Putting Gender Equality Centre Stage in the Pacific

Date modified: 02 June 2014

This short policy brief states women’s empowerment is important because:

  • Women’s empowerment contributes to economic growth.

  • Marginalisation of women in Pacific island labour markets reduces the labour ‘talent pool’.

  • The high level of violence against women is a major barrier to development.

It suggests a number of actions that can be taken:

  • Temporary Special Measures to raise women’s political participation can increase women in decision making which can result in broad gains in women’s empowerment.

  • Gender mainstreaming has had limited impact and needs to be further evaluated to identify constraints to progress.

  • Highlighting the costs of gender inequality can help build the political will to address it. The brief then includes data and arguments for improving women’s empowerment in the region.

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Issued 2021-12-21T21:26:30.780872
Modified 2014-06-02
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Publisher Name United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and The Pacific (UNESCAP)