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Investment in menstrual health: A win-win-win for women, economies & the environment

House of Switzerland • World Economic Forum 2024

Thursday 18 January 2024
13:30 - 15:30
Location: Crystal Lounge

Organized by the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation with the UN Sanitation and Hygiene Fund.

Showcase to changemakers present the potential investment opportunity that exists in menstrual health and hygiene (MHH) and the triple benefits it offers for gender equality, economic growth and the environment. Highlight how development finance actors, governments and regulatory frameworks, funders and investors can each play a role in scaling up local SMEs and MHH solutions that place women and girls at the centre, and the returns this can offer in terms of economic and social empowerment, for women,
communities and economies. 

Welcome speach

  • Christian Frutiger, Vice-Director, SDC

Podium speakers

  • WTO Director General Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala (tbc)
  • Wendy Anderson, Co-founder, The case for HER  

Moderator

  • Jennifer Blanke, SHF Board Member and former WEF chief economist

Person for information & event registration
rucha.naware@shfund.org 
Communication Officer SHF

Person for media requests
Rosalyne Reber
Communication Officer SDC
Rosalyne.reber@eda.admin.ch