{"id":68611,"date":"2016-03-15T15:58:32","date_gmt":"2016-03-15T15:58:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?guid=c624d4a0c1165e7904118f35d35157c9"},"modified":"2016-03-15T15:58:32","modified_gmt":"2016-03-15T15:58:32","slug":"news-story-greening-un-panel-major-step-towards-closing-gender-gap","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?p=68611","title":{"rendered":"News story: Greening: UN panel \u2018major step’ towards closing gender gap"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A new UN panel will help women around the world to get jobs, overcome discriminatory laws and reduce the burden of unpaid domestic work, Justine Greening said in New York on Tuesday 15 March.<\/p>\n

The UN High Level Panel<\/a>, which held its inaugural meeting at the UN Commission on the Status of Women, is a group of leading politicians, expert economists, charity heads and business leaders brought together to kick start a global movement that can help get millions of women into the workplace.<\/p>\n

International Development Secretary Justine Greening said:<\/p>\n

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I am hugely proud to be part of the first ever meeting of the UN High Level Panel on Women\u2019s Economic Empowerment which marks a major step forward in the battle to close the gender gap in economies around the world. We now need to work hard to make sure it delivers real change for the world\u2019s poorest women.<\/p>\n

Women\u2019s economic empowerment is not just about financial independence and basic human rights, it\u2019s also a major lever we can use to boost the global economy because a country cannot successfully develop when half its population is left behind.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Greening is a founding member of the panel, which also includes Christine Lagarde, Managing Director of the IMF, Jim Yong Kim, World Bank President, and Samia Suluhu Hassan, Tanzanian Vice-President.<\/p>\n

The panel is chaired by Luis Guillermo Sol\u00eds, President of Costa Rica, and Simona Scarpaleggio, CEO of IKEA Switzerland.<\/p>\n

The panel will produce a report for the UN Secretary-General containing recommendations on how to improve economic outcomes for women around the world. These recommendations will then be taken forward by governments, the private sector, the UN system and aid agencies around the world.<\/p>\n

On the eve of the inaugural meeting of the High Level Panel, Justine Greening also joined fellow Panel member Fiza Farhan to hear from young women on their experiences and get their views ahead of the meeting. <\/p>\n

The full list of members of the UN Secretary General\u2019s High Level Panel on Women\u2019s Economic Empowerment is as follows:<\/p>\n