Professor Durreen Shahnaz discusses her book The Defiant Optimist: Daring to Fight Global Inequality, Reinvent Finance, and Invest in Women, which offers strategies for placing women, the underserved and the planet at the heart of systems.
Anyone can be involved in the global movement for gender equality and climate action. Visit the Orange Movement website to find out more: https://orangemovement.global/
Get the book here: https://goo.gle/49qStSJ
For more information on Durreen, please visit https://defiantoptimist.com/bio/.
Professor Durreen Shahnaz is a Bangladeshi-American entrepreneur and the CEO and founder of Impact Investment Exchange (IIX). A global leader in sustainable finance and impact investing, she is a 2017 Oslo Business for Peace Award Honoree, a financial rainmaker in Forbes 50 over 50, and an Asia Society Game Changer Awardee. Over the last 14 years, IIX has connected the Back Streets of underserved communities to the Wall Streets of the world and has unlocked close to US$300 million of capital, impacting over 150 million lives and promoting climate action across the globe.
Moderated by Nalini Singh.