tasks more equally between men and women by transforming gender stereotypes. … Statistics Directorate. The initiative aims to identify policy and programme solutions to promote women’s economic empowerment by … recognising, reducing and redistributing women’s unpaid care work. This paper presents new analysis of time use data and unpaid …

reflect and perpetuate gender norms that limit women's economic participation, and removal of these impediments through legal …It is well established that a wide range of legal impediments in countries' domestic laws have prevented women from … reform has been shown to be an effective method to catalyze greater participation of women in the economy-along with the …

difficult to reconcile. Also, women's (economic) empowerment - seen as a way of promoting gender equality - possesses a degree …This study reviews the conceptual framework of the economic-productive sphere and of gender equality, the aim of which … opportunities and in rights can be harmonized, though equality of "responsibilities, resources and retribution" by gender are more …

Though more than 100 countries have adopted gender quotas, the impacts of these reforms on women’s political leadership … party on municipal party groups — to examine quotas’ effect on women’s selection and survival as leaders within their …, but not more likely to support the reelection of women to the post. Extending this analysis, we show that the quota …

. These features help women overcome gender-related constraints. However, when social norms are too restrictive, and women are …A review of the recent evaluation evidence on financial services and training interventions questions their gender … neutrality and suggests that some design features in these interventions can yield more positive economic outcomes for women than …

Greater legal equality between men and women is associated with a narrower gender gap in opportunities and outcomes … toward legal gender equality. Gendered laws do evolve, suggesting a role for legal reforms in women’s economic empowerment …, fewer female workers in positions of vulnerable employment, and greater political representation for women. While legal …

As gender equality is a priority for 17 sustainable development goals, it is appropriate to establish a correlation … between the Gender Gap Index (GGI), economic efficiency and governance. Three hypotheses have been investigated. It is … governance systems has different implications for achieving gender equality and well-being. It is proposed to use the Windmill …

women's employment. We examine how the forces that underlie this observation play out in developing countries, with a … employment: whereas in high-income economies reduced employment in contact-intensive services had a large impact on women, this … sector plays a minor role in low-income countries. Another difference is that women's employment rebounded much more quickly …

The so-called "gender-equality paradox" is the fact that gender segregation across occupations is more pronounced in … or intrinsic gender differences in preferences that materialize more easily in countries where economic constraints are …-country differences in essentialist gender norms regarding math aptitudes and appropriate occupational choices. To this aim, we propose a …

promoting gender equality in education and health. However, progress has not been as remarkable in advancing women’s rights on … understanding the social norms governing gender roles in society and legislation that can facilitate or impede women’s asset … asset ownership and control, which is critical for securing gender equity in economic participation and opportunity, and …