Coaching is Key to The Economic Recovery For Women By Rebecca Henderson This year’s World Economic Forum annual meeting in Davos was an important gathering for leaders in light of numerous crises facing the global community. Among the many urgent issues receiving attention include how the labor market can support faster economic recovery for working women, who were disproportionately affected…
Gross Domestic Product (GDP) has been a standard measure of economic growth and prosperity since the second world war.
Critics have long blasted World Economic Forum, a Switzerland-based non-profit, for just how male-dominated its annual meeting is. Indeed, female representation at the gathering of business executives and world leaders has hovered in the teens in recent years, inching up to surpass the 20% threshold only last year. But the “women at Davos” story takes on new urgency this year,…
Closing the Economic Equality Gap Panel at the 2015 World Economic Forum on Africa 2015. How can increased women’s economic participation accelerate sustainable development? Key discussion themes: – Equalizing pay for equal work – Increasing percentage of women leaders in the boardroom – Updating economic policies and social institutions Panel Moderator: Charlotte Petri Gornitzka, Director-General, Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida), Sweden.…
