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The OECD Development Centre initiated Wikigender to facilitate the exchange on gender related issues around the world. We are convinced that by openly sharing information and engaging in a bottom-up dialogue we can greatly enhance the knowledge and understanding on gender equality and women's empowerment.

While Wikigender lives from the contributions that are posted by the community, some of the content on these pages has been peer-reviewed and validated by the OECD Development Centre. In these cases, the specific article is highlighted as an "Official OECD Page" which cannot be modified by unauthorised users. Whenever you see this logo on top of a page, you can be sure that the content is of high quality. Should you nevertheless want to make comments, you are of course welcome to voice your concerns in the "discussion" section of the specific article or to contact us at DEV.contact@oecd.org..

Highlights of OECD Work on Wikigender

	The OECD Gender, Institutions and Development Data Base is a tool to determine and analyse obstacles to women’s social and economic development. The data base, which was introduced by the OECD Development Centre on International Women's Day 2006, covers a total of 160 countries and comprises an array of 60 indicators on gender discrimination.
	Babies and Bosses: Reconciling Work and Family Life is a publication of the OECD Directorate for Employment, Labour and Social Affairs (ELS). It takes into consideration that gender roles are no longer as clear-cut than they used to be. Specifically, the publication offers alternatives to the traditional male-breadwinner model, which involved a clear allocation of responsibilities and time within households: men spent their time at work earning family income, while women spent their time at home caring for the children.
	"Gender, Institutions and Development" is an article that appeared in the Poverty in Focus magazine of the International Poverty Centre (Poverty in Focus: Gender Equality, January 2008, pp. 10-11). The article is authored by Denis Drechsler, Johannes Jütting and Carina Lindberg of the OECD Development Centre.
	Motion Charts (also known as "Gapminder" or "Trendalyzer") provide moving graphics of statistics, a very useful tool for analyzing data trends over time and gaining insights into relationships between variables. Wikigender will use motion charts to tell stories about gender equality and human and economic development, with data form the Gender, Institutions and Development Data Base and other sources.