Gender & women's empowerment

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Empower Women Entrepreneurs for Holistic and Sustainable Growth in Colombia

Despite progress in women’s econo

Women fishing and harvesting fishes. Photo: Peces para la Vida (PPV) project

Empowering Women in Bolivia’s Fish Farming Sector

In rural Bolivia, women face significant social and cultural barriers to empowerment, i...

Making Universal Health Coverage a Reality in Ethiopia through an Equitable Contribution System for Community Based Health Insurance (CBHI)

The Ethiopian government piloted a sliding scale-based Community-Based Health Insurance scheme in 2023 to make healthcare more affordable for low-income households by adjusting premiums based on economic status. This blog shares early findings from the randomized control trial used to evaluate the scheme, pointing to what is needed for this approach to provide more equitable and pro-poor universal health coverage in Ethiopia and beyond.

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Women’s economic resilience and empowerment under income shocks: the role of social gender norms in Malawi

In Malawi, agricultural production is still being disrupted and food insecurity is bein...

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Support the resilience of households for the empowerment of girls and women in light of social norms in rural areas of Benin

Rural homes in Benin are more and more vulnerable to climate-related shocks endangering...

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Empower Her: Tackle the RUW Crisis in Egypt and Kenya with Smart, Gender-Focused Solutions

The ongoing Russia-Ukraine War (RUW) has revealed significant vulnerabilities in the ec...

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Supporting household resilience to empower girls and women in rural Benin

Gender norms in rural Benin significantly affect the economic empowerment of girls and ...

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Subsidized childcare can improve women’s employment in Burkina Faso

Gender inequality in Burkina Faso is pronounced, particularly in the labor market, wher...

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Promoting women’s economic empowerment can catalyse structural transformation in Cameroon

Gender inequality is a key issue in Cameroon. Women have limited access to well-paying ...

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Gender-sensitive training can improve youth’s labour-market outcomes in Kenya

Despite a long history of technical, vocational education, and training (TVET) in Kenya...

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Macro-level gender-responsive policy solutions can boost women’s economic empowerment in Tanzania

Working women in Tanzania are disproportionately employed in the informal sector where ...

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Addressing the unequal care burden can help women access decent work in the Philippines

Women in the Philippines participate much less than men in the labour force. When they ...

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Investing in female education and expanding childcare can increase women’s access to decent work in Senegal

The Senegalese government is actively promoting gender equality through various nationa...

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Increased access to higher education and affordable childcare needed to boost Sri Lankan women’s participation in decent work

Successive Sri Lankan governments have shown commitment to women’s economic empowerment...

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Expanding childcare and parental leave can promote decent work for Brazilian women

Brazilian women continue to encounter numerous barriers that limit their access to dece...

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Education, childcare, and formal sector opportunities are key to promoting decent work for women in Kenya

While Kenya has made good progress in increasing women’s participation in the labour ma...

Peruvian woman standing by a sink wearing an apron and rubber gloves

Tackling gender stereotypes and expanding daycare services likely to help women access decent work in Perú

Despite years of efforts, and some progress, labor inequality between women and men per...

A woman cassava farmer stands on her land in Cameroon holding a tool for clearing the land.

Fertiliser subsidies can mitigate the effects of climate change on food security and rural women’s welfare in Cameroon

Cameroon is one of the most food-insecure countries and the effects of climate change a...

Mariam Ntungu tends to her crops

Climate-smart agriculture technologies bridge the gender productivity gap and improve food security in Tanzania

Climate change has severely affected Tanzania's agricultural sector, resulting in food ...

Malawian farmer with CA plot

Examining gender disparities in the adaptation of climate change mitigation strategies at plot level in Malawi

In Malawi, gender disparities in adopting soil erosion control strategies persist, impa...

Woman plot manager

Policy options for gender-focused crop diversification to mitigate climate shocks on food security in Nigeria

Despite efforts to mitigate the impact of climate shocks on food security, women plot m...

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Burkina Faso: How to reduce the vulnerability of women farmers to the effects of climate change

As the impacts of climate change continue to worsen, female farmers face escalating cha...

Woman cleaning soybeans

Targeting women and building their capacity to increase soybean production yields in Benin

While the yield and total production of Benin’s soybean sector have improved in recent ...

Women farming

Investing strategically to protect women from the effects of climate change in Burkina Faso

Millions of people have been affected by climate shocks in Burkina Faso over the last 5...

Elder woman farmer

Facilitating access to agricultural credit for women's empowerment in Burkina Faso

In 2014, more than 93% of Burkina Faso’s women were working in the agricultural sector,...

Women watering crops

Target women farmers’ structural disadvantages to improve rural productivity and food security in Cameroon

Despite Cameroon’s agricultural sector being dominated by women smallholders, their pro...

Goat herder with goats in Lesotho field

Improving rural women’s coping strategies in the face of floods and droughts in Lesotho

Agriculture is vital to the livelihoods of many people in rural areas of Lesotho, where...

Women sifting cereal

Diversification strategies and well-being of rural women in Senegal

Women in Senegal provide 60% of the agricultural labour force and over 70% of food prod...

Young people in hi-vis and hard hats at a power plant in Senegal

Affirmative action policies: a springboard for youth and women’s employment in Senegal

Unemployment rates among Senegal’s women and young people are much higher than the nati...

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Boost growth and gender equality in South Africa through rural development investment

The population of South Africa faces the triple challenges of high levels of inequality...

DRC women farmers

Allocating land to women: An asset for the Congolese economy

Gender inequalities are prevalent in the Congolese labour market and hamper sustainable...

Young women processing soybeans

Promoting biomass energy: A solution to empower rural women in Côte d'Ivoire

Around 75% of women in rural areas of the Côte d’Ivoire live below the poverty line, de...

Woman farming maize

Improving gender equity in Malawi’s input subsidies

Despite making up more than 70% of the agricultural labour force and being central to p...

Woman standing with shelves of preserves and freezers in her food store

Small-scale off-grid energy systems: Improve productivity by increasing women’s access to electricity in rural Nigeria

Less than a quarter of people living in rural areas of Nigeria have access to electrici...

Woman trader selling cowpeas in Nigeria

Increasing women’s access to farm land can improve food security, productivity, and welfare in Nigeria

Nigeria’s agricultural production cannot keep up with the country's population growth, ...

Woman at a computer doing administrative work at a health clinic, another woman in a white coat with a name badge is standing next to her also looking at the computer screen

Wage subsidies can encourage women’s formal employment in Zambia

Improving women’s empowerment is a priority for the Zambian government.

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Longer school hours help mothers find better jobs in Chile

Women’s labour force participation (LFP) in Chile has increased significantly in recent...

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Free childcare program improves mothers’ employment outcomes in Mongolia

Women’s labor force participation (LFP) in Mongolia is declining, especially in the cap...

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Fostering innovation through workplace diversity in Brazil

Discrimination continues to plague the Brazilian labor market. Women earn considerably ...

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How a production subsidy can boost Nigeria's renewable energy sector, growth and employment

Despite Nigeria’s status as a major global energy producer, access to electricity is se...

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