Turning Promises into Action: gender equality in the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development
Resources - Author: Asad Zaman, Ginette Azcona, Jessamyn Encarnacion, Juncal Plazaola Castaño, Norberto Rodrigues, Papa Seck, Sara Duerto Valero, Shahra Razavi, Silke Staab / Year: 2018
This report provides a comprehensive and authoritative assessment of progress, gaps and challenges in the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals from a gender perspective. It monitors global and regional trends in achieving the SDGs for women and girls based on available data, and provides practical guidance for the implementation of...
Read MoreProtecting Women’s Income Security in Old Age: Toward gender-responsive pension systems
Resources - Author: Silke Staab / Year: 2015
This brief synthesizes research findings, analysis and policy recommendations on transforming pension systems to reduce gender gaps and protect women’s income security in old age. Ageing has a female face. Women not only live longer than men but are also less likely to enjoy income security and economic independence...
Read MoreGender Equality, Child Development and Job Creation: How to reap the ‘triple dividend’ from early childhood education and care services
Resources - Author: Silke Staab / Year: 2015
This brief synthesizes research findings, analysis and policy recommendations for realizing the triple dividend from early childhood education and care (ECEC) services. ECEC services have come to occupy an important place on the global policy agenda. While some developed countries have long invested in this area, a growing number...
Read MoreMaking National Social Protection Floors Work for Women
Resources - Author: Silke Staab / Year: 2015
This brief synthesizes research findings, analysis and policy recommendations on making social protection floors work for women. The idea of a social protection floor (SPF) is now firmly established on the global development agenda. Defined as a set of minimum guarantees, including basic income security for children, working-age adults,...
Read MoreProgress of the World’s Women: Transforming Economies, Realizing Rights
Resources - Author: James Heintz, Laura Turquet, Papa Seck, Shahra Razavi, Silke Staab / Year: 2015
Twenty years after the landmark Fourth World Conference on Women in Beijing, and at a time when the global community is defining the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) for the post-2015 era, the international consensus on the need to achieve gender equality seems stronger than ever before. Empowering women and...
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