Addressing gender inequality in economic opportunities in developing countries has the potential to improve the household’s nutrition. This study by EfD researcher Nikita Sangwan and Shalander Kumar (ICRISAT) informs policies intended to improve food security and health outcomes of the need to enhance female labor force participation (FLFP).
Study in semi-arid areas shows improved nutritional intake in households with working women.
Resumen. Las brechas estructurales y los estereotipos de género muestran y acrecientan la vulnerabilidad de las mujeres en Colombia. Su situación, tras el choque por la pandemia de Covid-19, es hoy aún más apremiante. Más que símbolos necesitamos acciones decididas para promover la inserción laboral de las mujeres en empleos de calidad con condiciones que den cuenta de la carga desproporcionada que asumen por las labores de cuidado.
Over 20 researchers from all over the world presented findings about energy policies, infrastructure, energy use and distribution in countries of the Global South at the Sustainable Energy Transitions…
In developed countries, the gap between male and female pay has been reducing significantly due to legislation and regulation. However, globally, the gap is widening, and even where the gap is narrowing, it is unacceptably slow. Using the 2013 World Bank Skills Towards Employability and Productivity Survey (WBSTEPS), this study seeks to investigate inter-industry gender wage gaps in Kenya.
This paper examines if in-home access to toilets reduces the risk of violent crimes against women. We use the roll out of the Swachh Bharat Mission, a flagship toilet construction program in India, to ascertain if assaults and rapes of women reduce when access to in-home toilets increases.
The International Economic Association, the United Nations Development Programme, and the World Bank Group are co-organizing a conference on “Understanding the Gender and Climate Change Nexus” to be…
