Empowering women in economic activities is key to achieving gender
equality and boosting the growth of national economies. Economic
empowerment is at the core of some of the most successful initiatives at
WEJUNET. Women’s economic justice as the fulfillment of women’s
fundamental human right to economic resources and the power to make
decisions that affect their lives. This requires women to have equitable
access to, and control over, economic resources, including by having the
time and opportunity to engage in economic activities. It also requires
changes to discriminatory social norms and economic structures, laws,
policies and practices that marginalize women.
WEJENET goal is to ensure that by 2030, more women will have more
equitable access to, and control over, economic resources and
opportunities.