Search Results - subject_exact:"Emanzipation"

Beyond access : how gender equality and education shape the growth effect of ICT

Ihlasuddini, Habiba Nabila; Lee, Kang-Kook - 2026

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Technology adoption and women's rights : evidence from Switzerland

Brey, Björn; Cefala, Edoardo; García-Peñalosa, Cecilia - 2026

Gender equality and economic growth have historically tended to move together yet identifying causal effects has been difficult. This paper uses data on the support for female suffrage in Switzerland in order to explore the impact of technology adoption on gender norms. We argue that the early...

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Technology adoption and women's rights : evidence from Switzerland

Brey, Björn; Cefala, Edoardo; García-Peñalosa, Cecilia - 2026

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Advancing gender rights at the Human Rights Council in times of backlash strategies from the 59th session

Khan, Ayesha; Michalko, Ján - 2026

In a context of high polarisation and long-term tensions over advancing gender equality, this report examines how negotiations at the 59th session of the Human Rights Council in June 2025 achieved some key successes, and managed to hold the line on gender rights in the face of backlash. Based in...

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Women on the executive and supervisory boards of large companies : the upward trend of recent years has largely stalled

Antezza, Arianna; Meiner, Alina; Wrohlich, Katharina - 2026

The proportion of women on the executive and supervisory boards of Germany's largest private companies has risen considerably since data collection for the DIW Women Executives Barometer began 20 years ago. While it was just over one percent on the executive boards of Germany's 200...

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Beliefs about gender inequalities, narratives and support for gender quotas

Di Corato, Luca; Esposito, Federica; Montinari, Natalia - 2026

Gender quotas remain controversial despite evidence of their effectiveness in reducing labor-market gender inequality. We study how informational narratives about quotas affect support, and how effects depend on pre-existing causal beliefs about inequality. In a pre-registered survey experiment...

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Bridging disclosure and action : the role of intermediaries in gender pay gap regulation

Curtis, Sally; William, Jananie; Reibnitz, Anna von; … - 2026

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Invisible Barriers : How Gender Norms Impact Financial Inclusion

Singh, Nisha; Koning, Antonique; Ledgerwood, Joanna - 2026

This Focus Note includes illustrative examples from successful initiatives around the world that demonstrate the potential of these strategies—from digital financial solutions that respect privacy concerns to data-driven approaches that challenge institutional biases. Development actors,...

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Addressing Pluralistic Ignorance to Promote Gender Equality

Costenbader, Elizabeth; Levano Gavidia, Lorena; Muñoz … - 2026

Pluralistic ignorance is a social norms phenomenon in which people mistakenly believe that their personal preferences are not what most people around them support or prefer. This misalignment can lead individuals to adjust their behaviors away from their preferences. Pluralistic ignorance can...

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Kingdom of Lesotho Gender Dimensions of Trade Facilitation

2026

This study is one component of broader World Bank trade facilitation assistance program provided to the government of the Kingdom of Lesotho (hereafter referred as Lesotho). This note presents key findings from the study, which focused on identifying the challenges faced by women owned, led or...

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Gender diversity improves performance but reinforces gendered roles

Shan, Xiaoyue - 2026

Does group gender diversity benefit individuals? I examine this question with a field experiment randomizing 3,060 students to small study groups at university entry. Assignment to mixed-gender rather than single-gender groups improves performance and well-being for both men and women:...

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Empowering women across generations : AI-enhanced learning for inclusive leadership development

Shouman, Lina; Vidal-Suñé, Antoni; Alarcón, Amado - 2026

Women are essential to the growth of any progressive society. Equal access to employment is necessary for both women's empowerment and global economic growth. However, discrimination against women persists at all career levels, making it challenging for them to overcome barriers to leadership...

