{"id":29408,"date":"2022-09-29T13:07:24","date_gmt":"2022-09-29T20:07:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stage.blog.logitech.com\/?p=29408"},"modified":"2024-07-02T12:51:05","modified_gmt":"2024-07-02T19:51:05","slug":"logitech-participates-in-un-women-generation-equality-event","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.logitech.com\/blog\/2022\/09\/29\/logitech-participates-in-un-women-generation-equality-event\/","title":{"rendered":"Logitech Participates in UN Women Generation Equality Event"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">On Wednesday, September 21, Logitech joined industry leaders, government ministers and senior UN Women representatives at the <a href=\"https:\/\/forum.generationequality.org\/index.php\/news\/unga77-launching-year-action-build-more-equal-and-inclusive-digital-societies-through-multi\">UN Women Generation Equality Event<\/a> in New York City to discuss gender equality. The UN Women\u2019s flagship Generation Equality campaign is a landmark global initiative with the ambition of driving commitments that embed gender equality as a central component of the economy of tomorrow.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Logitech CEO, Bracken Darrell, had the opportunity to participate in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=U6q5Hfx395Y&amp;feature=youtu.be\">panel discussion<\/a> called \u201cWalking the Talk\u201d to highlight the importance of gender equality and elaborate on Logitech\u2019s long-term programs and actions the company is taking to shift the gender imbalance. \u201cOf course there is still work to do, but we can be proud that we\u2019ve had the opportunity to share the role we are playing in achieving gender equality; and for the influential United Nations platform to advocate for others to follow our lead. Every company in the world needs to view gender equality as imperative and we certainly do,\u201d said Darrell.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Darrell shared Logitech\u2019s most recent commitment to UN Generation Equality, the coalition for gender fair procurement, which aims to urgently advance gender equality by leveraging the collective trillions of dollars of spending power of corporate procurement as a lever for change. He also talked about the company\u2019s long standing efforts to improve gender equity in technology via partnerships with <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.logitech.com\/blog\/2020\/12\/16\/logitech-teams-up-with-girls-who-code-supporting-its-mission-to-close-the-gender-gap-in-tech\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Girls Who Code<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.logitech.com\/blog\/2022\/07\/05\/logitechs-womenwhomaster-series-celebrates-stem-trailblazers\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Women Who Master<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> series.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For more information on the <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Coalition For Gender Fair Procurement visit <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/genderfairprocurement.com\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https:\/\/genderfairprocurement.com\/<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Wednesday, September 21, Logitech joined industry leaders, government ministers and senior UN Women representatives at the UN Women Generation Equality Event in New York City to discuss gender equality. 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