. Yet, women and girls continue to be underrepresented in STEM careers, although there is wide variation among countries and … across STEM fields. Beyond income disadvantages for women because they have less access to STEM careers, the gender gap in … participation of women and girls relative to men and boys in STEM-related education and employment through a global, comprehensive …

Gender equality has long been central to the World Bank's twin goals of ending extreme poverty and boosting shared … prosperity in a sustainable manner. More recently, women's and girls' empowerment (WGE) has become a priority in the Africa … operationalization. This note lays out a pragmatic Operational Approach to enhancing women's and girls' empowerment in World Bank …

women and girls' empowerment as a sustainable way to enhance well-being and close gender gaps. The operational approach to …As gender equity becomes more central to social and economic development, practitioners are increasingly focused on … women and girls' empowerment can guide practitioners in systematically translating the concept of empowerment into project …

2010, providing mothers to nine months of paid leave and three months of unpaid leave. The note is organized around five … main messages that emerge from reviewing the evidence of the impact of maternity leave on female labor force participation …

Malawi with particular attention to the impacts on girls and women …

Due to the strong economic growth maintained in the last 15 years, Uzbekistan made progress in reducing gender … is one of them. While modernizing various sectors of the economy will foster progress and development, it may also result … about their own lives and act on them. The objective of this study is to examine how gender influences opportunities and …

Migration is transforming rural economies, landscapes, and potentially, gender relations. Migration is one of the … even more crucial in Guatemala, which suffers from the double burden of chronic malnutrition and obesity. This analysis …

progress and key economic challenges facing women in GCC countries of the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region. The note …

and policies relevant to gender equality in access to economic opportunities in Serbia, the intention is also to point out …. The second section provides an assessment of the institutional infrastructure for promoting gender equality and analyzes … area in which significant inequalities remain. Women's economic opportunity is defined as a set of laws, regulations, and …

,000 female mobile financial services (MFS) users and 2,000 female non-users across the country …