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United Nations Secretary-General’s High-Level Panel on Women’s Economic Empowerment: Framing Paper

By on April 01, 2016

In January 2016 the United Nations Secretary-General announced the establishment of a High-Level Panel of leaders from business, government, civil society and academia to lead the charge to close the economic gender gap and place the economic empowerment of women at the top of the global agenda. 

 

The objectives of the High-Level Panel are to: - Demonstrate high-level leadership and commitment; - Set clear action-oriented priorities to empower women economically; and, - Show how government, business and civil society can work together for results.

 

This paper provides an overview of the current economic gender gap and outlines how the High-Level Panel plans to address the challenge. It has been informed by the discussions of the first meeting of the Panel which took place in March 2016.

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