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Women are particularly vulnerable during times of economic downturn -- they're at greatest risk of losing their jobs and, in many developing countries, girls are taken out of school to help support their families. Yet, paradoxically females hold the best hope for improving local economies, according to leading voices that emerged at the World Economic Forum in Davos in January. Key areas proposed to maximize this effect would be for governments to implement firm legal protection and the right to property for women -- as an essential base on which enterprise could be developed -- as well as specifically tailored health and education programs for women and girls. In concluding the debate, Mark G. Parker, president of the Nike Foundation, acknowledged that much remained to be done.
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'Girl Effect'
Women are particularly vulnerable during times of economic downturn - they're at greatest risk of losing their jobs and, in many developing countries, girls are taken out of school to help support their families. Yet, paradoxically, females hold the best hope for improving local econ...
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