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Survey on the Role of Women in Development (2009)
The World Survey on the Role of Women in Development is the flagship publication of the United Nations Division for the Advancement of Women. It is presented to the Second Committee of the General Assembly at five-yearly intervals. The 1999 World Survey focused on globalization, gender and work and the 2004 World Survey addressed women and international migration. The General Assembly requested the Secretary-General to update the World Survey on the Role of Women in Development for the consideration of the General Assembly at its sixty-fourth session; noting that the survey should continue to focus on selective emerging development themes that have an impact on the role of women in the economy at the national, regional and international levels.1 The theme for the World Survey in 2009 is “Women’s control over economic resources and access to financial resources, including microfinance”.2
Women’s control over economic resources and access to financial resources, including microfinance
The World Survey will address women’s control over economic resources and access to financial resources, including microfinance, within the broad framework of the economic empowerment of women. There is increasing recognition that empowerment is a key strategy for economic and social development. Increased access to and control over resources and opportunities not only improves the economic status of women, their households and communities, but also creates a multiplier effect for economic growth. Lack of economic empowerment, on the other hand, both jeopardizes growth and poverty reduction, and leads to less favourable education and health outcomes for children and can put women at a greater risk of HIV/AIDS and violence.
The World Survey will conceptualize women’s economic
empowerment in relation to economic and financial resources. It will
consider a wide range of policy areas to identify the type of policies and programmes
that are conducive to women’s economic empowerment. Persistent obstacles to
women’s economic empowerment will also be addressed. The World Survey
will also include a focus on methodologies and indicators for measuring women’s
economic empowerment.
Expert Consultation from 12 to 14 November 2008, Bangkok, Thailand
As part of its preparation of the 2009 World Survey on the Role of Women in Development, the United Nations Division for the Advancement of Women organized an Expert Consultation on “Women’s control over economic resources and access to financial resources, including microfinance,” in Bangkok, Thailand, from 12 to 14 November, 2008. The Expert Consultation will be hosted by the Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP).
Related documents and resources for the Expert Consultation:
Aide-Mémoire
Programme of work
Participant list
Expert
papers
Statements
Expert papers
EC/WSRWD/2008/EP.1
Trade, poverty and women’s economic empowerment in Sub-Saharan
Africa
Prepared by Zo Randriamaro
EC/WSRWD/2008/EP.2
Towards women’s economic empowerment- enhancing women’s control over economic
resources
Prepared by Sarojini Ganju Thakur
EC/WSRWD/2008/EP.3
Women’s employment, empowerment and globalization: an economic
perspective
Prepared by Elissa Braunstein
EC/WSRWD/2008/EP.4
Women’s control over economic resources and access to financial resources: A
case on strengthening the business environment in Tanzania
Prepared by Edward Mhina
EC/WSRWD/2008/EP.5
Rural women in Latin America and their access to economic
resources
Prepared by María Soledad Parada
EC/WSRWD/2008/EP.6
Economic empowerment for women in the informal economy in
Thailand
Poonsap Tulaphan
EC/WSRWD/2008/EP.7
Women’s economic empowerment
Prepared by Larissa M. Kapitsa
Opening statement by Ms. Carolyn Hannan, Director, Division for the
Advancement of Women. “Women’s control over economic resources and
access to financial resources, including microfinance.”
Expert Consultation from 17 to 19 February 2009, Copenhagen, Denmark
As part of its preparation of the 2009 World Survey on the Role of Women in Development, the United Nations Division for the Advancement of Women organized an Expert Consultation on the 2009 World Survey on the Role of Women in Development from 17 to 19 February, in Copenhagen, Denmark. The meeting reviewed the first working drafts of chapters of the World Survey and provided further guidance on the conceptual framework and key issues to be addressed in the publication.
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