2. GENDER ECONOMY AND
GENDER EMPOWERMENT
•Inter-related production and
consumption activities that aid
in determining how scarce
resources are allocated.
3. ROLE OF GENDER IN THE
ECONOMY
•Provide national
defense
•Address environment
concerns
•Protect property rights
•Market more
competitive
4. GENDER 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
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
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