正如联合国秘书长增强妇女经济权能高级别小组所言,实现工作场所的平等需要扩大体面工作和就业机会,涉及政府促进妇女参与经济生活的针对性努力、工会等重要集体的支持和妇女自己在为女性参与的当前障碍制定解决方案中的声音。成效将是显著的:推动妇女平等可促进全球国内生产总值到2025年增加12万亿美元。
It also requires a determined focus on removing the discrimination women face on multiple and intersecting fronts over and above their gender: sexual orientation, disability, older age, and race. Wage inequality follows these: the average gender wage gap is 23 per cent but this rises to 40 per cent for African American women in the United States. In the European Union, elderly women are 37 per cent more likely to live in poverty than elderly men.
这还需要坚决地着力消除妇女在性别之外的性取向、残疾、老龄和种族等多重交叉方面面临的歧视。这些因素还导致工资不平等:工资的平均性别差异是23%,但是对在美国的非裔美籍女性而言,这一数字高达40%。在欧盟,老年妇女生活贫困的可能性比老年男子高37%。
In roles where women are already over-represented but poorly paid, and with little or no social protection, we must make those industries work better for women. For example, a robust care economy that responds to the needs of women and gainfully employs them; equal terms and conditions for women’s paid work and unpaid work; and support for women entrepreneurs, including their access to finance and markets. Women in the informal sector also need their contributions to be acknowledged and protected. This calls for enabling macroeconomic policies that contribute to inclusive growth and significantly accelerate progress for the 770 million people living in extreme poverty.
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