Supporting the municipalities in Gaza continues to be a critical task given the overall security and socio-economic situation in the Strip.
Leading global development actors, philanthropists, and companies call for increased action and investment to ensure that women and girls are no longer limited because of their periods.
This week, we are releasing the Little Data Book on Gender, to provide an easily accessible entry point to statistics that track gender equality. It illustrates progress towards gender equality…
Blog by World Bank Group Infrastructure Finance, PPPs and Guarantees director Jordan Schwartz and World Bank Group Senior Director, Gender, Caren Grown on a new primer, the first to address gender…
Contrary to common belief, evidence suggests that women’s empowerment may increase the risks of gender-based violence, at least in the short term.
Women at a reconstruction site in Nepal. © Keiko Sakoda/World Bank The World Bank has been steadily increasing its disaster risk management support over the past decade, growing its annual…
Student at Hunerkada College of Visual and Performing Arts. Photo: World Bank This blog is part of a series that discusses findings from the Pakistan@100: Shaping the Future report, which…
Mahmuda Siddika, a tech entrepreneur, from Rajshahi district in Bangladesh. Photo: World Bank We are now experiencing the Fourth Industrial Revolution. Our days are characterized by an explosion…