contributions to a more prosperous and sustainable Liberia. This report is grounded in the concepts underlying women's and girls …Advancing gender equality by strengthening women's empowerment is essential for improving development outcomes in … Liberia. This report draws on existing literature and data review, as well as new qualitative evidence collected in Liberia …

It is well established that a wide range of legal impediments in countries' domestic laws have prevented women from … reflect and perpetuate gender norms that limit women's economic participation, and removal of these impediments through legal … reform has been shown to be an effective method to catalyze greater participation of women in the economy-along with the …

neutrality and suggests that some design features in these interventions can yield more positive economic outcomes for women than … for men. These include features in savings and ‘Graduation' programs that increase women's economic self-reliance and self … that address women's additional time burdens and childcare demands. Peer support may also help to increase financial risk …

Forty-five years ago, the first Regional Conference on the Integration of Women into the Economic and Social … Conference of the International Women’s Year (Mexico City, 1975). This meeting culminated in the adoption by the governments of … the region of the Regional Plan of Action for the Integration of Women into Latin American Economic and Social Development …

promoting gender equality in education and health. However, progress has not been as remarkable in advancing women’s rights on … understanding the social norms governing gender roles in society and legislation that can facilitate or impede women’s asset …

competitiveness. Yet women are vastly underrepresented in STEM jobs and among STEM degree holders despite making up nearly half of the ….Although women fill close to half of all jobs in the U.S. economy, they hold less than 25 percent of STEM jobs. This has been the … case throughout the past decade, even as college-educated women have increased their share of the overall workforce.Women …