The future of the world economy lies increasingly in female hands “WHY can't a woman be more like a man?” mused Henry Higgins in “My Fair Lady”. Future generations might ask why a man can't be more like a woman. In rich countries, girls now do better at school than boys, more women are getting university degrees than men are and females are filling most new jobs. Arguably, women are now the most powerful engine of global growth. In 1950 only one-third of American women of working … [Read more...]
We-conomy is the future of our world, Invest in Women
December 8, 2012 by Team Celebration
Filed Under: FEATURED, WOMEN GENDER EQUITY ISSUES Tagged With: A Celebration of Women, agriculture and women, Beth Brooke, economy, empower women, Ernst & Young, global economy, Global Vice Chair of Public Policy, Goldman Sachs, invest in women, MDG's, Millennium Development Goals, rural women, Take Action, UN, We-conomy is the future of our world, women and men, women as change agents, women economists, women empowerment, WOMEN of ACTION™, women taking action, women taking charge, women working with men, women.