2017 G20 Women’s Economic Empowerment Recommendations
Published By: InterAction | Published Date: February, 01 , 2017For the 2017 G20, the German government has prioritized commitments to reducing the male and female employment gap by 25 percent by 2025, and increasing the quality of women’s employment. Investing in women can provide the greatest return for development, supporting greater individual and collective wellbeing, delaying the age at marriage, increasing incomes, and reducing poverty. And yet despite significant investments in closing gender gaps in education and increasing primary enrollment and completion rates for both boys and girls, secondary enrollment and completion rates for girls remain markedly less than boys in some regions of the world.
Author(s): John Ruthrauff | Posted on: Jul 31, 2017 | Views() | Download (100)