Sunday, May 15, 2005

Annan says empowerment of women best tool for development


This must be the case for corporations as well!

OAM

See UN article:

No tool for development is more effective than the empowerment of women, which raises economic productivity, cuts infant mortality, improves nutrition and promotes health – including the prevention of HIV/AIDS, United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan says.

"No other policy is as powerful as increasing the chances of education for the next generation. And I would venture that no policy is more important in preventing conflict or in achieving reconciliation after a conflict has ended," Mr. Annan says in a message to the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) Ministerial Meeting on the Advancement of Women, being held today and tomorrow in Putrajaya, Malaysia.

See full Article.