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What has competition got to do with gender? Competition authorities play a crucial role in shaping fair and thriving … markets. However, the connection between competition and gender is often overlooked. This Toolkit equips competition … integrating gender considerations. By incorporating this Toolkit into their day-to-day operations, competition authorities can …
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Countries are increasingly using digital technologies within their Sanitary and Phytosanitary (SPS) systems and the disruptions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic are accelerating this evolution. While countries are increasing their use of digital tools, digital technologies still have significant...
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Gender inequality, conflict and fragility are key challenges to sustainable development. They are inextricably linked …: unequal gender relations can drive conflict and violence, while women’s active participation in decision-making contributes to … gender equality into programming in fragile and conflict-affected settings. It focuses on engaging men and boys and …
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This policy brief assesses the potential of entrepreneurship to be used as a tool for the integration of refugees into the labour market. It discusses the challenges faced in business creation by these potential entrepreneurs, as well as the opportunities created by their situation. It also...
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gender gap in entrepreneurship, the differences between male- and female-owned businesses, and the unique challenges that …
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The current economic environment, the COVID-19 pandemic and ongoing megatrends, such as digitalisation and the green transformation, threaten equality of opportunity and social mobility for current and future generations. High-quality cross-country evidence is necessary to implement policies to...
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Gender-responsive procurement involves using public procurement opportunities to advance promote gender equality …. Mainstreaming gender considerations in public procurement is a key dimension of strategic procurement in which public buying power … governments and public buyers can use their purchasing power to promote gender equality and encourage suppliers to improve their …
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consider inequalities in unpaid work and take a gender-sensitive approach when building their policy responses to the COVID-19 …
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