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Do women in Jordan want to work? How do men feel about working women in their family? To what extent do personal beliefs and societal expectations influence a woman's decision to work and why should this matter in development interventions? The Jordanian government and development partners have...
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The Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) economies have been a bright spot in an otherwise gloomy economic landscape. Average growthin the GCC surpassed 7 percent in 2022 led by Saudi Arabia, its biggest economy, which was globally the fastest growing large economy. This growth was not just a result...
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Gender equality is a key foundation of inclusive and sustainable economic development that can translate into long …-term and effective poverty reduction. While gender equality matters on its own as a human right, it also offers instrumental … dependent on its oil sector, stands out in Sub-Saharan Africa for its particularly large gender disparities, especially when …
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inclusive development model. The theme chapter explains why gender equality has remained elusive in South Asia, and the region … gender disparities as well as generated new ones. It is forcing a shift in priorities and funding across public and private … featuring large investments in digital infrastructure and green technologies have been discussed among policy makers, but gender …
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grant, Strengthening Capacity for Prevention and Response to Sexual- and Gender-Based Violence in Georgia (GBV). The goal of … conflict and Gender-based Violence (GBV). The Global Initiative, financed by the SPF, includes pilot projects across East Asia … as recent steps taken by the Government of Georgia on gender action and GBV response. Given conflicts in Abkhazia and …
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Menengah Nasional or RPJMN) (2020-2024). Investments in gender equality to close specific gender gaps have the potential to … report are to review the current status of gender equality and women's issues in Indonesia; and to provide an evidence base … for the Indonesian Government on specific actions and priority responses needed to close gender gaps to drive the growth …
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The Survivor-centered Accessibility Framework Evaluation (SAFE), supported by the State and Peacebuilding Fund (SPF), comprehensively examines access barriers faced by women and girls in transit who are survivors of GBV across Central America. It focuses on the physical, social, legal, and...
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Gender equality is important for development-it matters not only for women and girls, and boys and men but also for … framework proposed in the 2012 World Development Report on gender equality and development (World Bank 2012b). According to this … framework, the interaction between households, markets, and institutions is critical to understanding gender-related outcomes …
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, the continent has further to go to close gender digital divide. Four hundred million women in low- and middle … further exacerbated the digital gender divide. Digital technologies can and have played a key role in mitigating the economic … aimed at closing the gender digital divide. The World Bank, in partnership with the EQUALS Global Coalition and the GSM …
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, the continent has further to go to close gender digital divide. Four hundred million women in low- and middle … further exacerbated the digital gender divide. Digital technologies can and have played a key role in mitigating the economic … aimed at closing the gender digital divide. The World Bank, in partnership with the EQUALS Global Coalition and the GSM …
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