language has become a key skill with important economic benefits for individuals and economies. However, the relevance of … participation in a globalised world. Therefore, learning a foreign language can act as a powerful tool to increase intercultural … these benefits, many countries are placing increased emphasis on foreign language teaching. …

. Among adults with low proficiency in literacy, those who took the survey in a language different from their mother tongue …

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 …

consider inequalities in unpaid work and take a gender-sensitive approach when building their policy responses to the COVID-19 …

Gender-based violence affects many aspects of survivors' and victims' lives, including access to education, employment … programmes to eradicate gender-based violence and address its intersectional impacts, strategic planning, policy co … to effectively address gender-based violence. …

Gender equality and environmental goals are mutually reinforcing, with slow progress on environmental actions affecting … the achievement of gender equality, and vice versa. Progress towards the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) requires … targeted and coherent actions. However, complementarities and trade-offs between gender equality and environmental …

The OECD review of Gender Equality in Peru: Towards a Better Sharing of Paid and Unpaid Work is the second of a series … focusing on Latin American and the Caribbean countries. It compares gender gaps in labour and educational outcomes in Peru with … report reviews the evidence on gender gaps and on what causes these, including the role played by attitudes. The second part …

gender stereotypes, but also by the attractiveness of the profession to working mothers and by differences in the relative … qualified candidates to the teaching profession, irrespective of gender. …