Women's Economic Empowerment

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WORKING PAPER

Promoting Women’s Economic Empowerment in the COVID-19 Context
Megan O'Donnell et al.
April 07, 2021
When health crises like COVID-19 emerge, the shocks to economic, social, and health systems can have different implications for women and girls, with gendered impacts across various dimensions of wellbeing. This paper, part of a series documenting the gendered impacts of the pandemic, focuses on wom...
BRIEF

Brief: Promoting Women’s Economic Empowerment in the COVID-19 Context
Megan O'Donnell et al.
April 07, 2021
In this policy brief, we summarize the findings of a CGD working paper, Promoting Women’s Economic Empowerment in the COVID-19 Context. We explore the impacts of the crisis on women’s economic opportunities and outcomes, document the extent to which governments and donors are taking action to respon...
Blog Post

It's Time to Invest in Global Childcare
Megan O'Donnell
and
Joan Lombardi
March 16, 2021
"Through increased policy attention and financial investment, childcare can move from a problem to an opportunity. It is an opportunity to promote gender equality and education, support families, & build communities and new economies. The time for bold action is now."
REPORT

Measuring Women’s Economic Empowerment: A Compendium of Selected Tools
Mayra Buvinic et al.
December 02, 2020
A main objective of the compendium is practical: helping readers locate and choose different tools (and indicators) for different purposes. This includes providing a better understanding of the factors that affect country rankings produced by different tools and selecting among tools and indicators ...