In this episode of Banking on Girls, I reflect on my experience at the United Nations 68th Commission on the Status of Women, highlighting the urgent need for gender financial inclusion. From the grandeur of the General Assembly Hall to intimate panel discussions, the event showcased global efforts to address disparities in economic empowerment.

Insights from Nordic countries underscored persistent gender pay gaps despite advancements in equality measures. Discussions on innovative solutions, such as Austria's focus on financial literacy and Australia's data-driven approach, offered hope for progress.

From India's panel on women's empowerment to the World Bank's sobering statistics, the episode reveals a shared commitment to fostering change.

In this episode I speak with Josina Kamerling, the Head of Regulatory Outreach for the Europe, Middle East, and Africa (EMEA) region for the CFA Institute, about their recently released paper The Finfluencer Appeal: Investing in the Age of Social Media.

Josina tells us that financial regulatory systems around the world are not fit for purpose for dealing with this new way of marketing financial advice on social media.

She explains why Gen Z is very fragile and predisposed to harms as it pertains to online advice, and the conversations we, as parents, need to be having with our children to protect them.

The CFA Institute is a global not for profit organization that provides investment professionals globally with finance education and promotes standards in ethics and professional excellence.

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This is a REWIND EPISODE where my guest is Karina Montilla Edmonds an aeronautical engineerr and leader in the field of innovation and technology transfer.

Karina has a distinguished career spanning from the Obama Administration to tech companies such as Google. She currently serves as the Senior Vice President and Global Head of Academies and University Alliances at SAP, a multinational software company.

Karina has been a life-long advocate for women and historically underrepresented minorities in STEM fields.

She is a member of the Board of Directors for Dragonfly Energy and also serves on several non-profit boards including, the Pasadena Educational Foundation and the University of Rhode Island. Karina holds a PhD in aeronautical engineering from Caltech, the California Institute of Technology.

In this episode Karina explains how very early exposure to math and engineering inspired her path to aeronautical engineering, she tells us about the flexibility that advanced degrees have given her in raising her three daughters and the money lessons she is passing on to future generations.