Gender Equality and Food Security - Women's Empowerment as a Tool against Hunger | Asian Development Bank Thus promoting gender equality will be essential if Myanmar hopes to achieve all the SDGs by 2030. People around the world talk about the issues and challenges girls and women still face in everyday life. People around the world appreciate what has already been done to make women stronger. United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women 220 East 42nd Street New York, NY 10017 USA Tel +1 646 781 4400; Fax +1 646 781 4444 www.unwomen.org. The report shows that while equality of treatment between women and men and food security are mutually supportive, gender equality remains an elusive goal in many parts of Asia and the Pacific. The Inter-Agency Humanitarian Evaluation (IAHE) on Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women and Girls (GEEWG) assesses the progress on the operationalization of the IASC GEEWG agenda since 2017. People around […] The unfinished agenda of gender equality needs a concerted effort by all stakeholders and anchoring programmes and policies around SDGs is identified as an approach to be followed by Myanmar. Gender equality and empowerment of women February 17th, 2017 This also applies to Myanmar: it constitutes an important industry with roughly 430 factories, employing around 340,000 people. Source: UN Sustainable Development Today is international women´s day! 5.C Adopt and strengthen sound policies and enforceable legislation for the promotion of gender equality and the empowerment of all women and girls at all levels. Gender norms also prevail in political parties and women’s participation remains limited due to attitudes of the leadership. Gender Equality, Global Poverty, Myanmar, Women and Female Empowerment, Women's Rights Conflict in Myanmar and Gender Equality Since winning independence from colonial rule in 1948, ethnic conflict in Myanmar has plagued the country. The IAHE also captures best practices and provides recommendations to further mainstream GEEWG into humanitarian action. Much is at stake. Based on the report, Myanmar has the potential to add US$10 billion a year to its GDP by 2025, which would be an 8pc improvement. Mandaluyong City, Philippines: Asian Development Bank, 2016. The institute’s report estimates that $12 trillion can be added to global growth by advancing gender equality. Partners in gender parity. Women and girls are in today´s focus. ILO: Women’s empowerment and skills development are critical to ensure sustained growth in Myanmar’s garment sector A new ILO report assessing gender gaps in the sector underlines the need to address workplace culture in order to achieve decent work for the thousands of women that power the industry and Myanmar’s economic growth. Women’s empowerment and gender equality can be significant in addressing a range of other issues including children’s welfare, health and education. Author (corporate) Ministry of Social Welfare, Relief and Resettlement, ADB, UNDP, UNFPA, United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women ISBN number Source: Asian Development Bank, United Nations Development Programme, United Nations Population Fund, and the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women Gender equality and women’s rights in Myanmar: A situation analysis. An important element here is the relatively low participation rates of women in the labour market. People around the world start campaigns for women’s empowerment. 5.B Enhance the use of enabling technology, in particular information and communications technology, to promote the empowerment of women.