Ekaterina Galitsyna, Director and Head of Eastern Europe, Central Asia and South Caucasus at KfW IPEX-Bank GmbH, and Co-Founder of the initiative "Women - Leaders: Uzbekistan - Europe - Partners of AGMK," will participate as a featured speaker at the panel session titled "Women in Enterprise: The Economic Case for Gender-Inclusive Growth" on TIIF-2026.

Gender-lens investing represents an expanding asset class for development finance institutions (DFIs) and impact investors alike. The discussion will provide a comprehensive, data-driven analysis of the barriers and enablers for women's enterprise in emerging economies, exploring structural pathways to finance, business scalability, and the measurable GDP impact of inclusive growth strategies.