Women G20/W20 Summit 2017 panel discussion on 25 April titled “Inspiring women: Scaling up women’s entrepreneurship”. Chancellor Merkel discusses with Queen Máxima of the Netherlands, IWF director Christine Lagarde and Ivanka Trump, daughter and assistant to US president Donald Trump, how to promote female entrepreneurship on a larger scale around the world. During a panel discussion at the W20 Summit the Chancellor called for women’s financial opportunities to be improved worldwide.
“The G20 countries have set themselves the task of bringing about worldwide economic growth, economic stability and social development for all. Women’s economic empowerment is fundamental to achieving these goals. Women are still nowhere near equal economic participation with men.
Women in business, science and society met with Chancellor Angela Merkel in Berlin on 25 and 26 April for the W20 Dialogue Forum. The main goal of W20 was to promote women’s economic empowerment as an integral part of the G20 process. W20 also urges the G20 to set up a working group on gender-inclusive growth.”
Empowering Women
Gender equality and women’s economic empowerment are crucial factors for socially just and sustainable development of societies. Globally, women are often subject to wide ranging employment discrimination and workplace inequality. The G20 has pledged to reduce the current gap between male and female employment by 25 percent by 2025. In 2017, we should review the situation, build on this review, and focus on improving the quality of women’s employment. This includes women’s earnings, job security, social security and working conditions. Digital transformation is creating new professional prospects for women, particularly in developing countries. However, to date, women have often been excluded from access to or the use of information and communications technologies.
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