Documentos e Relatórios
-
Land tenure and gender : approaches and challenges for strengthening rural women's land rights (Inglês)
Land tenure security is crucial for women's empowerment and a prerequisite for building secure and resilient communities. Tenure is affected by many and often contradictory sets of rules, laws, customs...
Qualquer tipo de documento: Documento de Trabalho (Série Numerada) No. do relatório: 92760 Data do documento: 1 de janeiro de 2014 Tipo de divulgação: Disclosed Autor: Namubiru-Mwaura,Evelyn
-
Women’s voice and agency : the role of legal institutions and women's movements (Inglês)
Global events like the Beijing Women’s Conference of 1995 have resulted in the creation of strong international frameworks that set standards for women’s rights around the world. Convention on the Elimination...
Qualquer tipo de documento: Documento de Trabalho (Série Numerada) No. do relatório: 92761 Data do documento: 1 de janeiro de 2014 Tipo de divulgação: Disclosed Autor: De Silva-De Alwis,Rangita
-
Expanding women's access to land and housing in urban areas (Inglês)
Evidence is mounting that secure property rights have positive effects for poor people in general and women in particular. The aim of this report is to review what is known about women’s access to and...
Qualquer tipo de documento: Documento de Trabalho (Série Numerada) No. do relatório: 92762 Data do documento: 1 de janeiro de 2014 Tipo de divulgação: Disclosed Autor: Rakodi,Carole Isobel.
-
Interventions to prevent or reduce violence against women and girls : a systematic review of reviews (Inglês)
Violence against Women and Girls (VAWG) is a pervasive global problem. It is a violation of basic human rights and a drag on development. Much of the research to-date on the topic-including a major recent...
Qualquer tipo de documento: Documento de Trabalho (Série Numerada) No. do relatório: 92713 Data do documento: 1 de janeiro de 2014 Tipo de divulgação: Disclosed Autor: Arango,Diana Jimena,Ellsberg,Mary Carroll,Gennari,Floriza Freire,Kiplesund,Sveinung,Morton,Matthew H.
-
Addressing gender inequalities in curriculum and education : review of literature and promising practices to inform education reform initiatives in Thailand (Inglês)
In Thailand and worldwide, despite increases in educational enrollment, rigid gender norms dictating appropriate roles and behaviors contribute to the persistence of the gender inequalities. Since education...
Qualquer tipo de documento: Documento de Trabalho (Série Numerada) No. do relatório: 92763 Data do documento: 1 de janeiro de 2014 Tipo de divulgação: Disclosed Autor: Levtov, Ruti
-
Estimating the association between women’s earning’s and partner violence : evidence from the 2008-2009 Tanzania national panel survey (Inglês)
The aim of this study is to explore the relationship between women's labor market outcomes and partner violence among Tanzanian women, and to estimate the difference in women's weekly earnings between...
Qualquer tipo de documento: Documento de Trabalho (Série Numerada) No. do relatório: 82535 Data do documento: 1 de novembro de 2013 Tipo de divulgação: Disclosed Autor: Seema Vyas
-
Intimate partner violence : economic costs and implications for growth and development (Inglês)
Violence against women, recognized globally as a fundamental human rights violation, is widely prevalent across high-, middle-, and low-income countries. Violence against women has significant economic...
Qualquer tipo de documento: Documento de Trabalho (Série Numerada) No. do relatório: 82532 Data do documento: 1 de novembro de 2013 Tipo de divulgação: Disclosed Autor: Callan, Aoife,Carney, Patrick,Duvvury, Nata,Lnu,Raghavendra Srinivas
-
Engaging men and boys in advancing women's agency : where we stand and new directions (Inglês)
Despite advances in gender equality, women and girls still face disadvantages and limits on their agency. Men and boys can be key stakeholders and allies to increase women's agency. This paper focuses...
Qualquer tipo de documento: Documento de Trabalho (Série Numerada) No. do relatório: 82534 Data do documento: 1 de novembro de 2013 Tipo de divulgação: Disclosed Autor: Fleming,Paul Joseph,Barker,Gary,Mccleary-Sills,Jennifer Diane,Morton,Matthew H.
-
Women as agents of change : having voice in society and influencing policy (Inglês)
The World Bank's World Development Report (WDR) on gender equality and development identified women's voice, agency, and participation as a key dimension of gender equality and as a major policy priority...
Qualquer tipo de documento: Documento de Trabalho (Série Numerada) No. do relatório: 92759 Data do documento: 1 de janeiro de 2013 Tipo de divulgação: Disclosed Autor: Markham,Susan Ann
-
Collective action and women's agency : a background paper (Inglês)
Following the findings and policy messages of the World Development Report (WDR) on gender equality and development 2012, the World Bank's gender and development group are seeking to deepen the evidence...
Qualquer tipo de documento: Documento de Trabalho (Série Numerada) No. do relatório: 92758 Data do documento: 1 de janeiro de 2013 Tipo de divulgação: Disclosed Autor: Evans,Alison Margaret,Nambiar,Divya