Registration is now open for this year's Global Health and Development Symposium held in Chicago on September 22, 2017: digital.thechicagocouncil.org... Investing in women and girls spurs universal gains, yet today women still earn less, hold fewer leadership positions, and do twice as much unpaid work as men. How are global networks investing in maternal health, paving the off-ramp, cracking the concrete ceiling, and battling gender stereotypes? What solutions are expanding opportunity, creating impactful change and galvanizing action? It's time to transform gender equality from an aspiration to reality.