speech on work opportunities for women working in the cities
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Mark me brainliest first
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Since the industrial revolution, women have increasingly participated in the workforce outside of the home in industrialized nations, with particularly large growth seen in the 20th century. Largely seen as a boon for industrial society, women in the workforce contribute to a higher national economic output as measure in GDP as well as decreasing labor costs by increasing the labor supply in a society.
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women power" already being harnessed to deliver on the economic miracles this region has produced.
From all the women who have tilled the fields and grown crops to feed the people and export to others, those who have toiled in textile and garment and electronic factories and in ICT, knowledge and communication hubs, those who are in retail services or are part of a web of micro, small, medium and macro entrepreneurs - the APEC member economies have gained so much.
But this is not enough. The APEC member economies need to do more to empower women and girls in every way so that they realize their own potential and the APEC member economies in turn take full advantage of women power and the vast reservoir of capabilities they represent.
That is what She Means Business means—She with a capital S, embodies all the capabilities, resourcefulness and knowledge for not only Business but for the economic rejuvenation and redirection APEC member economies and the world needs.
It means enabling empowered women to work equally in all the productive sectors—agriculture, manufacturing, services and technology sectors, in the higher echelons and the horizontal and vertical aspects of value and supply chains; in trade and investment networks; in finance—not only micro-finance— and in entrepreneurship at the local, national, sub regional, regional and global level, scale and scope.
This is what I propose to you as government, as public sector and private sector enterprises of APEC to commit to. Only then will the APEC member economies reap the full harvest of gender equality and women’s empowerment force multiplier which is—today and forever—the most promising, untapped and highest return area of investment.
Women’s economic empowerment is the right and smart investment and also an indispensable one. For poverty eradication, for inclusive, sustained and rapid economic growth, for reducing inequality and leaving no one behind and for the sustainable development of all as promised in 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, with this grand regional constellation and partnership of APEC member economies as a leader! If not done, then our individual and collective sustainable development future will be jeopardized.
She Means Business says much else. Empowering women economically, fully deploying their productive energies and enhancing their purchasing power is potentially the biggest emerging market of 3.5 Billion globally—most from the APEC member economies.
For universal and quality public service provision, for vibrant enterprises and businesses and for technology and innovation leaps, women are an essential, talent pool that can bring something special with value added to economies.
They are also a major part of the demographic dividend that we are in a privileged position to reap—with the largest youth cohort in history and in the APEC member economies. I believe that the APEC member economies are a macrocosm of this exponential “women power” of possibility. And that is what we should be strategizing about.
Ladies and gentlemen,
When we speak of women’s economic empowerment rating we refer to the Triple A criteria!
Do all women have equal Access to, ownership of and control over land, property, productive assets and resources;
Do all women enjoy economic Autonomy or full ability to freely assert their independence and make their life and career choices;
Do all women have equal and full opportunity to exercise their Agency, voice, participation and leadership in decision making in all economic areas in public and private sectors, in their communities and their homes.
These three dimensions should be interlinked and should guide the efforts made by all stakeholders to politically and financially invest in women’s economic empowerment and in unshackling their entrepreneurial prowess.