BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//PYVOBJECT//NONSGML Version 1//EN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Asia/Singapore BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20000101T000000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=1 TZNAME:+08 TZOFFSETFROM:+0800 TZOFFSETTO:+0800 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20260922T042402Z - 25241@fwa DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Singapore:20190314T120000 DTEND;TZID=Asia/Singapore:20190314T140000 CREATED:20260922T042402Z DESCRIPTION:FWA and NAB Celebrate International Women’s Da y\nDo remember to wear Purple\, the official colour of the IWD to the event! Gender inequality in the workplace has persisted for far too long. There is no shortage of research that shows female participation in the wo rkforce is beneficial to the economy and in shaping the minds of our futur e generation. The gaps in labour force participation between men and women remain large. This uneven playing field comes at a significant economic c ost\, hampers productivity\, and weighs on growth. The implications last f ar longer than most can see – including implications on retirement inade quacy of women and the role modelling for future generations of our women\ , and men. IMF research has found that men and women complement each other in the production process\, creating an additional benefit from increasin g women’s employment on growth. Shockingly\, the IMF finds that closing the gender gap could increase GDP by an average of 35%! Whilst four-fifths of these gains could come from adding workers to the workforce\, but full y one-fifth of the gains are due to the gender diversity effect on product ivity. In Singapore\, women are fortunate to have access to good healthcar e\, education\, support networks and pro-family policies. Still\, gender i nequality in corporate ranks is persistent and rife. Why is this so? Is it our educational curriculum or policies? Or the silo expectations of women in society & work? Or the lack of family-friendly policies or the unequal economic incentives for women at the workplace? To address this question\ , and to examine the fundamental reasons and potential solutions to level the gender imbalance\, we have invited a team of esteemed panellists to sh are their views on this topic. THIS IS A MEMBER AND INVITE ONLY EVENT. Mem bers\, please log in and click "Register". Event Agenda 12.00pm: Registrat ion\, lunch & networking 12.30pm: Opening speeches by His Excellency [...] DTSTAMP:20260922T042402Z LOCATION:Financial Women's Association (Singapore)\, 111 North Bridge Road\ ,\, #21-01 Peninsula Plaza\,\, Singapore 179098\, Singapore SUMMARY:FWA and NAB Celebrate International Women’s Day END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR