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The effect of male migration for work on employment patterns of females in Nepal

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Likelihood method to account for unobserved factors that could simultaneously affect males' decision to migrate and females …' decision to participate in the labor market. The results indicate that male migration for work has a negative impact on the …

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Addressing gender-based violence in the Latin American and Caribbean region : a critical review of interventions

Morrison, Andrew R. - 2004

"Morrison, Ellsberg, and Bott present an overview of gender-based violence (GBV) in Latin America, with special emphasis on good practice interventions to prevent GBV or offer services to its survivors or perpetrators. Intimate partner violence and sexual coercion are the most common forms of...

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Women Endure COVID-19 Unequally to Men

World Bank - 2020

enduring Coronavirus (COVID-19) disproportionately worse than men, both in household and firm settings and they take on the …

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Disaster Risk Management Brief Second Edition

World Bank - 2023

Disasters triggered by climate and other natural hazards are increasing in frequency, severity, and duration worldwide. Disasters, whether from natural hazards or man-made, cost lives and livelihoods, and do not have an equal effect on everyone. Women, girls, children, elderly people, persons...

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Gender-Based Violence Country Profile: Grenada

World Bank - 2023

market in Grenada is reflective of the global situation where unemployment is higher for women than men, and female … participation is lower. Available data also shows that the majority of business- related loans go to men, and where women access … such loans, they do so in collaboration with men, rather than on their own. Together these indicators suggest that women …

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Gender-Based Violence Country Profile

World Bank - 2023

Guyana faces several challenges, including poverty and high levels of inequality, ranking 114 out of 170 countries in the gender inequality index. Guyana faces significant challenges in addressing gender-based violence (GBV) and supporting women's economic empowerment. The pandemic has only...

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Gender-Based Violence Country Profile

World Bank - 2023

Jamaica is a small island developing state situated in the Caribbean. It is the third largest island in the Caribbean, with an approximate population of 2.8 million and a gross domestic product (GDP) of 14.6 billion dollars. Agriculture and tourism are two of Jamaica's main industries, with the...

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Gender-Based Violence Country Profile

World Bank - 2023

Haiti is a Caribbean country with a population of approximately 11 million people, 50.4 % of whom are female. Haiti's progress in economic and social development has been impeded by persistent political instability, surging violence, and record-high levels of insecurity, all of which amplify its...

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