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UN Women executive director advocates women\u2019s empowerment at Cornell University<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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On September 5th<\/sup>, UN Women executive director and former Chilean president Michelle Bachelet delivered a lecture on gender equality at Cornell University. Henry E. and Nancy Horton Bartels World Affairs Fellowship sponsored this lecture, \u201cWomen and the New Development Paradigm,\u201d in cooperation with the Emerging Markets Institute of the Samuel Curtis Johnson Graduate School of Management.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Michelle Bachelet was the Chilean minister of defense and the minister of health, prior to her service as the first female president of Chile, from 2006 to 2010.\u00a0 She is now the under-secretary-general and executive director of the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN Woman).<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cGender equality and women\u2019s empowerment are not only goals in their own right, but they are also the fundamental drivers of social, cultural, political, and economic progress.\u201d Bachelet said, \u201cThis recognition that progress for women is progress for all informed the creation of UN Women.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Closing the gap between male and female employment rate would boost GDP by 9 percent in this country, and the discrimination of women in certain sectors would increase this gap by 25 percent. Bachelet said, citing a recent UN study.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Despite these findings, women still continue to earn less than men for the same work and face challenges in balancing work and family life, she said UN Woman is working with countries to remove those barriers, with \u00a0programs that range from providing training skills, to making laws, policies, and conditions fair for women. Bachelet, called attention to programs that encourage companies to recruit and retain more female managers and advocate a more flexible schedule for working parents. She also paid homage to Australia\u2019s 10-year program that aims to empower women in the Pacific Islands, where women live in extremely unequal conditions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWhen you work to advance women\u2019s opportunities, [it\u2019s really important to] think of specific policies needed, to acknowledge what the obstacles and barriers are and find the solutions,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Bachelet emphasized the importance of having women hold leadership positions, which leads to more programs that directly address women\u2019s rights and equality, and also creates a role-model effect that raises young women\u2019s academic performances and expectations. Increasing the visibility of women in politics \u201cpaves the way for future generations,\u201d she said<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWomen will no longer stand on the side lines. Nor can we. Now it\u2019s time to stand up for a sustainable future that will be shared by both women and men,\u201d she concluded.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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