Davos 2017 - Press Conference: How Are Leading Social Enterprises Creating Impact at Scale
Channel: World Economic Forum
Date: 2017-01-17

http://www.weforum.org/
Access to education and employment are fundamental human rights. In countries around the world, 168 million children are engaged in exploitative labor. And even those in the formal schooling system, millions more from low-income families face almost insurmountable barriers to higher education while informal workers in India and elsewhere struggle with job security and fair wages. Join this press conference to learn about:

- How Geekie is partnering with the Brazilian Ministry of Education to scale their technology education platform to 4.5 million low-income high school students
- How GoodWeave is partnering with major retailers to launch Sourcing Freedom, a portfolio of programs that tap proven tools to help companies eliminate child labor from their supply chains in several new industries
- How Nidan has enrolled more than 2 million street vendors in India in digital payment systems in the past two months alone, ensuring they stay competitive and earn a living wage.

- Katherine Milligan, Director, Schwab Foundation for Social Entrepreneurship
- Nina Smith, Chief Executive Officer, GoodWeave International
- Eduardo Bontempo, Co-Founder, Geekie
- Arbind Singh, Executive Director, Nidan

Moderated by
- Georg Schmitt, Media Lead, Corporate Affairs and Foundations, World Economic Forum