WOMEN’S ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT

SA IORAG

South African Chapter of the Indian Ocean Rim Association Academic Group

IORA established Women’s Economic Empowerment as a special area of focus at the 13th Council of Ministers Meeting in Perth, Australia on 1 November 2013.

Reports

A Blue Economy for Women's Economic Empowerment

The report was prepared for IORA by the Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC) of South Africa, supported by the United Kingdom.

The IORA-UN Women Women’s Economic Empowerment Project

IORA has collaborated with UN Women on women’s economic empowerment, and to promote the Women’s Empowerment Principles in the region. This project was supported by the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade and produced several reports along with online webinars.

IORA Statements

Declaration on Gender Equality and Women’s Economic Empowerment

Balaclava Declaration on Women's Economic Empowerment and Gender Equality as a Pre-requisite for Sustainable Development

IORA Gender Pledge

Publications

Joleen Steyn Kotze & Narnia Bohler-Muller (2018) ‘Let’s talk about sex’: the state of gender in IORA for a future agenda, Journal of the Indian Ocean Region, 14:2, 130-151, DOI: 10.1080/19480881.2018.1461995