Refugee women face unequal access to jobs. Hiring them could boost global GDP by $1.4 trillion | David Miliband for CNN Business Perspectives
David Miliband is CEO of International Rescue Committee and former foreign secretary of the UK. The opinions expressed in this commentary are his own.
.leftside-floating-image { width:100%; display:block; margin:0 auto 1.5rem; } @media screen and { .leftside-floating-image { float:left; width:50%; max-width: 200px; display:block; margin:0 1.5rem 1rem 0; } } We are living through a global refugee crisis. In June, the UN High Commissioner of Refugees reported a record-high number of displaced people around the world, the highest in almost 70 years.
In fragile and conflict-affected states, only about four in 10 women are in paid work, while seven in 10 men are. Helping refugees isn't just morally right — it's economically smart too — both for refugee hosting countries' economic productivity and also for the safety and economic security of refugee women and their families.For refugee women, participation in the labor market is as low as 6% in Germany, Jordan and Lebanon.
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