Macroeconomics and women’s economic empowerment

Macroeconomic frameworks influence the pattern and pace of economic growth within a country, as well as the distribution of opportunities and resources between different sections of its population. Macroeconomic policies have an impact on gender equality through markets and State interventions, which distribute key economic and financial resources and economic opportunities. Gender-specific impacts are mediated by the State’s willingness and capacity to intervene on behalf of less powerful groups within society and by the voice and influence of women within the structures of governance at different levels in society.

Related Subject(s): Economic and Social Development