Improve Economic Empowerment
Worldwide, only about one in two women work, compared with three in four men. In some low-income countries, the labor force participation rate for women has reached 90 percent, but these women are often underemployed. Hard economic circumstances often force them to be self-employed or work in small enterprises that are unregulated and unregistered.
Here’s what we’re doing today:
Read and share the Urban Institute’s article, “Six Ways to Enable Women’s Economic Empowerment,” which details how enacting policies will not only empower women, but will also benefit their families and communities.
Sample Tweet:
All women deserve economic empowerment. The @UrbanInstitute outlines 6 policies to make it happen here wawf.org/2lZH1YK #our100days