-2005. The analysis finds a narrowing of the gender gap in under-5 mortality rates, in line with surviving girls being more … wanted. The estimates show that for every three aborted girls, one additional girl survives to age five. Investigation of the … distribution of girls toward lower socioeconomic status families. The findings have implications not only for counts of missing …

girls and women in the Global South? Is it a solution to ending poverty? Or is it a pursuit of economic growth and corporate … exacerbate conditions of vulnerability for girls and women. With a keen eye towards justice, author Kathryn Moeller concludes … that these corporatized development practices de-politicize girls' and women's demands for fair labor practices and a just …

improves school attendance of young and teenage girls, but reduces school attendance of young women (ages 18-22). We also find … members may affect girls' and young women’s education: relaxation of budget constraints, increase in household work, change in …' schooling turns from positive to negative with girls' age; this implies that migration may be detrimental to women’s empowerment …

This note summarizes available research on the impact of schooling and employment of adolescent girls and young women …

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 …

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 …

, 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 … vulnerability to poverty, violence, and discrimination. This thematic note discusses in detail the status of girls' and women …