The United Nations’ focus on the post-2015 development goals strongly aligns women’s empowerment and gender equality with women’s leadership in economic development.
Commonwealth Heads of Government have affirmed the importance of women’s leadership and have urged the acceleration of gender mainstreaming efforts to promote the holistic empowerment of women as a driver of gender equality, economic growth and inclusive sustainable development. Countries are introducing decisive measures to drive up women’s share of leadership positions, including through legislation, regulation, governance arrangements, new policies and approaches, consciousness-raising on bias and empowerment programs.
This policy brief gives an insight to the measures being taken to aid the integration of women into major parts of the economy.