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Revisiting Malta's gender pension gap statistics

Grech, Aaron G. - 2026

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Empires, gender attitudes and tolerance : Evidence from Romania

Nikolova, Elena; Plopeanu, Aurelian - 2026

This paper investigates how the historical institutional legacies of the Habsburg and Ottoman empires affect present-day attitudes toward women and minorities in Romania. We conduct a thorough historical analysis which shows that the institutional setup in the Ottoman part of Romania was more...

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Gender justice and the wellbeing economy : the feminist case for an alternative economic paradigm

Kabeer, Naila; Plomien, Ania - 2026

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Authority figures and the polarization of gender norms

Abboud, Ali; Bazzi, Samuel; Canaan, Serena; Deeb, Antoine; … - 2026

This paper examines how authority figures in higher education shape gender norms over the long run. We exploit the random assignment of first-year students to faculty advisors at an elite university in the Middle East and combine administrative records with an alumni survey measuring gender...

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Authority figures and the polarization of gender norms

Abboud, Ali; Bazzi, Samuel; Canaan, Serena; Deeb, Antoine; … - 2026

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Authority figures and the polarization of gender norms

Abboud, Ali; Bazzi, Samuel; Canaan, Serena; Deeb, Antoine; … - 2026

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Authority figures and the polarization of gender norms

Abboud, Ali; Bazzi, Samuel; Canaan, Serena; Deeb, Antoine; … - 2026

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Gleichstellungswirkungen von Budgetkonsolidierungen

Schratzenstaller, Margit; Bock-Schappelwein, Julia; … - 2026

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Are gender norms shaped by who earns more?

Brosch, Hanna; Grewenig, Elisabeth; Lergetporer, Philipp; … - 2026

Gender norms about parental labor supply are central to explaining persistent gender inequalities in the labor market, yet their causal determinants remain poorly understood. We examine whether people's gender attitudes are driven by mothers' and fathers' earnings, which may shape views about...

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Are gender norms shaped by who earns more?

Brosch, Hanna; Grewenig, Elisabeth; Lergetporer, Philipp; … - 2026

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Empowering women : the impact of road infrastructure and trade liberalization on gender equality : evidence from Ethiopia

Gebre, Wondatir A.; Chakraborty, Pavel - 2026

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Gender equality and innovation : evidence from UK companies

Bukowski, Paweł; Wei, Hannah Yi - 2026

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Who decides matters : female representation and academic career advancement

Brunetti, Marianna; Fabretti, Annalisa; Zoli, Mariangela - 2026

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Who decides matters : female representation and academic career advancement

Brunetti, Marianna; Fabretti, Annalisa; Zoli, Mariangela - 2024

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Relative income and gender norms : evidence from Latin America

Muñoz S., Ercio; Sansone, Dario; Tampellini, João - 2026

Using census data from over 500,000 dual-earner households in Mexico, we show that couples in which the wife earns just above half of the household income are far less common than those in which she earns just below that threshold - a pattern that has been attributed to gender norms that create...

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Relative income and gender norms : evidence from Latin America

Muñoz S., Ercio; Sansone, Dario; Tampellini, João - 2025

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Norms behind closed doors : a field experiment on gender norm misperceptions and maternal employment decisions in couples

Boltz, Marie; Bustelo, Monserrat; Diaz Escobar, Ana Maria; … - 2026

This paper studies whether gender gaps in women's labor-market outcomes are sustained by systematic misperceptions about social and spousal support for maternal employment. Using a representative sample of 1,732 cohabiting couples with young children in Bogotá, we show that while support for...

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Making Budgets Work for Women : Gender-Responsive Budgeting in 50 Economies

Niesten, Hannelore Maria L.; Ferraz Di Ricco, Luiza; … - 2026

Public budgeting plays a central role in shaping gender outcomes. Gender responsive budgeting (GRB) applies a gender lens across the public financial management cycle - budget planning, allocation, execution, and evaluation to ensure that public spending advances gender equality and inclusive...

