Gender

The administration’s commendable efforts to increase women’s economic opportunities have repeatedly failed to recognize a critical—and fundamental—component of women’s economic empowerment

Girls’ success in school is critical to their personal futures and is an international development imperative. But what’s the best way to achieve that?

A world where risk-taking and competition weren’t considered quite so admirable or so male, and where more stereotypically “feminine” traits like cooperation were properly recognized and rewarded, would be better for both women and men.

There is no more urgent and fundamental problem in development than finding effective ways to help the ultra-poor improve their economic and social condition. But most interventions don’t reach the poorest of the poor. A stellar panel cohosted by CGD and Women for Women Internat...

What if the programs that help the girls the most are not the programs that target girls? Imagine two hypothetical programs. One is targeted towards girls, and it finds a big impact on girls’ learning. It even finds some impacts for boys, although those are much smaller. The other program is a...

Since last International Women’s Day, remarkable women, girls, and allies have created policy changes to improve gender equality globally.