Third International Conference on Financing for Development: Gender Equality is a Priority

To achieve sustained economic growth and development, the global community needs to invest in gender equality. "it is clear that we have not invested sufficiently in gender equality," said United Nations Secretary-General during a side event at the Third International Conference on Financing for Development that is being held in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. He went on to state that the gaps in gender equality have proved as a barrier to the full achievement of each of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs).

Less than 10 percent of official development assistance aids women and many gender equality policies and programmes are not funded by domestic resources. Gender-responsive budgeting and planning processes can help ensure that public revenue is raised and spent in ways that benefit women and girls.

This talk was given at a side event hosted by UN Women and the World Bank on Financing for Gender Equality.

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