economic empowerment
New Jersey Revised Statutes § 52:18A-49.1 LGBTQ+ Business Certification Program
New Jersey Revised Statutes § 52:18A-49.1 directs the Department of the Treasury to create and administer a certification process for LGBTQ+ owned businesses in accordance with Executive Order No. 295 (2022).
New York Real Property Tax Law § 489-LLLL Participation of Minority and Women-Owned Business Enterprises
Section 489-LLLL Participation of Minority and Women-Owned Business Enterprises (MWBE), permits any city with a population of at least one million to establish programs that promote the use of minority- and women-owned business enterprises in construction projects connected to local property tax benefits. A city may adopt local laws or ordinances that require developers receiving tax exemptions, abatements, or deferrals to include certified MWBEs in construction or related project work.
Reparations, Microfinance, and Gender: A Plan, with Strategies for Implementation
Anita Bernstein & Hans Dieter Seibel, Reparations, Microfinance, and Gender: A Plan, with Strategies for Implementation, 44 CORNELL INT'L L.J. 1 (2011). Available at: https://ww3.lawschool.cornell.edu/research/ILJ/upload/Bernstein-Seibel-final-2.pdf
Women's control over economic resources and access to financial resources, including microfinance
UN Women 2009 World Survey on the Role of Women in Development (2009).