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Business and Professional Women Australia, National Conference
“Hope, Aspiration and Opportunity”Ettalong, NSW Australia November 17th 2013
Matthew Tukaki, Chairman of the Sustain Group Director of the Board of the United Nations Global Compact
About the United Nations Global Compact
The worlds largest corporate citizenship movementMore than 7,500 business signatories around the
worldFocussed on business and human rights, anti-
corruption,
The key factsThe hard hitting reality of the facts when it comes to girls…
Globally, 66 million girls are out of school80% of all human trafficking victims are girls
There are 33 million fewer girls than boys in primary school 75% of AIDS cases in sub-Saharan Africa—the region
hardest hit by the disease—are women and girls
In a single year, an estimated 150 million girls are victims of sexual violence
50% of all the sexual assaults in the world are on girls under 15
14 million girls under 18 will be married this year; 38 thousand today;
13 girls in the last 30 secondsThe #1 cause of death for girls 15-19 is childbirth
Girls with 8 years of education are 4 times less likely to be married as children
A child born to a literate mother is 50% more likely to survive past the age of 5
A girl on planet earth has a 1 in 4 chance of being born into poverty
A girl with an extra year of education can earn 20% more as an adult
Women operate a majority of small farms and business in the developing world
If India enrolled 1% more girls in secondary school, their GDP would rise by $5.5 Billion
There are 600 million girls in the developing world…and counting
HOPE
Aspiration
At 8 I wanted to be a museum director At 10 I wanted to be a chemist At 12 I wanted to be a business man and make extreme amounts of money At 16 I was lost At 17 I found myself – and decided I wanted to be a student politician At 18 I ran for parliament At 19 I fell in a heap At 20 I wanted to be a business man and make extreme amounts of money At 34 I was running a multi-billion corporation At 38 the Secretary General of the UN appointed me to the governing board of a UN
institution At 39 I reached my goal for this decade At 40 I’ve decided to be global At 50 I want to have a lot of money so I can farm, raise goats and relax By 50 years old and 1 month I will be bored stiff
Aspiration
Opportunity
For those interested in partnering with the United Nations Sytem:
business.un.org
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