Gender inequality severely restricts opportunities for girls and women in the poorest countries. Empowering women and girls is crucial for combating poverty, hunger, and disease, and for fostering

Gender inequality severely restricts opportunities for girls and women in the poorest countries. Empowering women and girls is crucial for combating poverty, hunger, and disease, and for fostering sustainable development.

IDA, the World Bank's Fund for the Poorest, actively expands girls' access to education and creates empowerment opportunities. As the largest source of concessional finance for low-income countries, IDA critically invests in women's health, education, and equal economic access, demonstrating tangible impact.

Breaking down barriers to gender equality in education, employment, and entrepreneurship would create new sources of economic growth.

For more information, visit the Organization for

Breaking down barriers to gender equality in education, employment, and entrepreneurship would create new sources of economic growth.

For more information, visit the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) gender site.

Arvind Ganesan of Human Rights Watch presented at the BSR Conference 2013.

He discussed the importance of building understanding, fostering collaboration on shared objectives, and

Arvind Ganesan of Human Rights Watch presented at the BSR Conference 2013.

He discussed the importance of building understanding, fostering collaboration on shared objectives, and developing new standards.

Lucas Benitez, Co-Director of the Coalition of Immokalee Workers (CIW), advocates for fair food and agricultural worker rights in the U.S. The

Lucas Benitez, Co-Director of the Coalition of Immokalee Workers (CIW), advocates for fair food and agricultural worker rights in the U.S. The CIW has successfully secured corporate and grower agreements for a code of conduct, establishing zero tolerance for slavery and sexual harassment, and guaranteeing workers' health and safety conditions.

Explore their actions on their YouTube channel.

Mr. Benitez presented at the Mary Robinson Speaker Series in November 2002.

Ryan Red Corn (Osage) is co-chairman of NVision, a Denver-based Native youth media non-profit. He earned a B.F.A. in graphic design from the University of Kansas in 2003.

The "stereotype

Ryan Red Corn (Osage) is co-chairman of NVision, a Denver-based Native youth media non-profit. He earned a B.F.A. in graphic design from the University of Kansas in 2003.

The "stereotype threat"—where internal voices appraise and judge us, even when alone—profoundly affects social creatures. This concept was detailed in a New York Times article on October 7, 2012.

Red Corn's work explores the force of this stereotype threat on his people.