Multimediale
Banca mondiale
Washington : World Bank, c2011
Abstract: The lives of women around the world have improved dramatically, at a pace and scope difficult to imagine even 25 years ago. Women have made unprecedented gains in rights, education, health, and access to jobs and livelihoods. Despite the progress, gaps remain in many areas. Building on a growing body of knowledge on the economics of gender equality and development, the Report identifi es the areas where gender gaps are most significant — both intrinsically and in terms of their potenti ...; [Read more...]
The lives of women around the world have improved dramatically, at a pace and scope difficult to imagine even 25 years ago. Women have made unprecedented gains in rights, education, health, and access to jobs and livelihoods. Despite the progress, gaps remain in many areas. Building on a growing body of knowledge on the economics of gender equality and development, the Report identifi es the areas where gender gaps are most significant — both intrinsically and in terms of their potential development payoff — and where growth alone cannot solve the issues. It then sets forth four priorities for public action: reducing excess female mortality and closing education gaps where they remain; improving access to economic opportunities for women; increasing women’s voice and agency in the household and in society; limiting the reproduction of gender inequality across generations. Policies need to focus on the underlying determinants of gender gaps in each priority area. While domestic policies are central to reducing gender inequalities, development partners should focus on complementing these efforts in each of the four priority areas, and on supporting evidence-based public action through better data, evaluation, and learning. This will require a mix of more funding, efforts to foster innovation and learning, and broader partnerships. The funding should be directed particularly to supporting the poorest countries in reducing excess female mortality and gender gaps in education. Investments are needed to improve the availability of better gender-disaggregated data and support more experimentation and systematic evaluation. And the partnerships should involve the private sector, development agencies, and civil society organizations
