EMPOWERMENT
The century poses many challenges that require new
ways of thinking, none more important than the economic role of women in a
rapidly changing world. But women today remain blocked from contributing
their true potential. This has a huge cost. In some countries, per capital
income lag significantly because women are denied equal opportunity. per cant
They represent half the world's population, but contribute far less than 50 per
cent of economic activity.What is needed to change this picture is a concerted
effort to open the door to opportunity with what I call the "3 Ls" of women's
empowerment: learning, labour and leadership.
First about learning :Education is the foundation upon
which any change is built. Learning helps women to helps themselves and
break the shackles of exclusion. Nowhere is this more essential then in the
developing world. There is an African adage that goes: "If you
education boy, you train in a man. If you educate a girl ,you train a village".
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