‘Advances towards gender equality have been slow and inconsistent, failures often attributable to financing gaps’.

On the eve of the Third International Conference on Financing for Development, UN Women has called for transformative financing to end gender inequality by 2030.

For high ambition, backed by stepped-up action to make the right investments, is needed to put such a goal within reach for all women and girls.

The Financing for Development conference, to be held in Addis Ababa from 13-16 July 2015, will bring together high-level officials from around the world to agree on, among other issues, a set of far-reaching commitments to finance sustainable development, including those linked to official development assistance, trade, debt, taxation and technology.