Starting a business is a way for women to generate income and become more resilient when dealing with shocks. However, large gender gaps in formal entrepreneurship impede women's livelihoods and global development. The persistence of gender-based barriers-notably, unequal access to financial...

Pakistan's female labor force participation (FLFP) remains low by regional and global standards. Furthermore, data show major disparities between rural and urban FLFP, with the latter being significantly lower. This note contains analysis of women's labor market outcomes as reported by women in...

Women's and girls’ empowerment (WGE) is a key priority for the World Bank's engagement in the Africa region. Gender equality has long been central to the World Bank's twin goals of ending extreme poverty and boosting shared prosperity. The Bank has made substantial investments aimed at closing...

St. Vincent and the Grenadines comprises a main island, Saint Vincent, and thirty-two other islands, islets, and cays in the archipelago of the Grenadines (SVG). It is a unicameral democracy, with fifteen seats for elected members in the House of Representatives. Historically, much of the...

The law in Saint Lucia provides for the same legal status and rights for women as for men, requires equal pay for equal work, and provides equal treatment of men and women for family property, nationality, and inheritance. Its economy is heavily dependent on tourism and services, both of which...

In Brazil, violence against women and girls (VAWG), which is a manifestation of gender-based violence (GBV), is a major concern. Intimate partner violence is the most common form of violence. The COVID-19 outbreak in early 2020 added new layers of complexity to the already unsettling GBV...

This report focuses on the role of key stakeholders (policy makers, waste management practitioners, civil society, informal workers' organizations, and the private sector) in contributing to pollution reduction in South Asia while also enhancing livelihood prospects for informal waste...

This study examines the effects of communal violence, thatis violence inflicted upon a particular group along ethnic orreligious lines, on women's marital outcomes. Communalviolence, with its accompanying psychological and physicaltrauma, can have important socioeconomic consequences.The effects...

This study supports the KP provincial government's efforts to facilitate women’s voluntary tax compliance by understanding women's constraints and experiences in tax payment and property registration and the gender gaps in access to and use of digital technologies. It draws data from a survey,...

This paper examines the link between violent attacks of the Islamic extremist group Boko Haram, forced migration, and the empowerment of women in host communities. The paper finds positive effects of distant attacks on the economic well-being of women, their use of modern contraceptive methods,...