and accelerate India's GDP growth and broader social development. Policies that promote job creation in women …India has among the lowest female labor force participation rates (LFPRs) in the world. In particular, low female LFPR … is a drag on Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth and an obstacle towards reaching a higher growth path. Women are also an …

this study is to investigate the feminization of agriculture as well as its implications for women's agency, household … welfare, and agricultural productivity. This report provides some introduction to women in agriculture, lays out the study … methodology, and provides background information on migration, women, and agriculture in Guatemala. Women's role in agriculture is …

This report focuses on better understanding the factors that influence women's economic opportunities in particular, an … area in which significant inequalities remain. Women's economic opportunity is defined as a set of laws, regulations, and … practices that allow women to participate in the workforce under conditions roughly equal to those of men, whether as wage …

The adverse impact of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic is being disproportionately borne by women, further … responsibilities, women have been disproportionately affected by the secondary impacts of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak. Women …. Not unexpectedly, women's greater disadvantage, limited access to support, subjection to domestic violence and structural …

briefs on the status and progress of women in the region for internal and external use. This is the third compendium and its … out in the area of gender and transport as there is an increased interest in the role of infrastructure in women …

This brief summarizes some of the significant constraints women in Middle East and North Africa (MENA) face: limited …

This note examines the influence of household decision making on women's uptake of reproductive health services, using … data from the Pakistan Social and Living Standards Measurement Survey (PSLM). In households where women have greater … empowering women and increasing their ability to make decisions may increase their use of reproductive health services. The …

) stagnated due to continuing global uncertainty. Malaysia's low participation of women in labor markets is linked to a pattern … whereby women do not return to work after marriage and childbearing. Education alone is not sufficient to close gender gaps as … social norms and formal institutions continue to affect the choices of all women. In the long-term, norms need to evolve for …

Women, business and the law focuses on this critical piece of the puzzle, objectively highlighting differentiations on … a job, providing incentives to work, building credit and going to court. Women, business and the law describes regional … opportunities for women. For men and women throughout the developing world, the chance to start and run a business or get a good job …

This report summarizes the challenges facing Armenian women at school and in the workplace with a special focus on STEM ….Parity between men and women was one of the major achievements of socialist regimes in Eastern Europe and Central Cultural … stereotypes about the types of work women should engage in and their responsibilities at home present the strongest barrier to …