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Debra Schneider • 2 cards
Indeed, as the Conclusion, written by an Eminent Panel including Nobel laureate economists, reveals, the UN could achieve four times more good if it sharpened the 169 targets to a list of just 19 “phenomenal” investments.
Bjorn Lomborg • Prioritizing Development: A Cost Benefit Analysis of the United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals
Sisterhood Is Powerful,
Jessica Bennett • Feminist Fight Club: An Office Survival Manual for a Sexist Workplace
Globally, the UN has reported that women do at least two-and-a-half times more household and care work than men, equivalent to 10%-39% of the gross domestic product of member states. In the US, analysis suggests that women – who make up half of the paid workforce – account for almost 80% of the unpaid domestic work: worth around $3.6tn a year. Yet ... See more
The Guardian • The Guardian view on women’s unpaid labour: attitudes have shifted, but the burden hasn’t | Editorial
That connection is built on a simple truth: Whenever you include a group that’s been excluded, you benefit everyone. And when you’re working globally to include women and girls, who are half of every population, you’re working to benefit all members of every community. Gender equity lifts everyone.
Melinda French Gates • The Moment of Lift: How Empowering Women Changes the World
Facebook Women, an in-house resource group.