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The
Rationale
Each destination is unique
– as is its path to sustainable tourism development.
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Tourism provides countries
with the opportunity for:
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Investing in people
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Engagement in the global
economy
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Establishing macroeconomic
stability
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Aligning economic incentives
with social benefits
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Economic growth that is
essential to poverty reduction
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Improving public
infrastructure, education and health standards
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More effective enforcement
of property rights, contract law, and achieving international labour standards
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Increasingly donor agencies,
NGO’s, Governments, industry bodies and others are recognizing the contribution
sustainable tourism policies and practices can make to the achievement of a
number of desirable outcomes for many of the developing economies of the world.
Those funding agencies need a stronger strategic knowledge base upon which to
measure the impacts of their investments on issues including sustainability,
poverty alleviation and gender equity. While there is still much research
foundation work to be undertaken in all three (interrelated) areas, this Global
e-Network is focused on providing a focal point for researchers and consultants
in the field of sustainable tourism as a tool to promote gender equity and the
employment of women.
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WHAT
IS TOURISMGENDER.COM?
www.tourismgender.com
is an on-line, global network of research organizations and individuals
concerned with the development and application of quality research
applications to enhance the well being of women – particularly those in the
less developed nations of the world.
Commenced in 2006 with the initial development of the global network, the
website, and the start of collecting appropriate and relevant resources, with
the contributions of its volunteer participants, the network can be expected
to develop with global, regional and thematic discussion groups, selected
e-conferences, and its on-line library of tourism & gender resources. This
global e-network will seek to bring resources, lessons and experiences of
women as change agents in and for sustainable tourism into research, policy
and practical applications at international and national levels. The overall
aim is to improve the livelihoods of women - especially in developing
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MILLENNIUM
CAMPAIGN - Goal 3. Promote gender equality and empower women |
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Poverty has a
woman's face.
Global
prosperity and peace will only be achieved once all the world's people are
empowered to order their own lives and provide for themselves and their
families.
Societies
where women are more equal stand a much greater chance of achieving the
Millennium Goals by 2015.
Every single
Goal is directly related to women's rights, and societies where women are not
afforded equal rights as men can never achieve development in a sustainable
manner.
In Asia, Latin
America, and Africa, where women have been given the chance to succeed through
small business loans or increased educational opportunities, families are
stronger, economies are stronger, and societies are flourishing
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| What
are the Targets? |
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Goal 3 of the
Millennium Development Goals sets out by the year 2015 to:
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Did you know? |
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Of the 1.3 billion
people living in poverty around the world, 70% are women. (Source:
World
Revolution)
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Women do about 66% of
the world's work in return for less than 5% of its income. (Source:
Women's
International Network)
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In the least developed
countries nearly twice as many women over age 15 are illiterate compared
to men. (Source: UNFPA)
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Two-thirds of children
denied primary education are girls, and 75% of the world’s 876 million
illiterate adults are women. (Source: AskWoman)
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Women
work two-thirds of the world's working hours, produce half of the world's
food, and yet earn only 10% of the world's income and own less than 1% of
the world's property. (Source: World Development Indicators, 1997, Womankind
Worldwide)
For
more information, please see: Source:
www.millenniumcampaign.org/site/pp.asp?c=grKVL2NLE&b=186382
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