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This list of global issues presents problems or phenomena affecting people around the world, including but not limited to widespread social issues, economic issues, and environmental issues. Organizations that maintain or have published an official list of global issues include the United Nations, and the World Economic Forum.
The 2023 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences was awarded to the American economist Claudia Goldin (born 1946) "for having advanced our understanding of women's labour market outcomes." [2] [3] [4] At age 77, she became the third woman to have won the economics Nobel, which was first awarded in 1969, and the first woman to win the award solo.
The United Nations Security Council adopted resolution (S/RES/1325) on women and peace and security on 31 October 2000. The resolution reaffirms the important role of women in the prevention and resolution of conflicts, peace negotiations, peace-building, peacekeeping, humanitarian response and in post-conflict reconstruction and stresses the importance of their equal participation and full ...
Business and economy. 2021–2023 global energy crisis. 2022–2023 Pakistan economic crisis. The government orders the closure of all shopping malls and retail markets by 8:30 p.m. daily as part of an energy conservation plan to offset increasing energy prices. Politics and elections
Feminist economists also examine early economic thinkers' interaction or lack of interaction with gender and women's issues, showing examples of women's historical engagement with economic thought. For example, Edith Kuiper discusses Adam Smith's engagement with feminist discourse on the role of women in the eighteenth century France and ...
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In 2016, Global Women's Forum Dubai examined the achievements of women in the Arab world. The inaugural edition of Women's Forum Mexico highlighted what women and men in Mexico can do to "co-create together". The Women's Forum Mauritius explored climate change from the perspective of African countries and Small Island Developing States.
Global energy crisis (2021–2023) 2021–2023 inflation surge; 2022–2023 Philippine onion crisis; 2022–2023 Russia–European Union gas dispute; 2023 United States debt-ceiling crisis; 2023–2024 Egyptian financial crisis