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Celebrating International Women's Day: Kochi Consulting Ltd. Launches New Website and Expanded Services
March 08, 2025 (Calgary)
As the world celebrates International Women's Day, the team at Kochi Consulting Ltd. is excited to announce the launch of its new website and services.
"Our small team thought it would be fitting to relaunch our website today, especially since we approach every project with a focus on gender," said Kizzann Sammy, Managing Director and President. With this year's theme, "For All Women and Girls," Kochi Consulting Ltd. continues to focus on improving the lives and opportunities of its clients in communities, non-profits, the private sector, and government.
Since its launch in 2019, the virtual co-working team has grown and now offers additional services, focusing on gender, finance, environment, governance, and compliance with anti-money laundering and counter-financing terrorism (AML/CFT) regulations. Each team member brings valuable experience, helping to improve the company's business services.
Managing Director talks SMEs and Gender Lens Investing
The Managing Director for Kochi Consulting Ltd., Ms. Kizzann Sammy, who is also a Senior Associate at E.T. Jackson and Associates, took part in UN Women’s Expert Group Meeting: Achieving gender equality and the empowerment of all women and girls in the context of climate change, environmental and disaster risk reduction policies and programmes. The virtual three-day meeting (EGM) took place from 11 – 14 October 2021, and featured experts from the Americas, Africa, Europe, the Middle East, Asia and the Pacific. Ms. Sammy presented on the topic “Gender Lens Investing and Green Financing: The role of women-owned small and medium businesses in climate vulnerable communities”. All papers from the discussion are posted on the UN Women website. The recommendations from this group will inform the discussions at the Sixty-sixth session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW 66) that will take place in 2022.
Commitment to Gender Equality
The Generation Equality Forum, held in 2021, has kickstarted a 5-year journey to accelerate ambitious action and implementation on global gender equality. The Forum, convened by UN Women and co-chaired by the governments of France and Mexico in partnership with civil society and youth, took place in Mexico City from 29 - 31 March 2021 and in Paris from 30 June - 2 July 2021. The Forum generated $40 billion in financial commitments, as well as multiple policy and program commitments. The Forum’s ambitious action agenda will be driven by multi-stakeholder Action Coalitions, who together developed a Global Acceleration Plan to advance gender equality.