Introduction, overview and future policy agenda / Editors -- The state of the world progress (1990-2007 & projections) / Andrew R. Morrison, Shwtlena Sabarwal and Mirja Sjoeblom -- Indicators and indices of gender equality : what do they measure and what do we miss? / Caren Grown -- Monitoring...

Women’s empowerment has been identified as a prerequisite for poverty reduction. In addition to driving overall economic growth, women’s empowerment has been found to have beneficial effects on fertility rates, child health and education outcomes, as well as community development. This...

The international community has come together to pursue certain fundamental, common goals over the coming period to 2030 to make progress toward ending poverty and hunger, improving social and economic well-being, preserving the environment and combating climate change, and maintaining peace....

section 1. Gender : current status -- section 2. Gender : some issues -- section 3. Policies towards gender empowerment -- section 4. Gender and rural development -- section 5. Gender : select interventions for gender development