gender equality as a vehicle for achieving inclusive and sustainable growth
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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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