Gender inequality-the differential access to opportunity and security for women and girls-has become an important and … necessity. It analyzes the potential for women's greater economic contribution to the region's new development model, which is … impediments to women's increased labor force participation and empowerment, and it suggests a way forward in developing an agenda …

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 …

) pandemic and corresponding economic shocks, it also can address the sizable gender gaps that undermine women's economic ….3 billion dollars or up to US22.9 billion dollars. Women's economic empowerment will also be key to accelerating a demographic …

The aim of this report is to identify binding constraints to women's economic empowerment in the DRC and identify …

women to compete in key markets: land, labor, agriculture, finance and the private sector. Work and family: Latin American … and the Caribbean women in search of a new balance offer new analysis of how household decision-making and allocation of … chapters present policy lessons organized around four themes of vital importance to women and their families: (A) access to …

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 …