gender equality as a vehicle for achieving inclusive and sustainable growth

Gender equality

as a vehicle for achieving

inclusive and sustainable growth

Sub-regional Workshop on

Millennium Development Goals and

the Post 2015 Development Framework

for Central and East Asia

26-28 September 2012, Almaty, Kazakhstan

Koh Miyaoi

Gender Practice Leader

UNDP Bratislava Regional Centre

Inclusiveness aids growth

• Societies based on equality tend to perform better in development.

• Companies with diverse executive boards perform better in profit-making.

• Inclusiveness implies both participation and benefit-sharing.

• Participation without benefit-sharing will make growth unjust.

• Limited participation will lead to missing out on human

capital.

In the framework of its evidence-based policy and advocacy work the BRC Gender Team conducted a Gender Mapping study to identify and demonstrate the existing gender equality challenges analyzing data and trends at a sub- regional level

BALKANSAlbaniaBosnia and HerzegovinaCroatiaCyprusKosovoMontenegroSerbiaT he FYR of MacedoniaTurkey

CENTRAL ASIAKazakhstanKyrgyzstanTajikistanTurkmenistanUzbekistan

WESTERN EUROPEAustriaBelgiumDenmarkFinlandFranceGermanyGreeceIrelandItalyLuxembourgMaltaNetherlandsPortugalSpainSwedenUnited Kingdom

CAUCASUSArmeniaAzerbaijanGeorgiaMoldova, Republic ofUkraine

CENTRAL AND EASTERN EUROPEBulgariaCzech RepublicEstoniaHungaryLatviaLithuaniaPolandRomaniaSlovakiaSlovenia

Gender Inequality Index

Central Asia

• Relatively strong gender equality indicators compared to the rest of the world, particularly during the Soviet era.

• Robust growth in the first decade of the 21st century.

• Advances made in gender equality experiencing set-backs since the transition.

• 2009/2010 financial crisis aggravated gender inequality.

Gender Equality and EducationGender Equality and Health

Gender Equality in Decision Making Gender Equality and Economic Opportunities

Gender Equality and Stereotypes

Gender Equality and Policy Implications

Gender and Migrations

Gender Equality and Education

Gender Equality and Health

Gender Equality and Health

Gender Equality and Health

Gender Equality in Decision Making

Gender Equality-Economic Opportunities

Gender Equality-Economic Opportunities

Gender Equality-Economic Opportunities

Gender Equality and Stereotypes

Gender and Migrations – TajikistanMigrant Remittances to Tajikistan – ILO, 2010

Household Survey – Families with Migrants

95%Of IMMIGRANTS

are MEN

90%Of families with one parent

are headed by a WOMAN

High dependancy on remittances

30% of GDP

Migrants aged 25-55

67%

Migrants aged 26-33

Are MORE likelyto send remittances

Migrants aged over 46 are

LEAST likely to send remittances

50% of Household Income For more than 60% of families

100% of Household Income For more than 30% of families

Gender Equality and Policy Implications

How gender equality

evolves as development

proceeds

Inclusion and Resilience

• A society, free from gender stereotypes, and where every man and woman have the opportunity and capacity to contribute to development is a resilient society.

• A society in which individuals are not given a choice and opportunity to make the best of their human capital regardless of their gender is not a resilient one.

• Empowerment of men and women will lead to a resilient society.

Thank You

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For more information

Please visit our website

http://europeandcis.undp.org/ourwork/gender/

Contact us

koh.miyaoi@undp.org

barbora.galvankova@undp.org

daniela.pizzoli@undp.org