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It will take another 131 years to reach gender parity, according to the World Economic Forum's Global Gender Gap Report 2023. #internationalwomensday2024 https://lnkd.in/g5QbR_Up

What communique will come out from the International Development Association, Heads of State summit on gender attended by over 10 Afrucan head of states? Translating visions into action on the continent means having a social development as an independent discussion. The voice on gender development should be as loud as possible for us to achieve an equal development across the continent. https://lnkd.in/d_e38c4e

The #worldeconomicforum's Global Gender Gap Report 2023 indicates that achieving full gender parity will take 131 years at the current rate of progress. In celebration of International Women's Day on March 8, which revolves around the theme 'Invest in Women: Accelerate Progress,' the article highlights 10 remarkable women to watch in 2024. These women, spanning various fields, are making significant contributions to areas such as climate justice, #infrastructure, education, entrepreneurship, and #humanrights. The list includes Xiye Bastida, Amani Abou-Zeid, Wanjira Mathai, HRH Reema Bandar Al-Saud, Reshma Saujani, Nadia Calviño, Narges Mohammadi, Karien van Gennip, Arancha González Laya, and Tirana Hassan, each making a substantial impact in their respective domains. https://lnkd.in/d5kCPzws

Gender Gap: where are we in 2024? The 2024 Global Gender Gap Report by the World Economic Forum shows we've closed 68.5% of the gap globally. While there's positive movement, We're still 134 years away from closing the gender gap entirely, falling short of the 2030 SDG target. This highlights the importance of initiatives like #FWWB in fostering a more equitable future. It's time to accelerate action! Let's discuss what institutions and governments can do to bridge the gender gap faster and champion initiatives that empower women in all spheres. For a deeper dive into the report, head to the World Economic Forum: World Economic Forum Global Gender Gap Report 2024 #genderequality #WEF #GlobalGenderGap

#Gender Parity Accelerators are actively working to close the economic #gendergap around the world The World Economic Forum’s Gender Parity Accelerators aim to enhance #female labour force participation and address pay and #leadership disparities. The initiative, which involves 14 countries and over 95 public sector and 1,265 private sector partners, has reached 867,318 women. Accelerators are currently hosted by #Argentina, #Chile, #Colombia, #CostaRica, #DominicanRepublic, #Ecuador, #Honduras, #Mexico, #Panama – all in partnership with the @Inter-American Development Bank – #Egypt, #Jordan, #Kazakhstan, #Kenya and #Japan. This effort underscores the Forum's commitment to closing the gap sooner, recognizing the $12 trillion cost of gender inequality in global #GDP and aiming for transformative change through the Global Gender Parity Sprint to 2030, which urges public-private collaboration to drive economic growth and innovation towards gender parity.

Thank you Lucy Miller. I wanted to write something for IWD. Should I thank my Mom and my sister? - two strong and wonderful women. Should I thank the allies of strong women? Yes I will do both of this things. But Lucy, your post is the one to highlight. We have achieved so much but also need to remember that collectively we have more to do. 131 year to achieve gender parity for pay. Investing in women is investing for a better world. #investinwomen

An extremely sobering reminder by the World Economic Forum especially this #internationalwomensday2024 on gender parity in relation to the #unsdgs. We really have a LONG way to go! It pains me to think that we have actually regressed on gender equality efforts since 2015, but there’s still hope if we have reached the halfway mark in achieving the #unitednations #sustainabledevelopmentgoals towards 2030. We, at FINDFASHIONAFRICA echo the same sentiments with the UN Women campaign in that we have to do more to #investinwomen, especially towards achieving #sdg5 which focuses on the promotion of #genderequality, and we believe that stronger, and more intentional public-private multi-stakeholder #partnershipsforthegoals as per #sdg17, particularly for #tradedevelopment and #export training of #womenentrepreneurs can help achieve that! #UNSDGs #investinwomen #genderequality #internationalwomensday

Africa’s capital markets have a role and an opportunity to drive gender equality forward through improving women’s access to capital to start and grow their businesses. There are several financing instruments that they could use to achieve this. Gender bonds are a key one. At FSD Africa, we are proud to have demonstrated the viability of gender bonds in Tanzania and Morocco and look forward to seeing more bonds coming to market across the continent, especially now that a gender bonds toolkit is available to potential issuers.

Counting down to international women’s day 2024! Every year, the world makes exceptions for 8th March to celebrate the achievements of women in history, present and future who are bringing about change on gender balance globally. Although recent statistics postulated that it will take the world nearly 130years to achieve gender equality, which means that a good number of people reading this will not be here by then, but we believe that our efforts today will translate this statistics to reality whether we’re still here to experience it or not. With this year’s theme ‘inspire inclusion’ Palladium Nigeria Social Development TCCG is focusing a fire chat session on 'Advancing Women inclusion by Building Knowledge and Practice in Financial Investment' led by experts in this sector. This is going to be an engaging session, discussing step-by-step frameworks on types of investments, how to invest, access to finance, expected returns and CHALLENGES peculiar to women. This is a hybrid session, and I will keep us updated with the link to join us virtually. #iwd2024 #inspireinclusion #internationalwomensday2024 #palladium #PalladiumNigeria #inspirechange #makeitpossible #womenempowerment #genderequality #genderequity #genderbalance Palladium: Make It Possible Oiza Nicholson Eric Umoru Anurika Nwoke Precious Oliaku Abigail Ogbonna @evelynugbe

The world is still 152 years away from closing the gender gap in economic participation and opportunities. So how do we accelerate gender parity? Saadia Zahidi, Managing Director at the World Economic Forum, says there are a number of steps we can take to shrink the economic gender gap. Read more in the Global Gender Gap Report 2024: https://ow.ly/CzRy50TcC0S