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05/15/2025 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 05/15/2025 12:10

Department of Women, Youth and Persons with Disability hosts The G20 breakfast round‑table with development bank of Southern Africa.

Pretoria: The Department of Women, Youth, and Persons with Disabilities (DWYPD), along with the Development Bank of Southern Africa (DBSA), will host the G20 Breakfast-Round Table on the Empowerment of Women and Disability Inclusion in the Banking Sector on Monday, 19 May 2025, at the Radisson Blu Hotel in Sandton from 09:00 to 12:00.
The Breakfast meeting aims to engage the banking sector in investing in the work of the Empowerment of Women Working Group and the G20 Disability Inclusion Initiatives.

The Breakfast Round-Table will also focus on discussing banking sector investments in sustainable projects and providing financial commitments toward initiatives aligned with the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and the G20's inclusive growth objectives. This will include green bonds, impact investing, and other financial instruments.
The following targeted stakeholders will lead discussions on the G20 Empowerment of Women & Disability Inclusion in the Banking Sector: Standard Bank's Group, Sanlam Private Wealth, South African Revenue Services, and the National Empowerment Fund.

Members of the media are invited to cover the G20 Breakfast Round Table on the Empowerment of Women and Disability Inclusion.

Date: 19 May 2025
Time: 09:00-12:00
Venue: Radisson Blu Sandton
South Africa assumed the G20 Presidency from 1 December 2024 to 30 November 2025. As part of this Presidency, the Department of Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities (DWYPD) chairs the Empowerment of Women Working Group(EWWG) and proposes establishing a Disability Inclusion Initiative (DII).

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Issued by: Department of Women, Youth, and Persons with Disabilities
Media Enquiries Contact: Cassius Selala, Head of Communications, Department of Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities, at 060 543 0672 OR Nompendulo Mkhatshwa, Spokesperson for the Minister in the Presidency for Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities, at 083 406 6496

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