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of Egyptian women and to identify "gender smart" policies and solutions to boost economic growth while at the same time …, narrowing relevant gender gaps. The study provides the context of women's share of the public space as reflected in their access … various gender conscious and unconscious biases affecting women's work in the private sector while providing recommendations …
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practices to strengthen women's economic empowerment outcomes, and how government and other development actors can employ an …
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, the continent has further to go to close gender digital divide. Four hundred million women in low- and middle …-income countries (LMICs) remain unconnected. The COVID-19 pandemic has further disproportionately impacted women's livelihoods and … further exacerbated the digital gender divide. Digital technologies can and have played a key role in mitigating the economic …
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, the continent has further to go to close gender digital divide. Four hundred million women in low- and middle …-income countries (LMICs) remain unconnected. The COVID-19 pandemic has further disproportionately impacted women's livelihoods and … further exacerbated the digital gender divide. Digital technologies can and have played a key role in mitigating the economic …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013538276
women and girls' empowerment as a sustainable way to enhance well-being and close gender gaps. The operational approach to …As gender equity becomes more central to social and economic development, practitioners are increasingly focused on … women and girls' empowerment can guide practitioners in systematically translating the concept of empowerment into project …
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) pandemic and corresponding economic shocks, it also can address the sizable gender gaps that undermine women's economic … empowerment and hinder inclusive economic growth. Gender disparities in earnings not only hold back the Nigerian economy, they … also represent an opportunity: closing the gender gaps in key economic sectors could yield additional gains of US9 …
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illustrate the key gender gaps in the country and shed light on the unique challenges that young Malagasy women face in their …This thematic note is part of a broader mixed-method study on gender inequalities in Madagascar, which intends to …, Malagasy women and girls encounter significant disadvantages across all dimensions of well-being and are unable to access …
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illustrate the key gender gaps in the country and shed light on the unique challenges that young Malagasy women face in their …This thematic note is part of a broader mixed-method study on gender inequalities in Madagascar, which intends to …, Malagasy women and girls encounter significant disadvantages across all dimensions of well-being and are unable to access …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014454313
areas: identifying and prioritizing gender-specific recovery needs; protecting women and men from physical and psychosocial … harm; and planning for gender-responsive recovery in the disaster recovery framework and empowering women for sustainable …-disaster context, women's and girls' unequal access to social, political, and economic resources influences their access to post …
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Reducing gender inequality could increase GDP per capita by more than a fourth in Niger by 2030. These significant … economic gains would be generated by enabling women to have the same earnings as men and reducing fertility and thereby … investments to raise women's participation in the labor force and their productivity at work. While the estimates of the gains …
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