Women are critical stakeholders to achieve sustainable development, economic growth, and peace and security cannot be achieved without gender equality.
UN Deputy Secretary-General Asha-Rose Migiro made this statement during the International Forum on the Role of Leadership in Promoting Gender Equality in Kigali, Rwanda, yesterday.Ms. Migiro explained that numerous studies have found that companies with a more balanced representation of women and men in their top management teams considerably outperform those where such representation is low.
She added that investing in women and girls has a powerful multiplier effect, on productivity, efficiency and economic growth.
Ms. Migiro concluded that although gender equality is a key goal in itself, women’s empowerment is an essential means to achieving sustainable development, economic growth, and peace and security.