EMPOWERMENT OF URBAN WOMEN AND YOUTH VITAL FOR FUTURE PROSPERITY OF CITIES, UN SAYS

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EMPOWERMENT OF URBAN WOMEN AND YOUTH VITAL FOR FUTURE PROSPERITY OF
CITIES, UN SAYS
New York, Apr 18 2013 1:00PM
With women projected to comprise a majority of the world's urban
dwellers and head increasing numbers of households, gender equality in
employment, housing, health and education is vital to ensure the
prosperity of the cities of the future, according to a new United
Nations study.

"Women are key drivers of economic growth and that wealth in the hands
of women leads to much more equitable outcomes in terms of the quality
of life of families and communities," the study, entitled
<"http://www.unhabitat.org/pmss/listItemDetails.aspx?publicationID=3457">State
of Women in Cities Report 2012/13, said. "Addressing the barriers to
women's participation in cities creates a situation where women's
potential is more fully realised and households, communities and
governments also reap rewards.

"It is imperative that women and men should enjoy equal rights and
opportunities in cities on moral/ethical, economic and political
grounds. This will not only engender women's well-being but it will
increase their individual and collective prosperity as well as the
prosperity of the cities in which they reside."

Produced by the Nairobi-based UN Human Settlements Programme, known as
UN-HABITAT, which is mandated to promote socially and environmentally
sustainable towns and cities with the goal of providing adequate
shelter for all, the report also stressed the need to address
unemployment and other disadvantages that hobble urban youth.

The report called for policies to enhance gender equality, equity and
prosperity of women in cities, noting that cities of the future will
comprise a majority female component, especially among people older
than 60 and even more so among those older than 80 years.

While underscoring the unpaid caring and social activities that women
undertake, such as childcare, caring for the sick, disabled and
elderly, washing, cleaning and other community services that allow the
urban economy to function and prosper, even if this labour is seldom
recognised or valued, the report stressed the "crucially important"
economic contributions they make through their paid work

"The 'feminization' of the global labour force tends to be associated
with urbanisation, with the related concentration of women in
export-manufacturing, the service sector and Information,
Communication and Technology (ICT)," it said, adding that women,
especially the urban poor, are disadvantaged in terms of equal access
to employment, housing, health and education, asset ownership,
experiences of urban violence, and ability to exercise their rights.

UN-HABITAT's <"http://www.unhabitat.org/pmss/listItemDetails.aspx?publicationID=3455">State
of Urban Youth Report 2012/2013 stressed that while the young are
"society's most important and dynamic human resource" – with 1.3
billion between ages 12 and 24, most of them living in urban areas –
nearly 45 per cent of them, some 515 million, live on less than $2 a
day.

It called for better aligning educational and training systems with
the current and future needs of young people, so that they cannot only
discern developmental issues but may even be capable of suggesting
innovative solutions to deep problems of development and growth.

"Of paramount importance is access to education and opportunities for
acquiring skills," the study added, stressing that youth inequality in
urban life is closely related to unequal opportunities in later life
and calling for policies that include investment in economic
infrastructure, tax incentives, vocational training schemes and
regulations that aim at a more equitable labour market for urban
youth.
Apr 18 2013 1:00PM
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