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==Enablers:==
==Enablers:==
*Access to education and information gives women the knowledge to work in different fields and the power to make their own choices.
*Demographic boom in developing regions
*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.
*Technological advances in agricultural productivity
*Access to health care and health information.
*Access to information through mobile phones, internet penetration and social media
*Scientific research and medical advances.
*Rising income inequality
*Economical development and better life quality (poverty reduction).


==Inhibitors:==
==Inhibitors:==

Revision as of 23:09, 7 December 2021

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:

  • Demographic boom in developing regions
  • Technological advances in agricultural productivity
  • Access to information through mobile phones, internet penetration and social media
  • Rising income inequality

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:

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