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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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The impact of women's empowerment on infant and young child feeding practices : key dimensions and mediating channel in Nepal

Khan, Sana; Ferrone, Lucia - 2026

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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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Beyond backlash : how gender quotas empower women and shape workplace atitudes in Japanese hiring

Nihonsugi, Tsuyoshi; Kamijo, Yoshio; Taguchi, Satoshi; … - 2026

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Women’s Political Empowerment and Public Spending Efficiency in Developing Countries

Coulibaly, Yacouba; Coulibaly, Aissata - 2026

This paper examines the effect of women’s political empowerment on public spending efficiency in developing countries. Using a large panel of 126 developing countries over 1995–2021, the paper constructs public spending efficiency scores based on Stochastic Frontier Analysis, capturing...

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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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Women Entrepreneurs Leading the Way to More and Better Jobs for Women

Gomez, Norma; Siegrist, Felicia - 2026

This brief explores the role of women entrepreneurs in job creation, focusing on how women‑owned firms contribute to women’s employment. Using data from the World Bank Enterprise Surveys (WBES) covering formally registered firms across 168 economies over 19 years, the analysis shows that...

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Family Matters : Social Networks and Women’s Economic Empowerment

Ayivi Guedehoussou, Nono; Cucagna, Maria Emilia; Sahay, … - 2026

Social networks are a critical driver of women’s economic empowerment, particularly in contexts where women face mobility and normative constraints. Using baseline data from an impact evaluation in Nigeria, this study examines the association between social capital and labor market outcomes...

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Perceptions of workplace sexual harassment and support for policy action

Bhalotra, Sonia; Ridley, Matthew - 2026

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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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Exploring factors that support and impede rural women’s economic empowerment in Saudi Arabia

Al-Ayed, Sura I.; Alexandre, Laurice; Alateeg, Sultan - 2026

This study's purpose is to explore the factors that support and impede women's economic empowerment in rural settings of Saudi Arabia. A qualitative study was conducted in particular rural settings of Saudi Arabia. Data were collected through semi-structured interviews with 18 rural women. A...

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Empowering women's entrepreneurship : an evidence synthesis of policy and practice in developing countries

Knox, Stephen; Gok, Abdullah; Aydogdu, Esra; Carter, Sara; … - 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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The status of land tenure and governance

2026

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Increasing women's empowerment : evaluating two interventions in Uganda

Ambler, Kate; Jones, Kelly; O'Sullivan, Michael - 2026

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Empowering women through radio : evidence from Occupied Japan

Okuyama, Yoko - 2026

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Protecting the vulnerable : how migrant regularization reduces crime and empowers women

Ibáñez, Ana María; Rozo, Sandra V.; Bahar, Dany; … - 2026

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Women's empowerment and nutrition : evidence from rural households in Africa and Asia

Maina, Cecilia Chemeli; Debela, Bethelhem Legesse; … - 2026

Women play key roles in food systems, yet continue to face persistent disadvantages in terms of low decision-making power and limited access to goods, services, and markets. Discrimination against women is often deeply ingrained in social norms, policies, and institutions. Widely observed gender...

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Engines of empowerment : cattle tending, the milking machine, and women in politics

Forslund, Eva; Meriläinen, Jaakko; Zipfel, Céline - 2026

We provide new evidence on how a gender-biased, labor-saving technology-the milking machine-advanced one important dimension of gender equality: women's political representation. Our focus is mid-20th-century Finland, where mechanized milking reduced the time burden of a task traditionally...

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Engines of empowerment : cattle tending, the milking machine, and women in politics

Forslund, Eva; Meriläinen, Jaakko; Zipfel, Céline - 2025

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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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Women's Economic Empowerment in Egypt

2026

This publication provides an in-depth assessment of the state of women's economic participation in Egypt and examines the institutional, economic and social factors shaping women's access to employment and entrepreneurship. In recent decades, Egypt has made notable progress on gender equality in...

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Der neue AMS-Gleichstellungsziele-Monitor: Wirkungen von AMS-Angeboten auf die Positionierung von Frauen am Arbeitsmarkt

Bergmann, Nadja; Enengl, Flavia; Riesenfelder, Andreas; … - 2025

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Women's empowerment in agriculture : reflections from a long-term collaboration using mixed methods

Doss, Cheryl R.; Rubin, Deborah - 2025

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The impact of women's political empowerment on renewable energy demand : evidence from OECD countries

Gozgor, Giray; Li, Jing; Saleem, Irfan; Shinwari, Riazullah - 2025

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Board gender quotas and female CEOs in private firms

Falconieri, Sonia; Ortiz, Marcelo; Urzúa I., Francisco; … - 2025

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Empowered mothers, empowered generations : the impact of women's economic rights

Arenas-Arroyo, Esther; Wurm, Elisabeth - 2025

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Empowered mothers, empowered generations : the impact of women's economic rights

Arenas-Arroyo, Esther; Wurm, Elisabeth - 2025

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A qualitative examination of microfinance and intimate partner violence in India : understanding the role of male backlash and household bargaining models

Dulhunty, Annabel - 2025

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Data story : the road to parity : tracking women's political representation

2025

Despite progress made in recent years towards more gender balance in political representation, this goal has not been reached yet. Multidimensional indices and scoreboards are useful to keep track of progress and set backs, and identify areas for improvement. The Composite Indicators and...

