Driving Force: The rise of the individual and the middle class (Jose Luis)
Description:
Advances in global education and technology have helped empower individuals like never before, leading to increased demands for transparency and participation in government and public decision-making. These changes will continue, and are ushering in a new era in human history in which more people will be middle class than poor.
Enablers:
- Access to education and information gives women the knowledge to work in different fields and the power to make their own choices.
- Electricity and automation facilitate day-to-day activities and allow more time to be spent on education, self-care, and work. Also, with the possibility of remote work, women can manage better their time among family and work activities.
- Access to health care and health information.
- Scientific research and medical advances.
- Economical development and better life quality (poverty reduction).
Inhibitors:
- Limiting traditions and beliefs.
- Migration.
- Conflicts and disputes.
Paradigms:
Women in leadership increase revenues and profitability. Women in the workforce have contributed to more than 25% of overall growth in GDP.
Experts:
- United Nations (UN) - https://www.undp.org/sustainable-development-goals
- World Health Organization (WHO) - https://www.who.int/
- United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) - https://unece.org
- Melinda Gates - https://www.gatesfoundation.org/
Timing:
Web Resources:
https://www.forbes.com/sites/lisaquast/2011/02/14/causes-and-consequences-of-the-increasing-numbers-of-women-in-the-workforce/?sh=39b67dca728c https://unece.org/fileadmin/DAM/pau/age/Policy_briefs/ECE_WG-1_34.pdf