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How Can the Bank Help Young Women Find Work? World Bank Staff meet for a technical meeting of the Adolescent Girls Initiative…Learn More

What the World Bank is Doing for Gender Equality

The World Bank is working to increase women's economic opportunity by investing in better access to jobs, land rights, financial services, agricultural inputs and to infrastructure. Read more here on the World Bank Group Gender Action Plan.


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The empowerment of women is smart economics. Studies show that investments in women yield large social and economic returns.

Investing in adolescent girls breaks intergenerational cycles of poverty with long term benefits for poverty reduction.

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May 31, 2010Results from the Ground: THE GENDER ACTION PLAN
Feb 18, 2010Integración de la igualdad de género en los proyectos de infraestructura:
Jun 04, 2009Gender in MENA Projects: Promoting Women’s Economic Empowerment
Mar 03, 2009CALL FOR PAPERS: Female Entrepreneurship - Constraints and Opportunities

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Jul 22, 2010Adolescent Girls Initiative Technical Meeting
Jun 16, 2010Tackling HIV related Stigma and Discrimination in South Asia:
   
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Aug 17, 2010Countries gather in New York to focus on gender equality and women’s empowerment
Aug 17, 2010UN establishes entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women
   
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