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Empowering Arab women through wage equality : a comprehensive analysis of wage disparities and strategies for promoting equal pay in the Arab region

2025

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Determinants of women empowerment : case of refugee women living in Nairobi Kenya

Kaaria, Judy; Murithi, Immaculate Kathomi - 2025

This study investigates the determinants of women empowerment among refugee women living in Nairobi, Kenya. First, the study constructs an index to examine empowerment drivers using data from the Refugee and Host Household Survey (RHHS) 2021. A fractional logit regression model was employed in...

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"Behind organic cocoa, there stands a woman’s time" : organic cocoa production and women’s empowerment in Peru

Santalucia, Simone; Wollni, Meike - 2025

Specialization in labor-intensive export crops, such as organic cocoa, can exacerbate gender inequality if production and revenues fall under men's control and the additional labor burden falls on women. However, evidence on the implications for women's empowerment in value chains that combine...

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On the road to equality : gender, transport and economic empowerment in Bangladesh

Kabir, Mahfuz - 2025

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On the road to equality : gender, transport and economic empowerment in India

Tayal, Deeksha; Mishra, Sunil Kumar - 2025

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Reaping equality : strategies for gender roles in Indonesia's agricultural transformation

Rachmawati, Rika Reviza; Siscawati, Mia; Seda, … - 2025

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Gender diagnostics in support of transforming employment frameworks in Viet Nam

2025

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Gender export gap in Scotland : this report was prepared for the Scottish Government by

Arshed, Norin; Knox, Stephen; Cadavid, Carolina Marin - 2025

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Trade as a tool for economic empowerment of women : an Indian perspective

2025

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Empowering tomorrow : APEC women entrepreneurs in startups

2025

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Local feminist perspectives as transformative levers : women's health and climate action in India

Sengupta, Sreerupa; Singhal, Divya; Chakraborty, Ananya - 2025

This study explores the transformative potential of local feminist perspectives in addressing systemic gender inequalities in India, focusing on women’s health and climate action. Anchored in global frameworks, such as the Beijing Declaration (1995) and the Sustainable Development Goals...

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Local feminist perspectives as transformation levers for greater gender equality : synthesis study

Götze, Jacqueline; Klingebiel, Stephan; Khalid, Maryam - 2025

The significance of gender equality needs to be spotlighted since women and LGBTQIA* communities are prone to become victims of violence and have limited participation in political and decision-making processes. The approaches of feminist development policies and feminist foreign policies have...

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Action for equality, development and peace in Latin America and the Caribbean : regional report on the review of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action, 30 years on, in synergy with the implementation of the Regional Gender Agenda

2025

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Breaking barriers via refugees : cultural transmission and women's economic empowerment

Akbulut-Yuksel, Mevlude; Aydemir, Abdurrahman; Kirdar, … - 2025

This paper examines the horizontal transmission of gender norms using the forced migration of ethnic Turks from Bulgaria to Türkiye after the fall of the Iron Curtain as a natural experiment. Despite shared linguistic and religious ties, migrant women held more progressive gender norms and...

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Bridging education and fertility : unraveling the role of gender attitudes

Alkasasbeh, Yusra - 2025

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Women's Economic Empowerment in Pakistan

2025

Pakistan faces significant gender gaps in wage employment, entrepreneurship, and access to productive assets. Women in Pakistan also contend with critical issues related to safety, mobility, agency, and restrictive social norms. This report provides an in-depth analysis of these disparities and...

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Does bank expansion reduce domestic violence? : causal evidence from India

Bhukta, Rikhia; Jha, Chandan Kumar; Joshi, Swarup; … - 2025

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Temperature Anomalies as an Obstacle to Women's Rights and Economic Empowerment?

Behr, Daniela Monika; Shen, Liang; Tribin Uribe, Ana Maria - 2025

Gender equality is associated with economic growth and resilience, yet various factors, including climate change, may stall progress toward equal rights for men and women. This paper analyzes historical temperature and precipitation fluctuations within countries to assess their effect on legal...

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Empowering rural women : ICT accessand health outcomesin emerging economies

Sarkar, Bibek Guha; Jaikumar, Saravana; Gurugubelli, … - 2025

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The Maputo Protocol : international agreements and women's rights as an enabler of development

Pabón, Fabio Andrés Díaz - 2025

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The Maputo protocol : international agreements and women's rights as an enabler of development

Pabón, Fabio Andrés Díaz - 2025

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Empowerment or indoctrination? : female training programs under dictatorship

González, Felipe; Prem, Mounu; Dessauer, Cristine von - 2025

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Empowerment or indoctrination? : female training programs under dictatorship

González, Felipe; Prem, Mounu; Dessauer, Cristine von - 2025

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Empowerment or indoctrination? : female training programs under dictatorship

González, Felipe; Prem, Mounu; Dessauer, Cristine von - 2024

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Empowerment or indoctrination? : female training programs under dictatorship

González, Felipe; Prem, Mounu; Dessauer, Christine von - 2024

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Empowering women digitally : a randomised controlled trial on digital financial literacy and women's economic empowerment in rural Pakistan

Andlib, Zubaria - 2025

This study examines the effectiveness of a digital financial literacy intervention aimed at improving financial knowledge, confidence, and behaviour among rural women in Pakistan. Using a randomized controlled trial conducted in two selected villages in the Rawalpindi district, women were...

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