布林肯国务卿在美国《全球妇女经济安全战略》发布会上的讲话

布林肯国务卿在美国《全球妇女经济安全战略》发布会上的讲话

2023年1月4日，布林肯国务卿、白宫性别政策委员会共同主席兼执行主任珍妮弗·克莱因和美国国际发展署(USAID)署长萨曼莎·鲍尔发布了美国的《全球妇女经济安全战略》。这一战略旨在支持世界各地的妇女和女孩充分、有意义和平等地为经济增长和全球繁荣做出贡献并从中受益。

布林肯国务卿在推特上说道：“今天《妇女经济安全战略》的发布标志着我国外交政策的一个里程碑。我们致力于确保妇女和女孩——涵盖其全部多样性——能够平等地为经济增长做出贡献并从中受益。”

以下是布林肯国务卿在美国《全球妇女经济安全战略》发布会上的讲话摘要：

布林肯国务卿：

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我们提出的战略的核心是一个简单的愿景：创造这样一个世界，让世界各地的所有妇女和女孩都能为经济增长和全球繁荣做出贡献并从中受益。那是一个我们所有人都会过得更好的世界。

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该战略注重打破阻碍妇女充分参与经济活动的一些障碍。

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我们落实的这一战略着重支持妇女和女孩————涵盖其全部多样性，包括那些最经常面对最大和最困难障碍的妇女，如有边缘化背景的妇女、来自宗教少数群体的妇女、残障妇女以及男女同性恋、双性恋、跨性别者、酷儿、间性人及其他群体（LGBTQI+）。

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让我花几分钟时间更详细地谈一下作为这一战略核心的四条关键的努力路线。

首先，我们将提高妇女的经济竞争力，以便更多的妇女能在所有领域、所有行业中充分参与和领导，包括担任企业总裁和董事会成员。我们帮助实现这一点的一个方法是通过诸如WE-Champs这样的项目，该项目将向欧洲18个国家的妇女商会和工商业协会提供技术援助和培训，以支持妇女小企业主。这是我们如何将这一战略的第一个关键点付诸实施的一个具体例子。

第二，我们将加强基础支持——儿童护理、老年护理——这将允许妇女公平地参与经济。如你们所知，如你们今天上午再次听到的，COVID-19迫使全球各地数以百万计的妇女脱离劳动力市场，以便承担照顾家人的责任。所以我们将增加获得选择的机会，这样照顾者——其中大多数是妇女——能真正返回到工作岗位上。[...]

第三，我们将通过应对一些往往阻碍妇女创业的挑战来促进她们创业，这些挑战包括缺少辅导，和培训机会。我们正在努力创造，并且，如若合适，复制诸如美国-印度妇女经济赋权联盟这样的机制。这项机制连接私营部门和公民社会，为印度妇女提供技术技能和联络机会，以帮助她们发展业务。[...]

最后，我们将与伙伴一起努力帮助解除一些阻碍拥有公平竞争环境的社会、法律和监管障碍，比如有法律让妇女在从事某些工作时更具挑战性，限制了她们的职业发展。

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讲话全文：https://www.state.gov/secretary-antony-j-blinken-at-launch-of-the-u-s-strategy-on-global-womens-economic-security/

Secretary Blinken At Launch of the U.S. Strategy on Global Women’s Economic Security

“Promoting women’s economic security is the right thing to do, but it’s also the smart and necessary thing to do.” Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken 

On January 4, 2023, Secretary Blinken, White House Gender Policy Council Director Jennifer Klein, and USAID Administrator Samantha Power launched the U.S. Strategy on Global Women’s Economic Security. This strategy aims to support women and girls around the world to fully, meaningfully, and equally contribute to and benefit from economic growth and global prosperity. 

Secretary Blinken said on Twitter, "Today’s release of the Women’s Economic Security Strategy marks a milestone for our nation's foreign policy. We are committed to seeing to it that women and girls in all their diversity can equally contribute to and benefit from economic growth." 

Below are the excerpts from Secretary Blinken's remarks at the Launch of the U.S. Strategy on Global Women’s Economic Security. 

SECRETARY BLINKEN: 

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The strategy that we’re putting forward has at its heart a simple vision: creating a world in which all women and girls everywhere can contribute to and benefit from economic growth and global prosperity.  That’s a world in which we will all be better off.

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The strategy focuses on breaking down some of the barriers that stand in the way of women to full economic participation.

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The strategy that we put in place is focused on supporting women and girls in all of their diversity, including the women who most often face the greatest and highest barriers, such as those from marginalized backgrounds, from religious minorities, those with disabilities, LGBTQI+ persons.

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Let me just spend a few minutes addressing in a little bit more detail the four key lines of effort that are at the heart of this strategy. 

First, we will advance women’s economic competitiveness so that more women can fully participate and lead in all sectors, in all industries – including as CEOs and board members.  One way we’re helping to do that is through programs like WE-Champs, which will provide technical assistance and training to women’s chambers of commerce and business associations in 18 countries across Europe to support women-owned small businesses.  That’s one practical example of how we will bring that first pillar of the strategy to life. 

Second, we will strengthen the foundational support – child care, elder care – that allows women to participate equitably in the economy.  As you know, as you’ve heard again this morning, COVID-19 forced millions of women around the world to withdraw from the workforce to take on caregiving responsibilities for their families.  So we will expand access to options so that caregivers, most of whom are women, can actually return to work.  [...]

Third, we will promote women’s entrepreneurship by addressing some of the challenges that too often hold women back, including a lack of membership – of mentorship, excuse me, and training opportunities.  We’re working to both create and also, as appropriate, replicate efforts like the U.S.-India Alliance for Women’s Economic Empowerment.  That connects the private sector and civil society to provide Indian women with technical skills and networking opportunities to help them grow their businesses. [...]

Finally, we will work with partners to help dismantle some of the societal, legal, and regulatory barriers that stand in the way of having a level playing field, like laws that make it more challenging for women to work in certain roles, limiting their career progression.

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Full remarks: https://www.state.gov/secretary-antony-j-blinken-at-launch-of-the-u-s-strategy-on-global-womens-economic-security/