Women
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Access to Capital & Women’s Entrepreneurship
World Bank. Access to Capital & Women’s Entrepreneurship: Insights from a Systematic Global Review The report Access to Capital & Women’s Entrepreneurship: Insights from a Systematic Global Review analyzes how…
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WOMEN, BUSINESS AND THE LAW 2026
World Bank. Benchmarking Laws for Jobs and Inclusive Growth The Women, Business and the Law 2026 report analyzes how laws and regulations affect women’s economic opportunities worldwide. Published by the…
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Women’s Power Index
Introduction Firstly, the Women’s Power Index evaluates global gender parity in political participation across 193 UN member states. Scope and Indicators Moreover, it measures women’s representation as heads of state,…
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Women’s Economic Power in East Asia and Pacific
In “Women’s Economic Power in Action: Creating Jobs and Expanding Opportunity for Women Across East Asia and Pacific,” the World Bank Group highlights how expanding women’s economic participation is essential…
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The Economic Magic of Equal Opportunities for Women
En: Think TanksGender Equality as an Economic Strategy In the article “The Economic Magic of Equal Opportunities for Women,” published by Project Syndicate, Indermit Gill and Tea Trumbic argue that expanding women’s…
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Helping low-income families access WIC and free early childhood education
En: Think TanksWhat the WIC Program Is WIC, the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children, provides nutritious food, nutrition education, and health referrals to low-income pregnant women, infants, and…
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Women’s Rights Are Democratic Rights
En: Think TanksThe Global Authoritarian Backlash to Gender Equality Hillary Rodham Clinton | Foreign Affairs, March/April 2026 The claim that women’s rights are democratic rights frames gender equality as central to democratic…
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Postcard from Dhaka: The women battling the scrap heap
En: Think TanksIn Dhaka, Bangladesh, thousands of women work in informal textile-waste sorting centers, known locally as jhut yards, where they sift through discarded cloth scraps brought from across the country. These…
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Applications Open for the 2026 APEC Healthy Women Research Prize
En: APEC/PECCPurpose of the Research Prize The HWHE Research Prize invites evidence-based projects that explain how women’s health supports economic participation across APEC economies. It promotes robust data and analysis to…