Search Results - subject_exact:"Gender mainstreaming"

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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The status of land tenure and governance

2026

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Strengthening a weak policy area through monitoring : the case of gender equality in the European Research Area

Wroblewski, Angela - 2026

This article focuses on the central role of monitoring in the implementation of the Open Method of Coordination (OMC). Referring to gender equality in the European Research Area (ERA), it demonstrates that the OMC has only been partially implemented due to a lack of policy discourse and...

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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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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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Future issues and trends in gender equality : a foresight guide by EIGE

2025

The primary aim of this guide is to support a diverse audience, including researchers, activists, policymakers and others working to advance gender equality. It seeks to connect the worlds of academic futures studies, corporate strategic foresight and a more critical tradition, feminist-informed...

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Germany : [institutional mechanisms for gender equality and gender mainstreaming factsheet]

2025

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Austria : [institutional mechanisms for gender equality and gender mainstreaming factsheet]

2025

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ClosingGap : driving social change in gender equality

Baraybar-Fernández, Antonio; Arrufat-Martín, Sandro; … - 2025

This study examines the ClosinGap association as a business platform that promotes social change, particularly in advancing Spanish companies' commitment to gender equality within an institutional theory framework. Through a content analysis of 15 reports and interviews with ClosinGap's...

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Effects of countercyclical policies on women's and men's incomes during the COVID-19 pandemic : a gender analysis of personal taxes and transfers in Colombia, Ecuador and the plurinational state of Bolivia

Collado, Diego; Bidegain, Nicole - 2025

At the fourteenth session of the Regional Conference on Women in Latin America and the Caribbean, just weeks before the onset of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, the region’s governments undertook to “implement gender-sensitive countercyclical policies, in order to mitigate the...

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Evaluation of EIB Group strategy on gender equality and women's economic empowerment : an independent evaluation : April 2025

2025

Achieving gender equality is an important EU objective. It is not just a matter of fundamental human rights, but also smart economics. As the European Union's investment arm, the European Investment Bank (EIB) Group aims to contribute to this goal. Its strategy, grounded in the EU policy...

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Lifting women up : gender quotas and the advancement of women on corporate boards

Gibert, Anna; Fedorets, Alexandra - 2025

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Women's Economic Empowerment in Bangladesh : An Evidence-Guided Toolkit for More Inclusive Policies

2025

The Women's Economic Empowerment in Bangladesh: An Evidence-Guided Toolkit for More Inclusive Policies report provides an examination of gender disparities in economic empowerment in Bangladesh. It aims to shed light on the current state of gender inequality by analyzing rich microdata from...

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National inequalities, international representation: how women legislators shape domestic politics through international parliamentary institutions

Maddah, Meray; Malang, Thomas - 2025

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Progress on the Sustainable Development Goals : a gender snapshot of the Arab region 2024

2025

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Women's economic empowerment : a global pathway to gender equality?

Breitkreuz, Rhonda; Baird, Marian - 2025

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The status of gender and development programming in Jordan : still "adding women and stirring?"

Ragetlie, Rosalind; Najjar, Dina; Baruah, Bipasha - 2025

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The perspective of local authorities in fostering gender equality : a critical analysis

Gori, Elena; Fissi, Silvia; Romolini, Alberto - 2025

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The impact of foreign aid on gender inequality in developing countries : does it really work?

Jaya, Vimala Asty F.T.; Jung, Jaehyun; Oh, Jinhwan - 2024

Purpose: This study examines how foreign aid affects gender inequality in developing countries, both at macro (overall) and micro (sectoral) levels. Design/methodology/approach: This study uses comprehensive panel data between 2010 and 2019. Findings: The major findings are: (1) foreign aid,...

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Board gender diversity and debt utilization : evidence from the global microfinance industry

Sharma, Arpita; Chauhan, Swati; Md Aslam Mia; Sangwan, Sunil - 2024

To support the continued expansion of their operations, microfinance institutions (MFIs) worldwide rely heavily on debt, which exposes them to bankruptcy risk. This underscores the need for prudent selection of debt instruments by MFIs. Therefore, this study aims to investigate the possible...

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Gender budgeting : a contextual analysis of the higher-education sector in Albania

Llaftiu, Brunilda; Shuli, Ingrid - 2024

In this study, we chose to conduct a gender-based contextual analysis of research-performing organizations (RPOs) in the higher-education sector in Albania as a first step toward the implementation of gender budgeting (GB). Our rationale for conducting such a contextual analysis is the...

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Changing the board game : horizontal spillovers of gender quotas

Guiso, Luigi; Schivardi, Fabiano; Zaccaria, Luana - 2024

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The effects of board gender quotas : a meta-analysis

De Acutis, Costanza; Weber, Andrea; Wurm, Elisabeth - 2024

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The effects of board gender quotas : a meta-analysis

De Acutis, Costanza; Weber, Andrea; Wurm, Elisabeth - 2024

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Women in local politics and gender effects on entrepreneurship : evidence from Italian municipalities undergoing a gender quota reform

Falavigna, Greta; Grinza, Elena; Manello, Alessandro; … - 2024

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Understanding the organizational approaches of funders and project implementers to strengthen women's empowerment through agricultural collectives

Rubin, Deborah - 2024

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Gender quota, women in politics, and gender parity in education

Acheampong, Alex O.; Opoku, Eric Evans Osei; Rustagi, … - 2024

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Guidelines for mainstreaming the gender perspective in statistical production

2024

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Gender equality action plans

2024

Gender equality action plans are gender mainstreaming tools that outline the specific actions an institution will take to advance gender equality in their organisation. Institutions are not gender-neutral entities, as gender inequalities may be perpetuated through policies, activities and...

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Gender equality action plans

2024

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Contextualising gender policy in tech entrepreneurship : a cross national and multiple-level analysis

Callerstig, Anne-Charlott; Lindvert, Marta; Ljunggren, … - 2024

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Gender equality action plans for parliaments : step-by-step tool

2024

This tool provides practical step-by-step guidance to parliaments at the EU, national and regional levels to develop, implement, monitor and evaluate a gender equality action plan. The tool describes how to: plan the process of establishing a gender equality action plan from start to finish; set...

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Gender equality action plans for parliaments : step-by-step tool

2024

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Gender and recovery toolkit : advancing gender equality and women's empowerment in crisis and recovery settings

2024 - Updated 2024

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Climate change financing in the Caribbean : an analysis from a gender perspective

Williams, Mariama; Constable, Ayesha - 2024

Addressing gender inequality in climate finance is crucial for reducing women’s vulnerability to climate hazards, especially in the Caribbean where the impacts of climate change are threatening economies and livelihoods. Financial inclusion for women is necessary for sustainable development...

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Engaging gender equality in the economic-productive sphere

Muriel Hernández, Beatriz; Romero Romay, Daniela - 2024

This study reviews the conceptual framework of the economic-productive sphere and of gender equality, the aim of which is to establish theoretical-practical lines allowing progress in engaging these two spheres. In this context, equality in opportunities and in rights can be harmonized, though...

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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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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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Gleichstellungswirkungen von Budgetkonsolidierungen

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

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

Kneip, Veronika; Slavici, Melanie - 2026

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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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Sex, science, and society

Adams, Renée; Xu, Jing - 2026

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