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 …

women's autonomy. We examine this question in the context of ethnic variation in traditional post-marital cohabitation, i … legal reform that exogenously fostered women's access to justice and their ability to divorce. We theoretically establish … that compared to women of patrilocal tradition, matrilocal women should divorce relatively more after the reform and, for …

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 …

The inclusion of women into the financial system promotes economic development. However, in Nigeria, women face … disproportionate financial exclusion. The main purpose of this study was to examine the role of financial inclusion in women's economic … empowerment within the Nigerian context. Employing a quantitative approach, the study surveyed Nigerian women in two self …

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 …

transformation, 2008 - 14. We find that while the economic situation of women has improved, significant gender disparities remain …This paper examines gender inequality and female empowerment in rural Viet Nam. Using an extensive panel dataset on 2 …,181 households, we examine how the welfare of women living in rural areas has evolved during a period of dramatic rural …

the case for households with temporary migrants, suggesting that women's decision participation decreases gender … children's education. Second, it is tested if migration of men from households reduces gender inequality in households … various channels. Men's migration may lead to women taking over household decisions regarding education expenditures …

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 …