The document discusses economic empowerment and equity. It defines key economic terms like economy and the role of the economy. It then defines economic empowerment as increasing women's ability to create change and participate effectively in the labor market and economy through their increased capabilities and agency. It lists three roles for women in supporting economic empowerment: supporting intergovernmental bodies in creating policies on gender equality, implementing standards, and ensuring accountability for commitments to gender equality. Finally, it identifies ten factors that affect women's economic empowerment, including education, access to work, addressing unpaid care responsibilities, and access to assets and financial services.

1. ECONOMIC
EMPOWERMENT AND
EQUITY
BY: MAIDA LYNN JAGUIT

2. ECONOMY
•Inter-related production and
consumption activities that aid in
determining how scarce resources
are allocated.

3. ROLE OF ECONOMY
•Provide national defense
•Address environment concerns
•Protect property rights
•Market more competitive

4. ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT
•Economic empowerment as increasing
the ability of women to bring about
change that drives valuable outcomes
as result of their
increased economic capabilities and
agency, i.e. their ability to function
effectively in the economy, to
participate in labour and product

5. ADVANCEMENT
•The state of being moved forward
in the advancement of economy

6. ROLES OF WOMEN IN ECONOMIC
EMPOWERMENT
•Support inter-governmental bodies,
in the formulation of policies, global
standards and norms

7. ROLES OF WOMEN IN ECONOMIC
EMPOWERMENT
•Implement these standards, standing
ready to provide suitable technical
and financial support to those
countries that request it, and to forge
effective partnerships with civil
society

8. ROLES OF WOMEN IN ECONOMIC
EMPOWERMENT
•Support the system
accountable for its own
commitments on gender
equality, including regular
monitoring of system-wide
progress

9. TEN FACTORS THAT AFFECT
ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT
• Education, skills developing, and
training;
• Access to quality, decent paid work;
• Address unpaid care and work
burdens;
• Access to property, assets, and
financial services;

10. Thank You