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Representatives of governments and the private sector gather at the United Nations to discuss women in business ahead of International Women\u2019s Day on 8 March<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n

Small businesses run by women contribute greatly to their communities<\/h3>\n

The health of the world economy can only be maintained by a concerted effort to increase the participation of women in trade and entrepreneurialism, speakers from business and government said at an event to mark International Women\u2019s Day 2020 held by the International Trade Centre in at the Palais des Nations in Geneva on 2 March.<\/p>\n

ITC acting Executive Director Dorothy Tembo told the meeting that the role of women as drivers of economic and social progress had been recognised more and more in the last 40 years but that \u2018half the world remains left behind\u2019.<\/p>\n

\u2018From the policy perspective, we have to understand what works and what doesn\u2019t; and how to break out from silos,\u2019 she said. \u2018It\u2019s not just about Sustainable Development Goal 5 on women\u2019s equality but the whole 2030 Agenda, none of which can be achieved without women\u2019s full participation in the economy.\u2019<\/p>\n

Tatiana Valovaya, Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva, said that small businesses run by women did more for their communities than those run by men. Investing local women-led businesses at the grassroots in developing countries was money well spent, she said.<\/p>\n

Ambassador Walter Stevens of the European Union said that there were more women in the EU than men but women run only one-third of start-ups. He said it was important to lower the threshold for women to enter business.<\/p>\n

\u2018It simply makes sense from a social and economic perspective,\u2019 he said.<\/p>\n

It’s crucial for governments to listen to what women are saying on the ground<\/h3>\n

Swiss entrepreneur Julie Bordier, founder of\u00a0L\u2019Effet Papillon, said that women still faced barriers in the world of business despite years of warm words. Ambassador Martha Lungu Mwitumwa of Zambia added that it was crucial for governments to listen to what women were actually saying on the ground. For Ambassador Monique T.G. van Daalen of the Netherlands, it was crucial to remove laws restricting women\u2019s economic activity still on the books in 90 countries.<\/p>\n

Sacha Silva of the United Kingdom Mission to Geneva said that ITC\u2019s work on women\u2019s economic empowerment was effective because it attacked the problem holistically \u2013 working with women already in business to give them the information they needed as well as working with governments to analyse what worked from the policy perspective. Programmes such as ITC\u00a0SheTrades<\/a>\u00a0also achieved scale by using the power of platforms, he said.<\/p>\n

Mine Uran, chief executive officer, Alver World, said she had worked for corporates such as DuPont and Nestle, and now ran her own business.<\/p>\n

\u2018What I\u2019ve learned is that women have to have self-belief to overcome the barriers that men simply don\u2019t face. But we can overcome these barriers,\u2019 she said. \u2018So much has changed in the last 20 years and so much more change will come.\u2019<\/p>\n

The event, which was moderated by the BBC\u2019s\u00a0Imogen Foulkes, kicked off ITC\u2019s\u00a0International Women\u2019s Day 2020\u00a0campaign focusing on businesswomen who are beneficiaries of its programmes.<\/p>\n

Their stories and images are also being featured on trams and buses run by\u00a0les Transports publics genevois\u00a0(TPG) in Geneva, Switzerland, during March 2020.<\/p>\n

Source: ITC<\/strong><\/em><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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