Gender Action Plan Newsletter, Fall 2010

Inside the Fall 2010 edition:
Child-Soldier-Turned-Rapper Emmanuel Jal

• Educate A Woman, Build A Nation (PDF 470KB)
• A Small But Bright Light in a Terrible Year for Haiti (PDF 540KB)
• Gender and Biofuels in Mozambique--Good or Bad News for Women? (PDF 130KB)
• Ethiopian Women Gain Status Through Landholding (PDF 600KB) 
• Tajik Women Migrate in Response to the Financial Crisis (PDF 230KB) 
• Women Entrepreneurs in Southern Sudan (PDF 200KB) 
• Gender--A Special Theme for IDA16 (PDF 70KB
• When the GAP Ends...WHAT NEXT? (PDF 80KB)

Inside the Spring 2010 edition:
Guest Editorial by US Senator John Kerry

• Women's Empowerment: A World Bank Priority for the 21st Century 
• Left Behind to Farm 
• Lessons Learned from Latin America
• Liberian Oak...Young Women Plant the Seeds of Their Future 
• Gender - Water and Women in Kenya 
• Mining for Equity 
• Integrating Gender in Infrastructure Projects
• Tech Savvy: Linking Business Women in East Africa
• Turkey's Greatest Untapped Potential: Women
• Latin America: Gender Equality for the Next Generation

Inside the Fall 2009 edition:

• IDA16 and Gender Equality 
• Choosing Informality 
• Making Training Relevant for Operations
• Kenyan Women Lack Access to Land 
• A Chance for Women Entrepreneurs in South Sudan 
• In Brief 
• Women and the Crisis: Interview with PREM VP Otaviano Canuto

Inside Spring 2009 edition:

• Editorial by Ulla Tørnæs, Minister for Development Cooperation of Denmark
• Private Sector Leaders Forum at Davos 
• GAP Funding At A Glance 
• Walking the Talk: Leipziger on GAP
• Statistics for Effective Gender Programs 
• Gender Sensitization Training 
• Connecting to the Grid: Lao PDR  
• A Mine of Their Own  
• In Brief  
• Opening Doors for Papuan Women

Inside Fall 2008 edition:

• Editorial by Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, World Bank Managing Director
• Women's Productivity in Lao PDR
• Zoellick Makes MDG3 Commitments 
• Tracking Gender Impact at IFC 
• In Brief 
• Women in Agriculture 
• Innovative Approaches in LAC 
• Low-Skilled Macedonian Women 
• Retirement Gap in Vietnam 

Inside Spring 2008 edition:

• Rural Land Certification in Ethiopia Empowers Women  
• Advisory Council  
• GAP - Response to a Challenge 
• IFC Backs Businesswoman 
• Doing Business Project 
• Did You Know? 
• G8 Endorses GAP 
• Cash Transfers 
• In Brief

Download Fall 2010 Edition (PDF 1700 KB)   

Download the Past Editions 

• GAP Newsletter, Spring 2010 (PDF 1879 KB)
• GAP Newsletter, Fall 2009 (PDF 450 KB)
• GAP Newsletter, Spring 2009 (PDF 547 KB)
• GAP Newsletter, Fall 2008 (PDF 620 KB)  
• GAP Newsletter, Spring 2008 (PDF 640KB)

For more information or to request for materials about Gender Equality as Smart Economics, contact:

Emily Brearley
Tel: (202) 458-5346
ebrearley@worldbank.org 

Malcolm Ehrenpreis
Tel: (202) 458-5219
mehrenpreis@worldbank.org

Gender Equality as Smart Economics
Poverty Reduction and Economic Management Network

The World Bank
1818 H Street, NW, Washington, DC 20433 USA
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