Strengthening Gender Justice
Gender equality and women’s rights are being inadequately framed as “mainstreaming” concerns, rather than as a transformative necessity for the realization of sustainable development. The recent report from the High … Continue reading
Prevalence of and factors associated with non-partner rape perpetration
Jewkes at al – Our study provides evidence from a large multicountry study that non-partner rape perpetration is quite prevalent among men in the general population across a range of diverse … Continue reading
Gender Patterns and Value of Unpaid Work
Xiao-yuan Dong, Xinli An – Despite its important implications for well-being and gender equality, unpaid work is not counted in conventional income and labour force statistics. The provision of household and … Continue reading
From the Ground Up: Women’s roles in local peacebuilding
Justino et al. – For generations, women have served as peace educators, both in their families and in their societies. They have proved instrumental in building bridges rather than walls. Despite the … Continue reading
Slow Progress in Closing Global Economic Gender Gap
The seventh annual World Economic Forum Global Gender Gap Report 2012 ranks Nordic countries in top spots, with Iceland, Finland, Norway and Sweden having closed over 80% of their gender gaps. At … Continue reading
Japan’s Secret Demographic Weapon
Bremmer and Schwab – Japan’s political leaders have three options: find some way to raise the country’s birthrate dramatically, open a long-insular society to a wave of immigrants, or finally … Continue reading
A response to WDR2012: Gender Equality and Development
World Development Report 2012: Gender Equality and Development – An Opportunity Both Welcome and Missed Shahra Razavi – That the World Bank has devoted its 2012 flagship publication to the topic … Continue reading
The Third Billion
As growing numbers of women enter the economic mainstream, they will have a profound effect on global business. A huge and fast-growing group of people are poised to take their … Continue reading
Toward Gender Equality in East Asia and the Pacific
Toward Gender Equality in East Asia and the Pacific examines the relationship between gender equality and development and outlines an agenda for public action to promote more effective and inclusive … Continue reading
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