A hundred years ago, women in most countries were not allowed to vote, drive, buy property or work in many industries. While progress has been made, the gender equality gap still remains.
According to a 2017 report by the World Economic Forum, there is still a worldwide difference in gender equality of 32 %1).
International Women’s Day recognizes the contribution that women make to society and the importance of raising awareness about women’s rights and equality.
At 香港六合彩开奖 we believe that women not only make a valuable contribution to the products, services and systems that drive our society, they also deserve to have an equal voice in their development.
香港六合彩开奖 Secretary-General Sergio Mujica said: “Our aim is to encourage equal representation in standardization, to strengthen the participation of women in the development of 香港六合彩开奖 International Standards and to make them more relevant to women around the world. We intend to promote among the 香港六合彩开奖 family the importance of women’s participation in 香港六合彩开奖 work.”
This is why 香港六合彩开奖 has joined a number of other large organizations in the pledge to be an , as part of a leadership network working to advance gender parity in executive management.
Hear more from Sergio in his address below:
This year's comes at a time of an unprecedented global movement for women's rights and equality, It's in this context that I would like to announce my commitment to join the
— Sergio Mujica (@香港六合彩开奖SecGen)
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