A Conversation With Amina J. Mohammed

Wednesday, March 15, 2017
Speaker
Amina J. Mohammed

Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations

Presider
Rachel B. Vogelstein
Women and Foreign Policy Program

Leading international institutions and private sector corporations have concluded that women’s economic participation is critical to global growth and prosperity. However, today nearly 90 percent of nations around the world still have laws on the books that impede women’s work, thereby undermining economic development. H.E. Amina J. Mohammed discusses the legal barriers that women face and offers recommendations to level the economic playing field for women in order to grow economies worldwide. This meeting is part of a new high-level series, in collaboration with the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, to explore the economic effects of inequality under the law. 

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