Closing Gaps, Opening Opportunities: The G20’s Progress on Women’s Economic Empowerment - and What Comes Next
In 2014, G20 leaders made a historic commitment in Brisbane, Australia, to reduce the gap in labour force participation between men and women by 25 percent by 2025, to bring 100 million additional women into the workforce, increase global growth, and reduce poverty and inequality. In his article for
the Center for Global Development, Kelsey Harris notes that only nine G20 countries have met the 25 percent reduction goal, though the overall objective has been achieved. Women in G20 countries perform, on average, twice as much unpaid care as men, with even higher disparities in countries such as India, Türkiye, and Mexico, which also have some of the highest gaps in labor force participation (LFP) in the G20. Unpaid care continues to be a major impediment to women’s participation in the labour market as they shoulder childcare and family care responsibilities, limiting their ability to take on paid, formal, full-time employment.
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