“seizing opportunities for women and girls to advance in
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2018/HLPD-WE/007 Agenda Item: 8
Seizing Opportunities for Women and Girls to Advance in the Digital Age – Empowering Women in
Order to Engagingly Participate in the Digital Economy
Purpose: Information
Submitted by: Thailand
High Level Policy Dialogue on Women and the Economy
Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea7 September 2018
“Seizing Opportunities for Women and Girls to Advance in the Digital Age:Empowering Women in order to engagingly participate in the Digital Economy”
September 7, 2018International Convention Centre, Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea
Pol. LT. Gen. Piya SorntrakulAdvisory team of Minister for Social Development and
Human Security of Thailand Ministry of Social Development and Human Security
the High Level Policy Dialogue on Women and the Economy in the APEC Women and the Economy Forum
the government’s new Digital Economy policy
all sectors to use digital technology to drive the country’s economy and society
“a middle income trap”
“an inequality trap”
“an imbalanced trap”
8 Women Learning
Development
Centers
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2018-2020
Women have stepped up to take on leading roles
42%43%
47%
Philippines
Indonesia
Thailand
