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Trading opening ceremony on KASE markets "Ring the Bell for Gender Equality"
On March 7, 2018, Kazakhstan Stock Exchange JSC (hereinafter, KASE) held a securities trading opening ceremony on KASE markets dubbed "Ring the Bell for Gender Equality" on March 7, 2018 within the framework of the Sustainable Stock Exchanges Initiative (hereinafter, the UN SSE initiative) of the United Nations (hereinafter, the UN) and UN Women.
This event is timed to the International Women's Day and is conducted in order to promote sustainable development ideas including achievement of gender equality that were declared by the United Nations. Ring the Bell for Gender Equality event is intended to highlight the importance of gender equality in order to enhance women's role in the society.
Welcoming speeches were made by:
- Raushan Sarsembaeva, president of the Association of Business Women of Kazakhstan;
- Natalya Khoroshevskaya, deputy Chairman of the Board of KASE;
- Yerlan Burabaev, managing Director of the Association of Financiers of Kazakhstan (AFK);
- Adalyat Abdumanapova, coordinator of the Corporate Governance Project in Europe and Central Asia, expert on assessing social and environmental risks of the International Finance Corporation (IFC);
- Gradislava Akhmetova, general Director of Governance & Management Consulting, Chairman of the Club of Corporate Secretaries of Kazakhstan;
- Ilein Konkievich, representative of UN-Women in Kazakhstan.
The right to strike the gong at the opening of trading in KASE markets was granted to the President of the Association of Business Women of Kazakhstan Raushan Sarsembaeva.
Moderator of the ceremony – KASE deputy Chairman of the Board Andrey Tsalyuk and KASE Managing Director for Business Development, member of the Board Kairat Turmagambetov congratulated the women attending the ceremony on the upcoming March 8 holiday.
The ceremony was attended by representatives of the National Bank of Kazakhstan, the Unified Securities Registrar JSC, Central Securities Depository JSC, Damu Entrepreneurship Development Fund JSC, Atameken National Chamber of Entrepreneurs of the Republic of Kazakhstan, Baiterek National Management Holding JSC, Association of Financiers of Kazakhstan (AFK), PA Association of Business Women of Kazakhstan, IFC Kazakhstan and large financial organizations that are members of KASE.
KASE joined the UN SSE Initiative on September 24, 2015.
Photos from the event (Facebook)
This event is timed to the International Women's Day and is conducted in order to promote sustainable development ideas including achievement of gender equality that were declared by the United Nations. Ring the Bell for Gender Equality event is intended to highlight the importance of gender equality in order to enhance women's role in the society.
Welcoming speeches were made by:
- Raushan Sarsembaeva, president of the Association of Business Women of Kazakhstan;
- Natalya Khoroshevskaya, deputy Chairman of the Board of KASE;
- Yerlan Burabaev, managing Director of the Association of Financiers of Kazakhstan (AFK);
- Adalyat Abdumanapova, coordinator of the Corporate Governance Project in Europe and Central Asia, expert on assessing social and environmental risks of the International Finance Corporation (IFC);
- Gradislava Akhmetova, general Director of Governance & Management Consulting, Chairman of the Club of Corporate Secretaries of Kazakhstan;
- Ilein Konkievich, representative of UN-Women in Kazakhstan.
The right to strike the gong at the opening of trading in KASE markets was granted to the President of the Association of Business Women of Kazakhstan Raushan Sarsembaeva.
Moderator of the ceremony – KASE deputy Chairman of the Board Andrey Tsalyuk and KASE Managing Director for Business Development, member of the Board Kairat Turmagambetov congratulated the women attending the ceremony on the upcoming March 8 holiday.
The ceremony was attended by representatives of the National Bank of Kazakhstan, the Unified Securities Registrar JSC, Central Securities Depository JSC, Damu Entrepreneurship Development Fund JSC, Atameken National Chamber of Entrepreneurs of the Republic of Kazakhstan, Baiterek National Management Holding JSC, Association of Financiers of Kazakhstan (AFK), PA Association of Business Women of Kazakhstan, IFC Kazakhstan and large financial organizations that are members of KASE.
KASE joined the UN SSE Initiative on September 24, 2015.
Photos from the event (Facebook)