2016 Policy Advocacy
Policy Advocacy
Taipei – During the 30th CACCI conference, the Policy Advocacy Committee endorsed a policy paper entitled “Promoting Economic Empowerment of Women” available in the Advocacy section of this website.
CACCI called on its member chambers to take the following actions:
- Support the reduction regulatory barriers to the participation of women in the economy, in particular equal access to resources and opportunities.
- Recognise and promote the voluntary adoption of international women’s economic empowerment frameworks to assist businesses in accessing the benefits of supporting women stakeholders.
- Strengthen and support the work of the CACCI Women’s Entrepreneurs Council (CWEC), engaging further in established discussions and initiatives to support women entrepreneurs.
- Support local delivery of global and regional programs and initiatives to support women’s economic empowerment, such as the IORA Women Mean Business initiative as a model through which to engage women-owned and -operated businesses in the topics of digital technologies and international trade.
- Undertake a mentoring and capacity-building program aimed at assisting women entrepreneurs improve on their entrepreneurial and management skills, gain access to finance, expand their markets, land earn how to use new technologies for the benefit of their business, among others.