Launching the Gender Equality Initiative in Jordan on the Occasion of Celebration Women's International Day

Out of the ASE permanent commitment on supporting community initiatives, the ASE will organize the second annual celebration of the equality initiative between genders in Jordan. "2016 Ringing Bell for Gender Equality Stock Exchange Initiative"   in cooperation with the International Finance Corporation (IFC) on Wednesday, 9/3/2016 at King Abdullah II Hall capital market institutions premises.

The participants in this event will ring the bell to start the trading session at the ASE on the margins of the celebration of Women's International Day. This initiative considered an important international event adopted and launched in various countries around the world by a group of global parties in the field of financial markets, namely:

(UN Global Compact, UN women, Sustainable Stock Exchanges Initiative, World Federation of Exchanges, and Women in ETFs).

It is worth mentioning that 17 stock exchanges from around the world have been participated in the first ceremony which was launched last year and it is expected that   29 stock exchanges around the world will participate in this year initiative.