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Toward Fair Fiscal Policy : Reforming Tax and Budget Systems for Gender Equality

Niesten, Hannelore Maria L.; Ferraz Di Ricco, Luiza; … - 2026

The first two Briefs in this series presented new cross-country data from the Women, Business and the Law (WBL) project on gender integration in taxation (81 economies) and gender-responsive budgeting (50 economies). The data set is a first-ever global baseline for assessing how fiscal systems...

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Creating Better Jobs for Women and Boosting Productivity in Bangladesh’s Garment Factories : An assessment of the Gender Equality and Returns Program

International Labour Organization - 2026

Bangladesh is one of the leading garment exporters globally and a significant employer of women. However, women’s representation in management roles remains very low. To close this gap, as of 2016, the International Finance Corporation (IFC) developed the Gender Equality and Returns (GEAR)...

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Fathers but not caregivers

Aldén, Lina; Boschini, Anne; Ahlzén, Malin Tallås - 2026

Fathers' parental leave uptake remains low in many advanced economies despite substantial policy efforts. We study a setting where financial and eligibility barriers are minimal: employed, native-born first-time fathers entitled to generous, non-transferable leave benefits. Using Swedish...

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Fathers but not caregivers

Aldén, Lina; Boschini, Anne; Ahlzén, Malin Tallås - 2023

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Doing, redoing, or undoing gender of women tech founders in Germany

Kneip, Veronika; Slavici, Melanie - 2026

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Empowering women to brighten health : unlocking the energy-gender-health nexus through machine learning in Sub-Saharan Africa

Li, Jiajia; Fan, Jie; Li, Jun; Glauben, Thomas - 2026

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Diversity and sustainability : how can gender diversity on boards impact ESG performance? Evidence from ASEAN-5 countries

Saktiawan, Bimo; Setiyono, Bowo; Rachmadi, Erfan - 2026

This study examined how gender diversity (GD) on boards affects ESG performance using unbalanced panel data of 719 companies in ASEAN-5 countries from 2013 to 2022 observation years. We found that higher GD on companies' boards significantly enhances ESG performance. Every increase in one...

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Parental leave : economic incentives and cultural change

Albrecht, James W.; Edin, Per-Anders; Fernández, Raquel; … - 2026

In 2002, Sweden reformed its parental leave system by adding a second "daddy month," i.e., a second month of pay-related parental leave reserved exclusively for each parent. In addition to giving fathers an economic incentive to take more leave, this change had an effect on cultural norms. We...

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Parental leave : economic incentives and cultural change

Albrecht, James W.; Edin, Per-Anders; Fernández, Raquel; … - 2025

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Parental leave : economic incentives and cultural change

Albrecht, James W.; Edin, Per-Anders; Fernández, Raquel; … - 2024

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Parental Leave : Economic Incentives and Cultural Change

Albrecht, James W.; Edin, Per-Anders; Fernández, Raquel; … - 2024

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Enhancing women's representation in information technology through gender equality policies : a qualitative comparative analysis

Islam, Ranjita; Ali, Muhammad; French, Erica - 2026

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Gender discrimination, construction, and glass ceiling effects among women academics in a higher education institution in South Africa : exploring alternatives for women's empowerment

Ngonyama, Sicelo; Adewumi, Samson Adeoluwa - 2026

Despite several policies and legislation enactments to address gender inequality in the post-apartheid South African employment landscape, a significant proportion of female academics still face marginalization and underrepresentation in senior executive positions. This paper aims to investigate...

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Turkey's "Year of the Family" 2025 : authoritarian trends and political economy of anti-gender politics

Aksoy, Hürcan Aslı; Bal, Sinem - 2026

The Turkish government’s declaration of 2025 as the “Year of the Family” reflects an increasingly authoritarian approach to managing demographic decline amid conditions of economic strain. Falling fertility rates are framed as a strategic challenge to national resilience, giving rise to a...

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Mining and traditional masculinity norms

Hailemariam, Abebe; Lukas, Erica; Mavisakalyan, Astghik; … - 2026

This paper examines the effect of proximity to mining activity on men's adherence to traditional masculinity norms. Combining geocoded survey data with detailed spatial information on mining activity across 37 countries, we employ an instrumental variable strategy that exploits exogenous...

