Gender Equality

How can we increase Pacific women’s participation in labor mobility?

Focusing on Kiribati, Tonga and Vanuatu, in late 2020 the World Bank conducted roughly 450 interviews with temporary migrant workers, their families and communities, and their employers. We…

Kirstie Petrou, Dung Doan|
Gender, Inequality and Shared Prosperity, Jobs & Development

Five trends in gender (in)equality in the Caribbean

The World Bank has partnered with Grenada, St. Lucia, Dominica, and Jamaica to tackle this issue. Here are five trends in gender equality in the Caribbean:

Lilia Burunciuc|
Gender

Accelerating Gender Equality: Let’s Make Digital Technology Work for All

In the early phase of the COVID-19 pandemic, when lockdowns shut markets and schools, digital technologies became vital for businesses to maintain their activities and for governments to provide…

Victoria Kwakwa|

Are women a minority if they count for at least half of your infrastructure PPP demand?

While infrastructure has been perceived as gender-neutral, it can be deeply exclusionary if masculine sensibilities solely determine the design. How can private investors incentivize gender…

Luciana Guimaraes Drummond e Silva|
Infrastructure & Public-Private Partnerships, Gender, Governance, Financial Inclusion

Sexual orientation and gender identity (SOGI) data for inclusive development

Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and intersex (LGBTI) people have made tremendous progress in establishing their rights and reducing discrimination across the globe. However, stigma and…

Hana Brixi, Louise Cord, Haishan Fu|
Gender