Given the lost economic potential of not sufficiently involving women in economies, “Why are our economies still running their engines at half speed?”
This was the challenge from Valeria Della Rosa, senior manager for business advisory services at the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development: how to involve women in economies and how global development actors can ensure women’s potential is harnessed effectively.
On the sidelines of the Union for the Mediterranean conference “Fostering Women’s Participation in Economic Life” in Barcelona, Spain last month, we heard a diverse range of views on how to best go about it.