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Dr. Ewa Ruminska-Zimny Director, Gender and Economy Programme, UNECE

ECONOMIC DIMENSION OF GENDER EQUALITY IN MDG CONTEXT. Dr. Ewa Ruminska-Zimny Director, Gender and Economy Programme, UNECE “The Challenges of Engendering Economics – Way towards Social Justice and Equal Opportunities”

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Dr. Ewa Ruminska-Zimny Director, Gender and Economy Programme, UNECE

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  1. ECONOMIC DIMENSION OF GENDER EQUALITY IN MDG CONTEXT Dr. Ewa Ruminska-Zimny Director, Gender and Economy Programme, UNECE “The Challenges of Engendering Economics – Way towards Social Justice and Equal Opportunities” Tbilisi, 1 April 2008

  2. Role of women in economic growth • Gender equality as a human right, but also a key factor behind economic growth and efficient allocation of resources • Women are a major source of new labour in the context of ageing. • They are also well educated and bring new ideas, priorities and tastes in developing new products and services to compete on global markets.

  3. Women’s share in labour force (age 15 +) Source: UNECE Gender Statistics Databases, 2005

  4. Women’s entrepreneurial potential Own-account workers, % employed selected countries Source: UNECE Gender Statistics Databases, 2005

  5. Over 50% share in total tertiary education in most ECE countries; also high-share of employment in service sector Ford Women’s Network (since 1999): inclusion ofwomen into design teams for new cars pushed up sales and is now standard human resource policy The Global Banking Alliance For Women(among members: Bank of Scotland, Bank of America, RBC Royal Bank): increased market share as a result of better understanding of needs of female customers Improving innovation and competitiveness

  6. Female Share of Researchers (%) Source: UNECE Gender Statistics Databases, 2005

  7. Jobs are clustered at the lower end of the labour market High level of education is not reflected in women’s professional position on a labour market Wage gap still exists Women’s economic potential still remain untapped

  8. Education vs. Occupation in selected UNECE Countries, 2005 Source: UNECE Gender Statistics Databases, 2005 *Armenia: data for 2004 (education) and 1995 (occupation)

  9. Gender pay gap*2005-2006 Source: UNECE Gender Statistics Databases and Eurostat * Difference between average gross earnings of male paid employees and of female paid employees as a percentage of average gross earnings of male paid employees

  10. Raising awareness of governments, private sector and civil society that gender equality is “smart economics” Identifying good practices of mainstreaming gender into employment, tax, budgetary policies Supporting the arguments for “smart economics” approach by gender-disaggregated data Policy challenges

  11. Gender-sensitive legislative and institutional framework for SMEs US -- Equal Credit Opportunity Act (1974), office for women’s busines at SME Administration, Federal Acquisition Streamlining Act (1994), support centers and targeted programmes In 1997-2004 number of women run businesses grew by 42% (23% all firms); now about 40% of privately held US businesses Partnership between government, private sector and civl society (business associations): gender budgets as a tool Policies matter

  12. One of five UN regional commissions; 56 member countries (US, Canada, Western & Eastern Europe, Central Asia, Caucasus) A regional forum for dialogue and exchange of good practices among governments, but also private sector and civil society Raises the awareness on issues, develops norms and standards, recommends policies Collects data, initiates studies, prepares publications UNECE: part of UN framework

  13. Promoting regional dialogue on economics of gender as a key factor for sustainable growth: ECE 60th Annual Anniversary Session Gender analysis of economic aspects of NDS/MDG Strategies (stocktaking study) Development of a gender disaggregated data: gender Statistics Website (http://www.unece.org/stats/gender/welcome1.htm) Knowledge hub on gender and economy (forthcoming) Assessment of business environment for women entrepreneurs in rural and urban areas (joint project with ILO) Preparation of manual on gender budgets (joint project with the Council of Europe) UNECE role in promotion of gender equality

  14. Thank you ewa.zimny@unece.org http://www.unece.org/oes/gender/Welcome.html

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