Gender

A girl holds a sign that reads: "Let's stop climate change", during a protest against climate change in Bogota, Colombia May 24, 2019. REUTERS/Luisa Gonzalez - RC1BF6638B60

Education Plus Development

National climate strategies are forgetting about girls, children, and youth

Christina Kwauk, Jessica Cooke, Elisa Hara, and Joni Pegram

Tuesday, December 10, 2019

A girl looks on as people take part in a "youth strike for climate change" demonstration in London, Britain February 15, 2019. REUTERS/Simon Dawson - RC1F44A5E6F0

Report

Girls’ education in climate strategies

Christina Kwauk, Jessica Cooke, Elisa Hara, and Joni Pegram

Tuesday, December 10, 2019

Women apply salt to dried fish at an artisanal fish processing facility in the Senegalese coastal town of Joal-Fadiouth, April 10, 2018. Picture taken April 10, 2018. To match Special Report OCEANS-TIDE/SARDINELLA REUTERS/Sylvain Cherkaoui - RC1E49820D10

Africa in focus

Figure of the week: Gender equality in employment in Africa

Dhruv Gandhi

Thursday, December 5, 2019

A crash test model is displayed inside a 2018 Toyota Camry on the floor of the New York Auto Show in the Manhattan borough of New York City, New York, U.S., March 29, 2018. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY - RC1C93154D10

TechTank

Bridging the gender data gap

Jeanette Gaudry Haynie

Wednesday, November 20, 2019

Reports

A line worker installs the back seats on the flex line at Nissan Motor Co's automobile manufacturing plant in Smyrna, Tennessee, U.S., August 23, 2018. Picture taken August 23, 2018. REUTERS/William DeShazer - RC1B6E2ACF40

Technology & Innovation

Gender, occupational segregation, and automation

Patricia Cortes and Jessica Pan

Thursday, November 7, 2019

Report

Girls’ transitions to work through higher-quality TVET programs in Nepal

Anil Paudel

Tuesday, October 15, 2019

Janet Yellen speaking at Hutchins Center diversity event

Report

Former Fed chair Janet Yellen on gender and racial diversity of the federal government’s economists

Janet L. Yellen

Tuesday, September 24, 2019

Report

Gender and racial diversity of federal government economists

David Wessel, Louise Sheiner, and Michael Ng

Friday, September 20, 2019

A girl displaced as a result of Boko Haram attacks in the northeast region of Nigeria, uses a mortar and pestle at a camp for internally displaced people in Yola, Adamawa State January 14, 2015. Boko Haram says it is building an Islamic state that will revive the glory days of northern Nigeria's medieval Muslim empires, but for those in its territory life is a litany of killings, kidnappings, hunger and economic collapse. Picture taken January 14. To match Insight NIGERIA-BOKOHARAM/ REUTERS/Afolabi Sotunde (NIGERIA - Tags: CIVIL UNREST SOCIETY EDUCATION) - GM1EB1K12UW01

Report

Building resilience and resistance to child, early, and forced marriage through acquiring skills

Judith-Ann Walker

Tuesday, August 6, 2019

Blog Posts

A man walks past a poster simulating facial recognition software at the Security China 2018 exhibition on public safety and security in Beijing, China October 24, 2018. REUTERS/Thomas Peter - RC195B4D37A0

TechTank

Highlights: Addressing fairness in the context of artificial intelligence

Caitlin Chin and Bhaargavi Ashok

Monday, November 18, 2019

Iranian women fans arrive to attend Irans FIFA World Cup Asian qualifier match against Cambodia, as for the first time women are allowed to watch the national soccer team play in over 40 years, at the Azadi stadium in Tehran, Iran October 10, 2019. Nazanin Tabatabaee/WANA (West Asia News Agency) via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY - RC115E470720

Future Development

Promoting women’s economic empowerment: Mission impossible?

Talajeh Livani

Monday, October 28, 2019

Up Front

Women’s Reservation Bill: What can India learn from other countries?

Geetika Dang

Friday, October 18, 2019

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Experts

Shamika Ravi

Director of Research - Brookings India

Senior Fellow - Governance Studies

Senior Fellow - Brookings India

@ShamikaRavi

Judith-Ann Walker

Nonresident Fellow - Global Economy and Development, Center for Universal Education

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Multimedia

Up Front

Assessing gender in the North East

Geetika Dang

Monday, September 2, 2019

Names of missing Chibok school girls kidnapped by Boko Haram insurgency five years ago are displayed during the 5th year anniversary of their abduction, in Abuja, Nigeria April 14, 2019. REUTERS/Afolabi Sotunde - RC19E45DE390

Africa in focus

Beneath the Tamarind Tree: Nigeria and the resilience of the Chibok Girls

Christina Golubski

Tuesday, August 6, 2019

Podcast Episode

Advancing women’s leadership around the world

Julia Gillard, Christina Kwauk, and Adrianna Pita

Wednesday, December 26, 2018

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Reports

The gender and racial diversity of the federal government’s economists

Waiting for an equal world: Gender in the Northeast

Panel Discussion | Teenage girls in India: Aspirations and reality

Director of Research - Brookings India

Senior Fellow - Governance Studies

Senior Fellow - Brookings India

Nonresident Fellow - Global Economy and Development, Center for Universal Education