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Gender SOCIAL WELFARE POVERTY ALLEVIATION

Anti-poverty programs can also champion gender equality

Lessons learned from anti-poverty programs demonstrate their potential to foster women’s empowerment beyond the economic sphere.
Published date
Monday, January 20, 2020 - 09:30
Papers

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Making a case for reframing narratives of peacebuilding in Africa

Published date
Sunday, April 2, 2017 - 04:00
Reports

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Promoting women’s economic empowerment : emerging insights from a 5-year policy research program - GrOW Program report no.3

Women's labour force participation and wages are deeply influenced by social norms, and in developing countries, economic growth alone has no robust effect on female employment.
Published date
Wednesday, May 2, 2018 - 00:00
Briefs

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Who cares? Exploring solutions to women’s double burden : policy brief

Many economic empowerment programs focus on increasing women's labour force participation. But without addressing their disproportionate burden of unpaid and exhausting care work, women hardly benefit from more hours of paid employment.
Published date
2018
Project

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Sharing Growth through Informal Employment in East and Southern Africa

Understanding why women are involved in small and micro-enterprise (SME) businesses in Zimbabwe, Tanzania, Uganda, and Rwanda can help governments design policies to support this sector of the economy.