Theme: The imperative to foster global gender economic equity

“Women’s economic empowerment is not just a moral imperative, it is an economic no-brainer.” Women make significant contributions to economic growth, wealth creation, innovation, employment, and human capital. Yet, their participation is constrained by structural impediments and biases – lower wages, fewer employment options, non-payment for care work within families, poor health care and benefits, under-valuation of economic contributions. As a result, we all lose! If the economic pie is bigger and more equitably distributed we will all be better off.

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Dr. Margo Thomas Ph.D.

Founder, CEO

As Founder and CEO of the Women’s Economic Imperative, Dr. Thomas serves as a catalyst for initiatives aimed at increasing opportunities for the economic empowerment of disadvantaged and under-represented groups globally. Specific milestones include; • At the World Bank Group, Dr. Thomas provided policy advice to over 50 national and sub-national governments. • UN: Chief of Secretariat for the United Nations Secretary-General’s High-Level Panel on Women’s Economic Empowerment. • T20 Argentina: Co-Chair, Task Force on Gender Economic Equity • T20 Japan: Co-Chair, Task Force on the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development • T20 Saudi Arabia: Social Cohesion Task Force. • Fellow, Global Solutions Institute • Associate Fellow, Chatham House, The Royal Institute of International Affairs, London, in the • Global Economy and Finance practice • Doctoral Degree in Public Policy, the University of Manchester