'Fearless Girl' comes to London's financial district — just in time for International Women's Day via CNBCMakeIt
Two years after"Fearless Girl" stopped Wall Street's Charging Bull in its tracks, the iconic statue has cropped up in the heart of another financial district: London.
The London sculpture is a precise replica, with the original having now been relocated outside the New York Stock Exchange. "So, having the symbol of the Fearless Girl in places that are important for the financial workers globally, is something that we think is critical. It's also a way to highlight the engagement for companies, in that we really need to have more women on boards, have more women in positions of power and to drive economic empowerment for women."
Back when Fearless Girl was first revealed, the asset manager identified over 1,200 businesses who had all-male boards and called upon them to take action. Since then, 423 of these firms have added women to their boards, with 22 more pledging to do so, according to data from State Street. "As leaders, we need to hold each other accountable to making those decisions in a way that really does take the bias out of the process and enable women to achieve their rightful place."
SSGA's Heinel meantime added that the statue should"definitely stand out for the other little girls, so that women can actually see themselves in these kinds of positions and can aspire to those leadership roles and really be a force in the economic landscape."
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