The United Nations has teamed up with leading businesses to advance women’s rights and empowerment through a new advisory council comprised of private sector chiefs with a strong commitment to supporting women and girls. The new Private Sector Leadership Advisory Council…will offer advice on three areas: accelerating women’s economic empowerment; ending violence against women; and helping to close the funding gap for the UN Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN Women)…The invitation-only Council, which will meet twice a year, is comprised of prominent private sector leaders, whose companies have a global footprint and identify as corporate citizens that already demonstrate a strong commitment to supporting women and girls…[Refers to Anglo American, Chanel, Coca-Cola, Goldman Sachs, L’Oréal, McKinsey, Ogilvy Public Relation, Publicis,Tupperware, Unilever]