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2018/HLPD-WE/007 Agenda Item: 8

Seizing Opportunities for Women and Girls to Advance in the Digital Age – Empowering Women in

Order to Engagingly Participate in the Digital Economy

Purpose: Information

Submitted by: Thailand

High Level Policy Dialogue on Women and the Economy

Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea7 September 2018

“Seizing Opportunities for Women and Girls to Advance in the Digital Age:Empowering Women in order to engagingly participate in the Digital Economy”

September 7, 2018International Convention Centre, Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea

Pol. LT. Gen. Piya SorntrakulAdvisory team of Minister for Social Development and

Human Security of Thailand Ministry of Social Development and Human Security

the High Level Policy Dialogue on Women and the Economy in the APEC Women and the Economy Forum

the government’s new Digital Economy policy

all sectors to use digital technology to drive the country’s economy and society

“a middle income trap”

“an inequality trap”

“an imbalanced trap”

8 Women Learning

Development

Centers

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2018-2020

Women have stepped up to take on leading roles

42%43%

47%

Philippines

Indonesia

Thailand