banglanews24.com :Nobel Laureate Professor Muhammad Yunus received ‘Women Deliver Award’ for Innovation in Copenhagen during the plenary session of the ‘Women Deliver’ conference in Copenhagen on Wednesday (May 18).In his acceptance, he said that he dedicated the award to all the millions of women he had worked with through the Grameen Bank for their courage and hard work to change their own lives. Saundra Pelletier, CEO of WomanCare Global presented the award. Dr Yunus was a panelist at the plenary session ‘Investing in Girls & Women: Everybody Wins’ at the conference,’ said a press release on Thursday (May 19).While recounting his experience at the session, Professor Yunus said youth, technology and social business will change the world. The youth should plan to become entrepreneurs rather than job-seekers, he added.However, he shared his experience of bringing phones in the hands of poor rural women in Bangladesh which empowered them both socially and economically.It opened the door of technology to the poor women and their families. Financial services for the poor women are the most strategic investment that can be made in all societies. He reiterated his position that credit should be accepted as human right. Other panelists include Anne-Birgitte Albrectsen, CEO, Plan International, Anthony Lake, Executive Director, UNICEF, Hans Vestberg, CEO, Ericsson and Kristina Jensen, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Denmark. Women Deliver’s 4th global conference, taking place 16-19 May 2016, is the largest gathering on girls’ and women’s health and rights.
