Women need to be given a greater role in industries in poorer nations to meet the global goal of cutting poverty by 2030, the head of the United Nations industrial development agency said on Monday after being voted in for a second term.
Li Yong said empowering women will be a priority in his second four-year term as director general of the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO).
Data show only about half of the world's women are in the labor force compared to about 75 percent of men, in less senior roles, and earn on average 60 to 75 percent of what men make.