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MEET THE 40 WOMEN LEADERS WHOSE ROLES SHAPING GLI PRACTICE IN INDONESIA
This compilation is one of the first, if not the first, publication that highlights the exceptional works of the 40 women leaders who are the change makers in their own field or industrial sector, but somehow underrepresented in the ecosystem. These remarkable women also help shift attitudes amongst men or women who consciously or unconsciously hold gender bias regarding what different genders are and are not capable of, specifically in investment sense, where applying GLI turns out good for business.
CONNECTING TOWARDS WOMEN ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT IN INDONESIA
Women’s economic empowerment should be a top priority as we are witnessing unprecedented economic crisis in Indonesia and around the world. Empowering women economically is one of the strategic interventions to prevent deeper impacts of the crisis such as unemployment and increased poverty rate. Economic empowerment initiatives will enable women, as they have men, to become even more active economic actors and agents of change.
Supporting women businesses is essential particularly in the current context of COVID-19 pandemic as economies begin to re-emerge. In doing so, it is important to ensure women entrepreneurs are equipped with necessary business development support, non-financial assistance, and financial aid including access to investment.
Globally, we see a growing trend in investment that bring social impacts, including to empower women through the application of gender lens investment. UN Women believes in nurturing this trend by facilitating greater sharing of knowledge, especially for those who firmly support or aspire to join the cause of gender equality and women’s empowerment.
In this report, we have collaborated with ANGIN to provide insights from 40 inspiring women who play various roles in shaping and directing the trend of gender lens investment in Indonesia. We acknowledge and appreciate valuable experiences and insights from all the women featured in this publication.
UN Women has been calling for transformative financing to achieve gender equality globally. We believe that developing knowledge products like this resource is essential to mobilize support from key stakeholders, particularly investors, to apply gender lens in channeling their funds. Only with large-scale dedicated resources allocation, and concerted efforts from key actors including individual investors and the public and private sector, will we be able to economically empower women and reach the global goals on gender equality.
Jamshed Kazi
UN Women Representative and Liaison to ASEAN
Acknowledgement
UN Women and ANGIN are grateful for the women leaders participating in this study for their time and support. This publication has been produced with the financial assistance of the European Union under WeEmpowerAsia joint programme of the European Union and UN women. The Programme aimed at increasing the number of women who lead and participate in private-sector businesses in 7 countries in Asia, including Indonesia. Contents of this publication are the sole responsibility of the UN Women Indonesia and ANGIN and can in no way be taken to reflect the views of the European Union.
Published October 2020
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