Importance of women's political empowerement - Gurmai Zita

Importance of women's political empowerment
A welfare model based on flexibility and adaptation to changing life and times of work related to
modern economies and society tending to reduce the barrier to social mobility "ex ante" through
a strong investment in child care, in primary education and improve education quality and
quantity of its economic performance.
A lot of people ask if these theories are still valid before of the current crisis. We believe that
they are more valid in a crisis.
If the first challenge is related to the crisis of public finances and the problem of sovereign debt
in order to boost the growth and employment, it is clear to everyone that there is a greater and
more profound challenge.
It is now obvious that the pattern of growth and economic output, which characterized the
development of society in recent decades, has proven unsuccessful in face of the crisis.
We must find the courage of a profound change and only the reform, democratic, socialist and
progressive forces can do it.
We need to revise the relationship between people and economy, between means and ends:
person of the economy and the economy for the person.
We must think of new ways of producing and consuming that respect each lives, and in the
case of women, even the uniqueness of a certain stage of life that may privilege some aspects,
like motherhood without being precluded from returning to full labour market.
An economy more human and more socially sustainable is not only a response to women´s life
but also the response to the need of change.
We have to change this economic model aimed only at profit, because it proved to be
inadequate bringing more destruction and poverty to growth and welfare.
Trying to reach these targets of general change is necessary because we need more women in
key positions in institutions, not just in the EU, but also at the national level. I think of the
financial organizations and other economic and monetary institutions that "govern" the world
are often more of the same elective institutions and democratic.
For the future there is still work to be done to give greater protection for women, so as to
guarantee them a true access to employment and ensuring careers equal to men’s. This will
guarantee greater equality for all.
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