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Secretary Clinton: We know now with hard data and scientific studies that women are the
global force for economic growth.
Restrictions on women’s economic participation are costing us massive amounts of economic
growth and income in every region of the world. In the Asia Pacific, for example, it’s more
than $40 billion in lost GDP every year.
Now we know that all nations need to do more to create jobs with good incomes that support
families for all people. But we also know from the work of the last decade that women
drive economic growth, as producers and as consumers.
So this conference, this commitment to social inclusion, this absolute determination that
women in Peru and throughout our region and the world are going to have a seat at the
table, not under the table, is one of the most important jobs facing us all.
(Applause.)