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Concrete steps to promote women’s leadership

in economic growth taken at WEEGS

Wednesday 06, December 2017 in 2:36 PM

During the closing ceremo ny of WEEGS
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Sharjah 24: The first W omen s Economic Empowerment Global Summit (WEEGS 2017)
signaled the implementation of one of the recommendations of the UN Secretar y Gener al s
High-level P anel Report on W omen s Economic Empowerment, which was to address the issue
of women s economic empowerment by working directly with female entrepreneurs with a

specific focus on building the bridge bet ween them and the private sector, bringing
.stakeholders together and building partnerships bet ween them

Gender-responsive procureme nt of goods and ser vices by increasing the numb er of products procured from wome n owned
and run enterprises, and mak ing it a mai nstream trade practice instead of an exception, was one of the summi ts key focus
.areas, as per the UN Report’s recomme ndations. Currently, only 1 percent of goods procured globally fall in this categor y

I want to thank the UAE governme nt and the Emi rati leadership who have played a pivotal role in different ways,” said"

.Phumz ile Mlamb o-Ngcuka, the Under Secretar y General and Executive Director of UN Wome n
We are left with only 13 years before 2030 by which time we should have reached substantive equalit y. We are ma king a"

case and argume nt that gender equalit y is not an open ended journey; it has an expir y date. What would the world look like in
2030 if it lived up to the expectations of the Agenda 2030? Violence against wome n will not be a norm; societ y will not

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