Insurance signs up to HeforShe campaign

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Insurance has become the first profession to sign up to the UN Women's global HeForShe initiative.

A range of sector leaders and executives are now publicly committed to make gender equality - and diversity in all its forms - a reality for insurance. The campaign is one important part of the CII-led Insuring Women's Futures programme (IWF), which seeks to better understand the risks women face, and how to better respond to these under-appreciated needs.  The HeForShe movement provides an innovative and inclusive platform for men and women to speak out for gender equality and acknowledge the ways that society benefits from this equality. Sian Fisher, CEO of the Chartered Insuranc...

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