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Following decades of sustained economic growth during which Uganda made dramatic progresstowards poverty reduction, the country has recently experienced a period of economic growthslow down. To return to higher rates of economic growth and poverty reduction, the Government mustaddress...
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Women face many barriers to using public transport services, despite representing the largest share of public transport … other non-transport-related barriers that can constrain women's mobility, such as social norms regarding gender and other … more personal elements influencing women's agency, such as self-efficacy and aspirations …
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In Brazil, violence against women and girls (VAWG), which is a manifestation of gender-based violence (GBV), is a major … end violence against women, including health, social assistance, public security, and justice services, were stalled …
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marriage are significant factors that can contribute to school dropouts as young girls are expected to take on domestic …
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implications for women's physical and emotional health. Survivors were more likely to have suicidal thoughts and to use … recreational drugs. The Covid-19 pandemic has intensified intimate partner violence (IPV), with a higher percentage of women …
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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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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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childbearing; and/or (3) delay marriage for adolescent girls in developing countries. The focus is on these three outcomes because …
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The aim of this report is to identify binding constraints to women's economic empowerment in the DRC and identify …
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Women, Business and the Law 2021 is the seventh in a series of annual studies measuring the laws and regulations that … affect women's economic opportunity in 190 economies. The project presents eight indicators structured around women …'s interactions with the law as they move through their lives and careers: Mobility, Workplace, Pay, Marriage, Parenthood …
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