According to the United Nations, Progress towards ending poverty needs to be 26 times faster to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals by 2030. This is not unconnected to the fact that, globally 10.3 percent of women live in extreme poverty and they are poorer than men. One of the major challenges in achieving gender equality by 2030 is lack of sufficient investment in women with a report of over USD 360 billion annual deficit in spending on gender-equality measures .
This may have informed this year’s United Nations theme for International Women’s Day. This is due to the fact that investment in women creates employment, bridges economic gaps and creates a more equal world. In this vein, Strengthening quality education for women and girls and ensuring equal access to leadership training, career development, and funded programmes, particularly in Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics (STEM), is a key to successful digital transformation.
Thus, addressing institutional barriers, including through removing discriminatory laws, expanding women’s participation in leadership and decision-making and right-sizing investments in gender equality at the national, regional and global levels, are among the concrete actions needed to substantially accelerate progress by 2030. Also, involving different stakeholders, including men and boys, is imperative.
In line with the 2024 UN theme for the International Women’s Day, the 20th episode of the Insights Webinar will focus on the need to invest in digital skills for women to further accelerate growth and progress in the health sector and across all other facets of endeavours . The webinar series enables insightful conversation with public health professionals to establish eHealth Africa as a thought leader in the Public Health space, create visibility for the organisation, and create new business opportunities for the organisation within the public health space.
We look forward to your contributions in what will be another impactful episode of Insights Webinar!
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