APEC Ministers Advance Women’s Economic Empowerment

APEC ministers demonstrated their shared commitment to advancing gender equality by welcoming the APEC Gender Equality Structural Reform Voluntary Principles and Recommendations to Advance Women's Economic Empowerment.

The principles and recommendations work as a tool to support women's economic empowerment by APEC member economies in the following areas:

• Women's education, training and skills development
• Women's access to capital, assets and markets
• Women's labor force participation
• Women's economic participation and leadership

View the APEC Gender Equality Structural Reform Voluntary Principles and Recommendations to Advance Women's Economic Empowerment

and accompanying video

Members are encouraged to continue to share good practices and to carry out APEC capacity building activities in relevant fora in support of these gender equality structural reform voluntary principles and recommendations.

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