Women’s economic empowerment is widely recognised as an important factor in global financial stability and poverty alleviation; however, it is evident that women remain excluded from the financial world in both developed and developing nations.

The Forum will look at a wide range of points of contact between women and finance such as female entrepreneurs seeking capital, consumer credit, savings accounts, inheritance laws, philanthropy, and careers in finance.
The discussion will focus on the real challenges to women’s involvement in finance in the 21st Century, to discover the social, political, and cultural constraints that women face globally.
An invited international group of academics, corporate leaders, policy makers, and entrepreneurs will convene for the purpose of outlining a global action research agenda for governments, NGOs, and companies that want to support women’s inclusion in finance around the world.
The format of the Forum will include plenary sessions, an Oxford Union debate on ‘This House Believes That the City Is No Place for a Lady’, a case study taught by Oxford faculty, and seminar sessions.