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Living in a Changing World

Living in a Changing World

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World Bank Managing Director Caroline Anstey's Speech at the Intel Trendspotting Summit 2013 The speech focused on four key changes at a global scale: A Rising Middle ClassGalloping UrbanizationThe Mobile RevolutionWomen, the Next Emerging Market.

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John Daly on May 25, 2013

high growth women's entrepreneurship conference

Thanks to the generous sponsorship of the Kauffman Foundation, we are pleased to host an intimate academic conference aimed at bringing together experts and scholars from across disciplines such as law, finance, economics, management, marketing and entrepreneurship to discuss current work on high-growth women's entrepreneurship. This one day conference, immediately following the We Own It Summit, will provide a forum for discussion of current and emerging work. We invite more...

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alicia robb on May 15, 2013

Global Report on the Status of Women in the News Media

Global Report on the Status of Women in the News Media

In a groundbreaking effort to promote the voice of women in the news-gathering and news dissemination process, UNESCO and the International Women's Media Foundation (IWMF) collaborated in a global research partnership that has culminated in the publishing of a report on women in the news media. The study represents a set of reliable and comprehensive data on which to make a clear determination about where women currently fit into the news-making operation, decision-making hierarchy and more...

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John Daly on March 7, 2013

Making Care Visible

Making Care Visible

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Care is around us everywhere – from the mother who takes care of her children, to the wife who cooks her family’s meals, the eldest daughter who helps with the housework, and the widow who works in the community kitchen. While all women regardless of class, race, caste and ethnicity are expected to provide care as part of their roles as mothers, wives, and daughters, women living in poverty are disproportionately affected by this responsibility. Unpaid care is more difficult to do in the more...

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D C on March 6, 2013

Gender Equality and Development in the Middle East and North Africa

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Since the early 1990s, countries in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) Region have made admirable progress in reducing the gap between girls and boys in areas such as access to education and health care. Indeed, almost all young girls in the Region attend school, and more women than men are enrolled in university. Over the past two decades, maternal mortality declined 60 percent, the largest decrease in the world. Women in MENA are more educated than ever before. It is not only in the more...

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D C on March 5, 2013

Women and the City 2

Women and the City 2

actionaid.org –

It is now well recognized that women and girls around the world face violence, sexual harassment and abuse in many of the spaces that they inhabit – their homes, workplaces, educational institutes, on streets and on public transport. Women’s fear of violence restricts their movement, limiting their use of public spaces, their movement from their homes and as a result, their full enjoyment of a range of human rights. Conducted in Brazil, Cambodia, Ethiopia, Kenya, Liberia and Nepal, this study more...

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D C on March 5, 2013

GSDRC Helpdesk Research Report: Women’s economic role in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA)

Recent data illustrates that the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region continues to rank lowest overall in the world on measures of women’s economic participation and opportunity (Global Gender Gap Index, 2012). However, MENA economies are not homogenous and variation does exist among countries, with fragile and conflict-affected states recording lower rates of female (and male) economic activity. However, overall progress has been slow. Investments in human capital, increased levels of more...

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GSDRC Applied K... on March 4, 2013

What stops women reporting corruption?

What stops women reporting corruption?

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The impact of corruption on women is under-researched and hard to document because it is not easy for women to come forward and report it. A closer analysis of the type of corruption cases women reported sheds light on why they had found it difficult to report initially. Women made complaints mostly about sexual extortion. The shame and stigma associated with women reporting sexual offences like rape is the same stigma associated with reporting incidents of sexual extortion. It became more...

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D C on January 8, 2013

video: What I Learned in 1,298 Days Working Under Hillary Clinton

video: What I Learned in 1,298 Days Working Under Hillary Clinton

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Alec Ross at TEDxMidAtlantic 2012 Alec Ross is Senior Advisor for Innovation to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, a role created for him that blends technology with diplomacy. As Secretary Clinton's "tech guru," Ross is leading the State Department's efforts to find practical technology solutions for some of the globe's most vexing problems on health care, poverty, human rights and ethnic conflicts. In 2010 Ross was named one of 40 leaders under 40 years old in International Development, and more...

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John Daly on December 14, 2012

Determinants of educational participation and gender differences in education in six Arab countries

Determinants of educational participation and gender differences in education in six Arab countries

The authors study determinants of educational participation and gender differences in education for young children in six Arab countries: Algeria, Egypt, Morocco, Syria, Tunisia and Yemen. In the cities of most countries (except Yemen) gender differences have largely disappeared. Multivariate analyses show that similar household-level factors (e.g. wealth, education, number of siblings) are important as in the West, but that the importance of household-level factors compared to context factors more...

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Sonia Hossain on December 10, 2012

The labor market integration of immigrants and their children in Switzerland

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Switzerland is among the OECD countries with the largest immigrant populations – 27% of the working-age population are foreign-born – and the issue of immigration is high on both the policy agenda and in the public debate. The review shows that overall, integration works well in Switzerland. The labor market outcomes for the immigrant population as a whole are highly favorable in international comparison. Both immigrant men and immigrant women have higher employment rates than in other OECD more...

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Sonia Hossain on May 28, 2012

Girls' Education, Empowerment and Transitions to Adulthood: The Case for a Shared Agenda

Girls' Education, Empowerment and Transitions to Adulthood: The Case for a Shared Agenda

Decades of empirical evidence and practical experience support the robust associations between women’s educational attainment and positive development outcomes. It is now conventional wisdom in development discourse that where education levels are higher among women, fertility rates are lower, family size is smaller, and women’s health and economic status are stronger. There is even evidence to suggest that in settings where education is more gender equitable, economic growth is more robust. more...

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D C on May 10, 2012

Canadian School of Peacebuilding 2012

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The Canadian School of Peacebuilding is an institute of Canadian Mennonite University. It will be running from June 18-29, 2012. Come this summer to learn with other peacebuilders – local and international, young and old, students, practitioners, and those new to peacebuilding – at the fourth annual Canadian School of Peacebuilding. We invite you to participate in your choice of five- day courses for personal inspiration, professional development, or academic credit. Classes are starting to more...

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Valerie Smith on May 7, 2012

Accountability for Maternal, Newborn & Child Survival

Accountability for Maternal, Newborn & Child Survival

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In this publication, Countdown to 2015 provides profiles for the countries where more than 95% of all maternal and child deaths occur. The profiles highlight how well each country is doing in increasing coverage of high-impact interventions that can save the lives of millions of women and children.

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Sonia Hossain on May 7, 2012

A gender reversal on career aspirations

A gender reversal on career aspirations

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In a reversal of traditional gender roles, young women now surpass young men in the importance they place on having a high-paying career or profession, according to survey findings from the Pew Research Center. Two-thirds (66%) of young women ages 18 to 34 rate career high on their list of life priorities, compared with 59% of young men. In 1997, 56% of young women and 58% of young men felt the same way. The past 15 years have also seen an increase in the share of middle-aged and older women more...

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D C on April 26, 2012

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