W20's perspective on Human Capital Investment
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The document discusses promoting women's economic empowerment through four focus topics: labor, digital, financial, and rural. It notes that 50% of women do not have an income of their own, women are overrepresented in part-time and low quality jobs, and only 40% of women have access to bank accounts. The document makes recommendations to address barriers women face in education, future of work, social services, and more to promote gender equality.
W20's perspective on Human Capital Investment
- 2. W20argentina.com w20_argentina w20_Argentina 2018 W20 Argentina 2018 @w20_Argentina
- 3. Institutional Objective Influence decision-making groups in G20 to carry out policies towards gender equality.
- 4. Strategic Objective Promote women’s economic Empowerment through our 4 focus topics. LABOR DIGITAL FINANCIAL RURAL
- 5. 50% OF THE WORLD’S WOMEN DO NOT HAVE AN INCOME OF THEIR OWN 1/2 WOMEN REPRESENT: 60% Only of university graduates a third of the total workforce in part-time low quality jobs Over-represented
- 6. 40%Only of G20 women have access to bank accounts. 30% SME and receive 10% of the loans granted by banks. Women own ACCESS TO FINANCIAL SERVICES AND FINANCIAL EDUCATION ARE NECESSARY CONDITIONS FOR THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
- 7. 43% of the world’s agricultural workforce are women Women produce half of the world’s food and only receive an income of their own. 4%
- 8. PARTICIPATING IN THE DIGITAL WORLD IS A CONDITION TO ENTER THE LABOR MARKET AND TO IMPROVE THE LIVES OF WOMEN 184million Gender gap in mobile phone access 250million Gender gap in internet usage 35% Women in STEM disciplines 21% Women in top positions at technologies industries Access and Use Participation
- 9. In a future of work context, students, as well as workers, need to develop to engage in the digital era, especially the self-learning skill. 15 year old girls are two times less likely to aspire to a career in engineering, science or architecture and three times more likely than boys to expect to become health professionals EDUCATION FUTURE OF WORK OVERVIEW valuable skills 2 times - 3 times + +
- 10. SAFETY ANS SECURITY CULTURAL NORMS Cultural norms affects the perception of how girls and women should behave. INFRASTRUCTURE Girls have less access to education than boys. DEPENDING ON GEOGRAPHIC AND SOCIAL CONDITIONS WOMEN AND GIRLS EXPERIENCE A NUMBER OF INTERRELATED BARRIERS Women often feel vulnerable to harassment. SAFETY Women often feel vulnerable to harassment. HEALTH
- 11. Conclusion If these barriers are not addressed gender inequalities could be reinforced.
- 13. Securing women’s access to comprehensive and gender responsive social services, including education, health and legal services in rural areas. • Guarantee that every girl and boy in compulsory school age has access to a high-quality education. Guaranteeing inclusive educational programs through the promotion and investment in initiatives that boost equal participation of women and girls in STEAM studies and support women’s digital rights and citizenship. • Guarantee that comprehensive sexual education is provided to all girls and boys, addressing current biases on gender related capabilities. • Promote initiatives that give girls a voice in classrooms were participation is predominantly male dominated. • Address current biases against girls’ capabilities, especially in STEAM fields, by promoting teachers’ training in gender perspective EDUCATION & FUTURE OF WORK W20 RECOMMENDATIONS
- 14. Training programs should promote women’s life-long learning, and provide frequent updating of digital skills to increase opportunities for both employment and entrepreneurship. G20 countries must also foster the equitable participation of women in the development and governance of STEAM-related industries. • Promote initiatives (formal and non-formal education) with relevant content that are flexible, online, affordable, and user friendly. Investing public funds to ensure affordable, quality and professionalized universal care services for people with dependents, including those in the informal sector. • Guarantee education facilities provide care services for children. EDUCATION & FUTURE OF WORK W20 RECOMMENDATIONS
- 15. Eliminating all forms of discrimination against women, particularly in laws and regulations on access to and control of land, assets and resources and promoting mechanisms to guarantee equal pay for work of equal value. • Guarantee that schools have zero tolerance to harassment and to discrimination on the grounds of gender. Analyzing the Future of Work from a gender perspective and design policies to ensure equitable impact. Major trends such as the gig economy, automation and machine learning should be addressed in terms of their gender-specific impact, focusing on the social protection and labor rights of women workers. EDUCATION & FUTURE OF WORK W20 RECOMMENDATIONS
- 16. Support gender budgeting and together with international partner organizations and relevant national partners develop statistical systems based on indicators that are gender disaggregated and consider women in all their diversity. EDUCATION & FUTURE OF WORK W20 RECOMMENDATIONS