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Women's World Banking was born out of an idea conceived during the first United Nations World Conference on Women, held in Mexico City in 1975 to coincide with the International Women's Year and to mark the start of the "UN Decade for Women" (1976–1985).
Michaela L. Walsh (born in Kansas City, Missouri), [1] financier, banker, founder and first president of Women's World Banking.Walsh was one a handful of women working on Wall Street in the 1950s [2] when she became the first female manager to represent Merrill Lynch in its Beirut, Lebanon office in 1960. [3]
Mary Ellen Iskenderian is president and CEO of Women's World Banking, the world's largest network of microfinance institutions and banks. [1] She is also a board member of the Hewlett Foundation. [2] She has written columns in Forbes magazine and The Wall Street Journal [3] and is a regular contributor to the Harvard Business Review blog. [4]
She and others pledged seed money for a women's bank, and the organisation Stitching to Promote Women's World Banking (now Women's World Banking) was founded and headquartered in New York. She later served on the board of Women's World Banking in Ghana. Jiagge also served as a president of the World Council of Churches from 1975 to 1983.
She was a co-founder of Women's World Banking in 1976, with Michaela Walsh and Ela Bhatt. Ocloo served as its first chair of trustees. She received the 1990 African Prize for Leadership and numerous other honours for her work on behalf of economic empowerment of women and families. She was a member of Unity Worldwide Ministries.
Dr. Jennifer Riria was the winner of the Ernst & Young World Entrepreneur of the Year Award, or Kenya in 2014. She is also serves as chairwoman of Women's World Banking, a global microfinance network consisting of over 53 MFIs from 30 countries. [1] Riria is a supporter and promoter of the Educate the Net 235 Girls programme. The initiative ...
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She serves as the Board Chair for Women's World Banking. [5] EY Global Chair and CEO (elect)