The Platform for Action gives due emphasis to the fact that women globally have continued to have insufficient access to the resources necessary to achieve economic independence.
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Empowering women leads to a more inclusive growth of society and the nation.
It is important that we women use our position as a platform to influence for good.
I have come to understand that in order to effectively advance women's rights, we need to galvanize a global women's movement.
Women are living independently, but we don't yet have the social and economic policies behind us to support that independence.
We simply can no longer afford to deny the full potential of one half of the population. The world needs to tap into the talent and wisdom of women. Whether the issue is food security, economic recovery, health, or peace and security, the participation of women is needed now more than ever.
The women's movement is just a symptom of basic changes in the economy that are favoring women.
It's important for women to work. They need to keep their independence, to keep earning and being challenged.
In some ways, privileged women who are closer to power wind up being able to exert their influence in ways that change public policy in ways that women with less power don't have access to.
We live in an era of globalization and the era of the woman. Never in the history of the world have women been more in control of their destiny.
We need to empower women. Give women a voice in the decision-making process. Give women a political voice where they can champion, for their own welfare. And, of course, for us. United Nations - organizations, agencies - we need to do our part.
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