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 …

The 2030 Agenda aims for a world in which every woman and girl enjoys full gender equality and all legal, social and … economic barriers to their empowerment have been removed. Without gender equality and women’s empowerment, the Sustainable … Development Goals will not be achieved. Yet investments into gender equality and women’s empowerment are lagging behind …

Gender inequalities persist in all areas of social and economic life and across countries. Young women in OECD …. Gaps widen with age, as motherhood typically has marked negative effects on gender pay gaps and career advancement. Women … and 2015 OECD Gender Recommendations provide guidance on how to advance gender equality in education, employment …

Public institutions play a critical role in promoting gender-sensitive policies and gender equality more broadly, in … the MENA region and around the world. Advancing gender balance in public institutions and public life more generally …, including the judiciary, parliaments, and the political executive constitutes a major step towards gender-responsive policies …

Mexico is slowly advancing on the path to gender equality. Many public policies aimed at empowering women are now in … preschool, improved gender mainstreaming in government, and ensured that female politicians are well-represented at the ballot … in public spaces. Large gender gaps remain in educational outcomes, participation in the labour market, pay, informality …