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Women are the backbone of Society. If we give them the chance and make the resources available, women can be powerful agents of change and recovery, to the benefit of all. In order to be successful in Fighting Global Poverty and in achieving the Millennium development Goals, it is absolutely crucial to tap into the potential of women. We know from previous financial and food crises that when economies start to crumble, women and girls are often the first to suffer, particularly in poor household.

Country wish greater gender equality tend to have lower poverty rates and many studies suggest that if you want to speed up development and the process of overcoming poverty, the intelligent thing to do is to put earning in women's hand.

Women usually reinvest a much higher part of their earnings in their families and communities then men, spreading wealth and creating a positive impact on future development.

When a young woman is employed, not only does her life improve, but also she is also likely to reinvest about 90 percent of her earning into her family's wellbeing battering the live of those around her. She will also marry and have children later in life and have gained knowledge that allows her to keep her children later in life healthy and educated. These immediate effects contribute to slowing population growth, which in turn impacts everything from health to climate change to the economy. Young women are a key factor in breaking intergenerational cycles of poverty.

Studies show that investment in girls and women yield very large economic and social return. An extra year of secondary schooling for girls can increase their future wages by 10% to 20% As we set about rebuilding economies in developed and developing countries, we need, To capitalize viable, but resource-poor micro-finance institutions so that they continue to offer financial services to poor borrowers, the vast majority of whom are women…The development payoffs of these investments can be large- both in terms of mitigating current hardships and in creating more sustainable patterns of growth and development.

Micro-lending institutions, which cater to women who often cannot obtain loans through commercial banks, are increasingly lacking capital and female employment will suffer as exports decline.

Limited education and employment opportunities for women in Africa significantly reduce annual per capital growth. Some estimates suggest that Africa's economies could have as much as doubled over the past 30 years with more equal opportunities. Women's lower educational attainment and rigid labor regulations are the main constraints to women obtaining formal jobs, especially in the private sector. While women in formal employment have similar levels of education as men, in the informal sector women have on average two years less schooling. "A women has to work triple: the home, the children and in addition, the business.