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Launch of SIGI 2021 Regional Report for Southeast Asia

The OECD Development Centre is co-organising, with Korea, the launch of the Social Institutions and Gender Index (SIGI) 2021 Regional Report for Southeast Asia on 30 March 2021. The virtual launch aims to: Monitor and identify remaining challenges in addressing discriminatory social institutions – formal and informal laws, norms and practices—which continue to hinder women’s empowerment […]

UN CSW65 Side event “Shifting Masculine Norms to Promote Women’s Economic Empowerment”

The OECD Development Centre is co-organising, with Austria, a Side-event on 22 March 2021 as part of the upcoming Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) on Shifting Masculine Norms to Promote Women’s Economic Empowerment to: Make the case that restrictive masculinities hinder women’s economic empowerment while also harming the well-being of men and boys Underscore […]

Launch of Masculinities Report, Man Enough? Measuring Masculine Norms to Promote Women’s Empowerment

The OECD Development Centre is organising a virtual launch event on 12 March 2021 for the Masculinities Report, Man Enough? Measuring Masculine Norms to Promote Women’s Empowerment to: Present the findings of the report Shed light on the ways masculine norms can either hinder or promote women’s empowerment and gender equality Present the indicators that […]

Discussion Recap: Towards a Gender Responsive Approach to Food &Nutrition Security in the Sahel and West Africa

CONTEXT Women play a pivotal role in a wide range of activities supporting food and nutrition security. They are the powerhouses of the Sahel and West African food economy. Two-thirds of all employed women work across the food system, accounting for half of the labour force. They dominate off-farm segments of food value chains including […]

COVID-19’s Impact on Gender Equality & the SDGs

Table of Contents: Introduction Implications for the SDGs with a focus on women and girls Implications for SDG 5 specifically Additional Resources from OECD on COVID-19 References Introduction The COVID-19 pandemic poses a severe threat to the achievement of gender-related SDGs and jeopardises some of the improvements observed since 2015 related to gender equality and […]

Can political gender equality produce educational gender equality? Evidence from developing regions.

By Maike Kusserow Contents: Introduction: educational and political gender inequalities in Sub-Saharan Africa Evidence of the effects of female representation on women’s education Studies of political gender quotas in India and Africa Tentative evidence from Uganda Pitfalls of political gender quotas Conclusion References Introduction: educational and political gender inequalities in sub-Saharan Africa On average, women […]

#HowICare Campaign June 18-24 2020

The SIGI shows that women undertake 75% of the unpaid care and domestic work worldwide, and more must be done to recognise, redistribute and reduce this time burden on women. The #HowICare Campaign Promundo and Oxfam’s #HowICare Campaign is an opportunity for a wide variety of voices to demand, together, a transformation of the gendered dynamics […]

Speech: The economic cost of violence against women

Council of Women World Leaders high-level discussion at UN General Assembly Remarks by Angel Gurría, Secretary-General, OECD New York, 21 September 2016 (As prepared for delivery)     Your Excellency Dalia Grybauskaite, Excellencies, Ministers, dear colleagues,   It is a great privilege to be here alongside world leaders who are working to end violence against […]

Human Development Index

About The Human Development Index (HDI) is the normalized measure of Life expectancy, Literacy, Education, standard of living, and GDP per capita. It is a commonly used to measure well-being within a country, especially child welfare. It is furthermore used to classify a country as developed, developing, or underdeveloped. The index was developed in 1990 […]

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