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The status of land tenure and governance

2026

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Anti-gender and anti-climate politics : exploring converging agendas in global majority countries

Rodriguez, Diana Jiménez Thomas; George, Rachel; Khan, … - 2026

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Gender equality and the climate crisis : champions and backsliders : reflections from UN climate change negotiations

Craft, Brianna; Khosravi, Donya; Browne, Evie; Cano … - 2026

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Sex, science, and society

Adams, Renée; Xu, Jing - 2026

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Fintech environment and gender disparity in financial Inclusion : empirical evidence from emerging markets

Khan, Habib Hussain; Khan, Shoaib; Tahir Akhtar; Anwar, … - 2026

This study investigates the impact of the fintech environment on gender disparities in financial inclusion across 31 countries from 2013 to 2023. Utilizing gender-disaggregated data from the IMF Financial Access Survey (FAS), we construct a fintech environment index comprising five sub-indices...

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Advancing a society for all ages in Asia and the Pacific

2026

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Beyond participation : integrating community-driven development and legal empowerment approaches for women's empowerment

Gogsadze, Nino - 2026

Gender inequality reflects historically embedded governance arrangements that shape access to resources, rights, and representation. Advancing women's empowerment therefore depends on systemic change. Despite global commitments, women, particularly in rural and resource-dependent contexts,...

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When does workplace flexibility help? : formal care, gender norms, and work-care trade-offs

Chong, Alice; Motegi, Hiroyuki; Oikawa, Masato; Toyono, … - 2026

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Informe del foro Transversalización de la Perspectiva de Género en la Cooperación Internacional para el Desarrollo en América Latina y el Caribe : evento celebrado en el marco de la Segunda Reunión de la Conferencia Regional sobre Cooperación Sur-Sur de América Latina y el Caribe : Santiago, 16 de junio de 2025

2026

En el marco de la II Conferencia Regional sobre Cooperación Sur-Sur de América Latina y el Caribe celebrada en junio de 2025 en la CEPAL en Santiago, Chile, se realizó el Foro sobre Transversalización de la perspectiva de género en la cooperación internacional para el desarrollo. El Foro...

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Consolider et organiser la défense de nos principes démocratiques face aux stratégies anti-genre

2026

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Sowing seeds of mobility : the gendered impact of land reform

Chen, Ting; Gu, Jiajia; Ngai, Liwa Rachel; Wang, Jin - 2026

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Sowing seeds of mobility : the gendered impact of land reform

Chen, Ting; Gu, Jiajia; Ngai, Liwa Rachel; Wang, Jin - 2026

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Who pays the price? : gender inequality & sovereign debt

Braunstein, Elissa; Dehn, Milena - 2026

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Women seats in parliament or economic growth : what is more important for female employment in Kazakhstan?

Kabylkairatkyzy, Ryszhan; Kakizhanova, Tolkyn; … - 2026

Women occupy a very important place in the Kazakh society. Since ancient times, women were known as « keepers of family hearth». And today, the role of women in society has increased. Women are actively involved in the social, economic and political spheres of the state. The study aims to...

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Gendered capability deprivation in early childhood : evidence from four MENA countries

Abu-Zaineh, Mohammad; Yousef, Sahar F. - 2026

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Gendering green transition in Africa : implications of transformative policies

Ndubuisi, Gideon Onyewuchi; Avenyo, Elvis Korku - 2026

This paper examines the gender implications of the green energy transition in Africa, and the role of transformative policies. Based on a comprehensive review of the energy-gender literature, we find that the energy transition present substantial opportunities for women's employment and...

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Applying a Gender Equality and Social Inclusion Lens to the Transboundary Water Context

2026

Social sustainability is about expanding opportunities for all people today and tomorrow. In the past, the emphasis was on economic sustainability, and then on environmental sustainability, with increasing concerns over climate change and biodiversity loss. But with a growing awareness of the...

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