reflect and perpetuate gender norms that limit women's economic participation, and removal of these impediments through legal … impede women's economic empowerment, as well as ways in which the law can be used as a tool to create behavioral changes and … been implemented in differing contexts to help achieve women's economic empowerment. Given the relevance to the Fund …

whether development aid given for gender equality objectives leads to progress in women’s legal rights in recipient countries … gendered aid on changes in women’s rights. Our findings show that gender-focused aid has a positive impact on the de …-jure economic empowerment of women in recipient countries. We observe larger effects on reforms for women's economic empowerment …

Although there have been notable gains for women globally in the last few decades, gender inequality and gender …-based inequities continue to impinge upon girls' and women's ability to realize their rights and their full potential as citizens and … women who do not enjoy it. In this book, studies from Latin America and the Caribbean, the Middle East and North Africa, and …

inequality and institutional biases against women in trade partner countries play an important role in explaining gender …In this paper, we investigate whether gender norms and institutions act as a constraint to the performance of female … institutional biases against women from other constraints and hurdles that female businesses might face by exploiting detailed trade …

inequality and institutional biases against women in trade partner countries play an important role in explaining gender …In this paper, we investigate whether gender norms and institutions act as a constraint to the performance of female … institutional biases against women from other constraints and hurdles that female businesses might face by exploiting detailed trade …