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implementation of youth employment programs. The digital transformation is creating new job opportunities, especially for women, who … are able to work from home and overcome time and mobility constraints. In the United States, 49.3 percent of women worked … from home in 2020, while data from Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) countries show that women …
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related to food security. In this context, integrating measures to prevent and respond to Violence Against Women and Girls …Women and girls play a key role in agriculture and food systems. Globally, women and girls play an important role in … the agricultural labor force across the globe. In addition, women tend to have a predominant role at the household level …
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achieved by empowering women and reducing gender disparities, and by changing norms and attitudes which foster violence …"Morrison, Ellsberg, and Bott present an overview of gender-based violence (GBV) in Latin America, with special … violence and sexual coercion are the most common forms of GBV, and these are the types of GBV that they analyze. GBV has …
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poverty also makes them more likely to experience neglect and violence in the home. Domestic violence, however, is rarely … development. Can these programs be adapted to address family violence as well Can these services be effectively delivered through …
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-income countries — are often disproportionately affected by disasters. Emerging evidence suggests that violence against women and girls …. Women, girls, children, elderly people, persons with disabilities, and indigenous peoples,- especially in lower …
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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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This policy brief presents an update on the state of domestic violence or other violence against women in the Middle …
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the gender inequality index. Guyana faces significant challenges in addressing gender-based violence (GBV) and supporting … women's economic empowerment. The pandemic has only intensified these challenges, with women facing greater financial stress …
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world, men are more active in the labor force than women. The labor force participation rate for men was 70.6 percent …, compared to 59.5 per cent for women, and unemployment for women was 19.5 percent, versus 15 percent for men. The adolescent … key indicators of the status of women such as those for maternal and child health, contraceptive prevalence, and unmet …
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