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Gender and Development

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In recent decades, women's and girls' education and health levels have improved greatly. But in many parts of the world, women are still dying in childbirth, or not being born at all, at alarming rates. Women continue to lack voice and decision-making ability in the household and in society; and, their economic opportunities remain very constrained. This inequality is manifestly unfair. It is also bad economics: under-investing in girls and women puts a brake on poverty reduction and limits economic and social development.
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11 Critical Steps
For Emerging Markets

Oxford symposium endorses practical actions to address the causes and consequences of the economic, social and political subordination of women.

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Gender Data Portal
World Bank Data: Gender
Little Data Book on Gender 2011
Gender Monitoring Reports
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Gender Diagnostics Guidance: Good Practice Note, Database
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New note and database offer guidance on Country Gender Assessments, including suggested methods.
Read Note (PDF) | CGA Database »
Report: Gender Equality and Economic Growth in Brazil
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New paper studies the long-run impact of policies aimed at fostering gender equality on economic growth in Brazil.
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Women Deliver 2013:
The 3rd Global Conference
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Global advocacy conference convenes in Malaysia to focus on improving the health and well-being of girls and women.
Women Deliver website | More Events »
Women, Business and the Law
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Report measures legal gender parity for entrepreneurs and workers in 141 economies across six topics.
Read Report (PDF) | View Indicators »
Learn, Work, Thrive:
Adolescent Girls Initiative
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Pilot projects' innovative features help girls transition from school to work.
Read More » | AGI website »
News
Obama Signs New Directive to Strengthen Work to Advance Gender Equality Worldwide
WhiteHouse.gov
Are Women Leaders Less Corrupt?
TrustLaw
Training of 1,000 Girls in Trades
Haiti Libre
ODE Podcast: Gender Equality
AusAID
2012 World Development Report: Gender Equality and Development
Regional Companion Reports

Update on the Implementation of the Gender Equality Agenda at the World Bank Group

Implications for World Bank Operations

Blogs
Thinking of Gender Every Calendar Day
Feb 12, 2013
Katherine C. Heller
Notes From the Field: Collecting Gender Disaggregated Data in Practice
Feb 11, 2013
Markus Goldstein
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