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2019/PPWE2/005 Agenda Item: 6

The APEC Women and the Economy Dashboard 2019 - Presentation

Purpose: Information

Submitted by: Policy Support Unit, APEC Secretariat

Second Policy Partnership on Women and the Economy Meeting

La Serena, Chile30 September- 1 October 2019

Copyright © 2017 APEC Secretariat

The APEC Women and the Economy

Dashboard 2019


APEC Secretariat, Policy Support Unit

2nd Meeting of the Policy

Partnership on Women and the

Economy (PPWE2)

30 September-1 October 2019

La Serena, Chile

Scope of the Dashboard


The APEC Women and the Economy Dashboard provides a snapshot of the

status of women in the region

95 indicators which are related to the five priority pillars identified by PPWE: 1) access to capital and assets;

2) access to markets;

3) skills, capacity-building, and health;

4) leadership, voice and agency; and

5) innovation and technology

Credible and up-to-date metrics aligned with the PPWE’s priorities to give

policymakers a clear picture of available opportunities and prevailing gaps

The Dashboard is also intended to support gender integration across APEC Tool in APEC to identify projects and areas where gender perspectives can be

incorporated.


Access to Capital and Assets

Laws have consistently protected women’s rights to property and inheritance in the majority of APEC economies


Access to Capital and Assets

But access to credit is restricted by gender and marital status in more than half of APEC economies

Only some credit bureaus in APEC collect crucial information on micro-loans, retail loan satisfaction and utility bill payments


Access to Markets

Women still face regulatory challenges to access labor markets


Access to Markets

Despite legal challenges in the labor market, women’s vulnerable employment conditions are diminishing


Skills, Capacity-building, and Health

Women are almost at par with men in literacy and enrolment levels; the number of female students enrolled in secondary vocational courses has decreased…

…while the number of female students enrolled in tertiary education has increased


Skills, Capacity-building, and Health

Anemia is a threat that women are facing in APEC


Leadership, Voice, and Agency

Opportunities for career advancement are limited by inadequate laws


Leadership, Voice, and Agency

Women’s participation in political leadership has remained low in the last ten years


Innovation and Technology

The number of women and men who access the internet to pay bills or buy something online has almost doubled


Innovation and Technology

The affordability and efficiency of online services have improved

Final Remarks: Progress in certain areas…


Results from the 2019 APEC Women and the Economy Dashboard point to

important progress in certain areas in recent years

Improved conditions for women in the labor market:

Allowed to work the same night hours as men

Non-discrimination based on gender in the hiring process

Grant of maternity leave

Prohibition of dismissal of pregnant women

Access to assets remained high

Participation in technological transformation has almost doubled

Final Remarks: …but gaps remain


However, there is room for improvement in certain areas, such as:

Conditions for career advancement for women

Re-entry of women into the labor force after giving birth

Non-discriminatory access to credit.

Women’s representation in leadership roles, both in the private

sector and the government.

Women’s health issues, particularly curtailing the upward trend in

the prevalence of anemia in APEC among women of reproductive

age.

Final Remarks


The Dashboard is a good start to map conditions that women are facing

to have equal opportunities.

Data availability has improved in recent years. Review of indicators is an

ongoing process.

Capacity-building targeting statistical institutions is critical to produce

sex-disaggregated data.

However, APEC economies should go beyond the data in terms of not

just enacting new regulations but also enforcing them properly.

Need to increase APEC cross-fora collaboration between PPWE and

other relevant sub-fora.

Moreover, more work is needed to change cultural and social

misconceptions about the role of women in society.

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