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Emirati woman invites SHARJAH, 6th December 2017 (WAM) - The first Women’s Economic Empowerment Global Summit (WEEGS 2017) Log in
Shaikh Hamdan for a signaled the implementation of one of the recommendations of the UN Secretary General’s High-level Panel Report on
meal, and he accepted Women’s Economic Empowerment, which was to address the issue of women’s economic empowerment by working Don't have account? Re
DECEMBER 25, 2017 directly with female entrepreneurs with a specific focus on building the bridge between them and the private sector,
bringing stakeholders together and building partnerships between them.
Saudi police find body of Gender-responsive procurement of goods and services by increasing the number of products procured from women
kidnapped judge owned and run enterprises, and making it a mainstream trade practice instead of an exception, was one of the summits
DECEMBER 25, 2017 key focus areas, as per the UN Report’s recommendations. Currently, only 1 percent of goods procured globally fall in
this category.
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seized in Ajman "I want to thank the UAE government and the Emirati leadership who have played a pivotal role in different ways," said
Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka, the Under Secretary General and Executive Director of UN Women.
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Smoothing the path "We are left with only 13 years before 2030 by which time we should have reached substantive equality. We are making
from Africa to college a case and argument that gender equality is not an open ended journey; it has an expiry date. What would the world
look like in 2030 if it lived up to the expectations of the Agenda 2030? Violence against women will not be a norm;
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society will not tolerate child marriage or trafficking. Everywhere, we will have mechanisms to ensure these practices do
not thrive. In 2030, we will want to ensure that equal pay is a norm, and women enjoy greater representation in a
Free parking on New diverse set of economic and leadership roles. Is this too much to ask, or is this rocket science," she added.
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DECEMBER 25, 2017 The importance role of technology specifically in addressing women’s entrepreneurship issues were highlighted, in
context of its role in creation and marketing of products, accessing finance, increasing the reach of companies and
enhancing profitability.
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WEEGS raised the bar on the Women’s Empowerment Principles (WEPs) by being a platform where 20 organisations,
DECEMBER 25, 2017 public and private, demonstrated leadership on gender equality by adopting of two WEPs each under the ‘WEEGS
Pledge’. The summit emphasised that this initiative was a step towards ensuring that by 2030, businesses around the
Grapes to lambs world will promote gender equality, and empower women in the workplace, marketplace and community as a norm and
squeezed as South not an exception. Big international conglomerates like Ernst and Young, Mubadala Investment Company, Citi, Accenture,
Africa drought drags on and Procter and Gamble (P&G) have signed up to WEPs at the summit.
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Joelle Zilliox, IMEA Purchase Leader at P&G, shared the company’s experience, saying, "P&G wanted to expand diversity
and inclusion beyond the walls of their offices for a reason. These qualities are rooted in our culture with a small
NYU Abu Dhabi Art example being the 95,000 people who have come together from all over the world to make up our workforce. Through
Gallery’s spring show to bringing our external suppliers into this ambit of diversity and inclusion, we have sourced goods and services worth USD
examine impermanence 2 billion from diverse and minority women-owned businesses in the US and Canada. This number is growing. Why?
and displacement Because our findings show that companies that run effective supply diversity programmes report increased profitability.
DECEMBER 25, 2017 Our internal data shows that women-owned and diverse suppliers actually perform better than the average supplier
base."
MORE RELATED ITEMS The final session of the two-day event , dedicated to the WEPs, and titled ‘Driving WEPs Implementation: From Promise
to Practice,’ sheds light on the fact that with 1,655 countries signed up to WEPs so far, the ball may be rolling, but there
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Jamaican plant Dr. Enas Makkawi, Director of Women, Family and Children's Department at the League of Arab States said, "We have
research Japan and Turkey as our largest contributors but the figures are peanuts compared to what they should be. From issues
25 Dec 2017 such as recruitment and fair pay to encouraging suppliers to expand their operations to women owned and managed
businesses, the pillars of WEP are not only workable, they are positively beneficial."
"The responses are simply that dealing with a gender balanced workforce results in better company performance," Dr.
Enas Makkawi added.
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