“Walmart's Global Women's Economic Empowerment Initiative is working to create opportunity and empower women and girls in markets around the world.” WorldGirlOpportunityEconomicEmpowermentAround The WorldEmpoweringInitiativeEmpowering WomenWalmartEconomic Empowerment Author:Sylvia Mathews Burwell
“Saving our planet, lifting people out of poverty, advancing economic growth... these are one and the same fight. We must connect the dots between climate change, water scarcity, energy shortages, global health, food security and women's empowerment. Solutions to one problem must be solutions for all.” PeopleProblemFightingEnergyGrowthWaterPovertyEconomicSecurityPlanetsSolutionsEmpowermentClimateClimate ChangeSavingOur PlanetEconomic GrowthLiftingAdvancingDotsShortageScarcityHealth FoodFood SecurityGlobal PovertyGlobal HealthEconomic EmpowermentSolutions To PovertyEconomic Climate Author:Ban Ki-moon
“Economic equity is an enormous empowerment of women. Having jobs that provide income means that women can be a more effective force, a more equal force, in the political process. Women with income take themselves more seriously and they are taken more seriously.” MeanJobsPoliticalForceProcessTakenEconomicEqualEmpowermentEnormousIncomeEquity Author:Betty Friedan
“Technology is one of the key drivers of female economic empowerment, but the fields that women choose to participate in are still decidedly gendered.” StillsTechnologyEconomicFieldsKeysFemaleEmpowermentDriversEconomic Empowerment Author:Weili Dai
“President Obama has called for economic and political empowerment of women globally. The Equal Futures Partnership promotes removal of policy, legal, and regulatory barriers that hold women back at local, state and national levels.” StatesPoliticalPresidentLevelsEconomicPolicyEqualEmpowermentLocalsBarriersPresident ObamaPartnershipOld WomanRemoval Author:Lael Brainard
“Economic freedom is very important for women empowerment. They must be partners in economic development also. I have seen that women are very good at adapting to latest technology. We should link women and technology up-gradation.” ShouldImportantTechnologyEconomicDevelopmentEmpowermentIndiaVery GoodPartnersLinksWomen EmpowermentEmpowering WomenAdaptingEconomic DevelopmentEconomic FreedomLatest Technology Author:Narendra Modi
“E governance can bring minimum government and maximum governance. It is easy, effective and economic governance. It brings empowerment, equity and efficiency of the economy. It is a very useful field that can be the greatest problem solver of the people.” PeopleProblemGovernmentEasyEconomyEconomicFieldsEmpowermentIndiaEfficiencyMinimumEquityGovernanceMaximumProblem Solvers Author:Narendra Modi
“People must understand the Clean Ganga program, as an economic activity also. The Gangetic plains account for 40% of our population. They have over one hundred towns, and thousands of villages.” PeopleEconomicActivityHundredEmpowermentProgramAccountsIndiaTownsCleanPopulationVillage Author:Narendra Modi
“Economic development cannot take a nation forward on its own. We need a society and economy which complement each other. We need to take care of the poor, deprived and left behind sections of society.” NeedsCareLeftNationsPoorBehindsEconomyEconomicDevelopmentEmpowermentIndiaTake CareSectionsLeft BehindDeprivedEconomic DevelopmentComplement Author:Narendra Modi
“When I look at founders and CEOs like Mark Zuckerberg at Facebook and Brian Chesky at Airbnb and Sebastian Thrun at Udacity, these are companies that are creating extraordinary social good and extraordinary economic and educational empowerment, all within with context of a for-profit model.” LooksSocialCompanyEconomicCreatingModelsEmpowermentMarkExtraordinaryProfitEducationalFoundersCeoBrianSocial GoodZuckerbergAirbnb Author:Laura Arrillaga-Andreessen
“One of the factors a country's economy depends on is human capital. If you don't provide women with adequate access to healthcare, education and employment, you lose at least half of your potential. So, gender equality and women's empowerment bring huge economic benefits.” IfsHumansCountryLosesHalfEconomyEconomicHugeDependsBenefitsEmpowermentGenderAccessFactorsEmploymentHealthcareAdequateGender EqualityEconomic EqualityEconomic Empowerment Author:Michelle Bachelet
“My top priority for 2012 will be to make a renewed push for women's economic empowerment and political participation.” PoliticalEconomicEmpowermentPrioritiesParticipationTop PrioritiesEconomic EmpowermentPolitical Participation Author:Michelle Bachelet
“Theres a clear and strong connection between fertility reduction and womens literacy and empowerment, including womens gainful employment. If you look at the more than 300 districts of India, the strongest influences in explaining fertility variations are womens literacy and gainful economic employment.” IfsLooksStrongClearInfluenceEconomicEmpowermentConnectionsIndiaIncludingEmploymentStrongestLiteracyExplainingVariationReductionFertilityStrong Connection Author:Amartya Sen
“I founded the King Hussein Foundation after my husband's death in 1999, to build on his humanitarian vision and legacy in the country and abroad, through programs promoting education and leadership, economic empowerment, tolerance, cross-cultural dialogue, and media that enhances mutual understanding and respect among different cultures across conflict lines.” DifferentCountryCultureUnderstandingLinesVisionEconomicMediaKingsHusbandConflictEmpowermentProgramCrossesFoundationHumanitarianToleranceDialogueLegacyMutualMy HusbandHusseinPromotingDifferent CulturesMutual UnderstandingEconomic Empowerment Author:Queen Noor of Jordan