Worldwide, women are vital to social,
economic, cultural and political
achievement. And we have much to
celebrate today. But progress towards gender
parity has slowed in many places. The
World Economic Forum predicted in 2014
that it would take until 2095 to achieve
global gender parity. Then one year later
in 2015, they estimated that a slowdown in
the already glacial pace of progress meant
the gender gap wouldn’t close entirely until
2133.
So how do we want to celebrate
International Women’s Day 2016? We say
by Pledging For Parity!
Everyone - men and women - can pledge
to take a concrete step to help achieve
gender parity more quickly - whether to help
women and girls achieve their ambitions,
call for gender-balanced leadership, respect
and value difference, develop more inclusive
and flexible cultures or root out workplace
bias. Each of us can be a leader within our
own spheres of influence and commit to take
pragmatic action to accelerate gender parity.
Globally, with individuals pledging to move
from talk to purposeful action - and with
men and women joining forces - we can
collectively help women advance equal
to their numbers and realize the limitless
potential they offer economies the world
over. We have urgent work to do. Are you
ready to accelerate gender parity?
I Pledge to...
Help women and girls achieve their
ambitions
The most important determinant of a
country’s competitiveness is it’s human
talent via the skills and productivity of its
workforce.
Organizations must illuminate the path to
leadership, showing women the career and
advancement opportunities that match their
skills and professional objectives and provide
International
Women's Day 2016
theme: Pledge
For Parity
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