, Malagasy women and girls encounter significant disadvantages across all dimensions of well-being and are unable to access … decision-making, particularly with respect to family formation. Women and girls also appear to be disproportionally affected by … girls' economic opportunities in Madagascar and proposes several strategic lines of action to enhance women's economic …

prosperity in a sustainable manner. More recently, women's and girls' empowerment (WGE) has become a priority in the Africa … operationalization. This note lays out a pragmatic Operational Approach to enhancing women's and girls' empowerment in World Bank …

, Malagasy women and girls encounter significant disadvantages across all dimensions of well-being and are unable to access … decision-making, particularly with respect to family formation. Women and girls also appear to be disproportionally affected by … Malagasy women and girls encounter in respect to their agency and proposes several strategic lines of action to improve women …

, Malagasy women and girls encounter significant disadvantages across all dimensions of well-being and are unable to access … decision-making, particularly with respect to family formation. Women and girls also appear to be disproportionally affected by … in Madagascar and proposes four strategic lines of policy recommendations to (i) assist girls and young women in …

Malawi with particular attention to the impacts on girls and women …

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 …

This how-to note provides guiding principles and practical strategies for integrating Violence Against Women and Girls … ending extreme poverty and boosting shared prosperity demand no less than the women's full and equal participation. Reducing … violence against women will help expand women's agency, their ability to make decisions and take advantage of opportunities …

Evidence shows that Guinean women and girls face important barriers across all dimensions of well-being that prevent … them from having access to opportunities on an equal footing with men. The poor agency of women and girls, as reflected in … presents a summary of the key challenges facing Guinean women and girls relative to men and boys. The report has a particular …

This advisory services and analytics (ASA) study focuses on the empowerment of South Sudanese girls and women. The … report provides a cohesive overview of the barriers to empowering girls and women in South Sudan, as well as evidence … and programs to understand what is being done and what works worldwide for women and girls. This ASA builds on several …

women and girls' empowerment as a sustainable way to enhance well-being and close gender gaps. The operational approach to … women and girls' empowerment can guide practitioners in systematically translating the concept of empowerment into project … designs. While World Bank projects are fairly effective at providing women and girls with the resources they need to reach …