C. Economic empowerment and poverty reduction

(g) Developing initiatives for the political and economic empowerment of youth

More equitable access to credit is also critical for women's economic empowerment.

Women's access to land and credit was equally important to their economic empowerment.

He stressed the necessity of enhancing women's economic autonomy as a tool of empowerment.

In Viet Nam, education was considered the foundation for the economic empowerment of women.

The economic empowerment of women is critical for Afghanistan's sustained recovery, reconstruction and development.

In addition, the unit manages the Japan WID fund earmarked for women's economic empowerment programmes.

Economic empowerment of women, especially those in rural areas, remained a top priority for her Government.

The empowerment of women must be a vital ingredient in all our social and economic programmes.

Women's economic empowerment does not necessarily lead to enhanced decision making in households and local communities.

Enhance women s economic and political empowerment, including by directing international aid toward their health, education, and welfare.

Democracy will be decisive because it generates investments in education, health, and economic empowerment that reward ordinary voters.

The Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) has promoted the economic empowerment of rural women through multi stakeholder dialogues and capacity building.

In collaboration with ILO, UNHCR sought technical support for refugee women entrepreneurship and economic empowerment activities in several countries.

Women's empowerment.

However, much remained to be done, especially in areas such as employment, empowerment of rural women, economic activity and social participation.

African Empowerment Guild

Underlining the importance of the empowerment of women and their economic independence as critical tools to prevent and eliminate domestic violence against women,

ICT and women's empowerment

The empowerment of women in urban and rural areas had become one of the priority areas of national plans for economic and social development.

Senegal had established institutional mechanisms designed to promote gender equity and the social and economic empowerment of women, while remaining sensitive to cultural mores.

The Challenge of Medical Empowerment

And it's economic empowerment and the ability for a woman to say, I am as much contributing to this family, or more, than you are.

Nevertheless, the independent expert emphasizes the need to continue improving the economic empowerment of women and their participation rate in the social and political spheres.

The Government had, accordingly, made the political, legal, educational and economic empowerment of women one of its top priorities and a key to good governance.

In pursuit of the MDGs and of our national economic development objectives, Nigeria has drawn up and embarked upon conscious efforts to realize set targets encapsulated in our National Economic Empowerment and Development Strategy (NEEDS).

To support the socio economic empowerment of rural women and their full participation, UNIDO also assists women to organize business associations to facilitate access to finance.

We are committed to further promoting the political and economic empowerment of women so that gender equality becomes a matter of human rights and social justice.

C. Gender equality and women's empowerment

Gender equality and empowerment of women

Empowerment is the freedom to choose.

All of this leads to empowerment.

Other important mechanisms for women empowerment

Empowerment training for women, September 2003

So the other face of Yemen is actually one that lies behind the veil, and it's economic empowerment mostly that allows the woman to just uncover it.

This model looks to personal identity to define disability and empowers people to chart their own destiny in everyday life, with a particular focus on economic empowerment.

Fifteen out of thirty provinces have established Bureaus of Women Empowerment and forty districts have established District Offices of Women Empowerment.

Empowerment through participation in the political process

(b) Empowerment of women of African descent

Empowerment and activation of the interested parts

They want opportunity and empowerment, not charity.

Subprogramme 7 Advancement and empowerment of women

(b) Empowerment of women of African descent

This means that gender equality is not only a question of social justice, but is also instrumental to and a precondition of economic empowerment, environmental management and sustainable development.