Gender

A girl from an underprivileged background learns to use a computer at Mashal School on the outskirts of Islamabad January 24, 2013. Pakistani street children who once had to wash cars or scavenge now study at Mashal School, a non-profit organisation which helps over 400 children, according to the organisation. REUTERS/Zohra Bensemra (PAKISTAN - Tags: SOCIETY EDUCATION POVERTY SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY)

Education Plus Development

Resolving gender gaps in ICT is critical for a more sustainable future

Khadim Hussain and Nasrin Siddiqa

Wednesday, April 27, 2022

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Up Front

Class Notes: Unconditional free college tuition, productivity of maternal childcare, and more

Beyond Deng and Richard V. Reeves

Tuesday, April 19, 2022

Colorful silhouettes of diverse men and women.

Future Development

The global challenge of gender equality: Welcoming Caren Grown to Brookings

John W. McArthur

Monday, April 11, 2022

STATE OF MEXICO, MEXICO - MARCH 8: A woman who works in a restaurant in the town of Nopaltepec, State of Mexico, wears a face mask to prevent covid spread, while preparing food for tourists who visit the place on March 8, 2021 in State of Mexico, Mexico (Photo by Eyepix/Sipa USA)No Use Germany.

Future Development

How public health policies protected women-owned businesses during the pandemic

Addisu Lashitew, Addis Birhanu, and Yamlaksira Getachew

Wednesday, April 6, 2022

Reports

Report

Foresight Africa 2022

Thursday, January 20, 2022

Essay

African women and girls: Leading a continent

H.E. Ellen Johnson Sirleaf

Thursday, January 20, 2022

Report

Increasing girls’ access to formal agricultural education in Afghanistan

Nangyalai Attal

Wednesday, December 22, 2021

Demographics & Population

Gender and racial diversity of federal government economists: 2020 data

David Wessel, Lorena Hernandez Barcena, and Nasiha Salwati

Thursday, December 9, 2021

U.S. Politics & Government

What can economic research tell us about the effect of abortion access on women’s lives?

Caitlin Knowles Myers and Morgan Welch

Tuesday, November 30, 2021

Blog Posts

A woman cooks food in a pot on an improvised firewood cook stove at Computer Village neighborhood in Ikeja, Lagos, Nigeria November 3, 2021. Picture taken November 3, 2021. REUTERS/Temilade Adelaja

Africa in Focus

Africa’s just energy transition could boost health outcomes

Raymond Gilpin

Friday, March 18, 2022

Graduating students attend their graduation ceremony at Kaduna State University in Kaduna, Nigeria December 12, 2015. REUTERS/Stringer

Africa in Focus

Strategies for advancing African women in academia

Rebecca Afua Klege

Tuesday, March 15, 2022

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Africa in Focus

Women and e-commerce in Africa: The $15 billion opportunity

Alexa Roscoe and Anne Njambi Kabugi

Monday, March 7, 2022

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Ensuring young mothers return, remain, and learn in school

8:30 AM - 10:00 AM EDT

African women and girls: Leading a continent

10:00 AM - 11:30 AM EST

Girls’ education research and policy symposium: Protecting rights and futures in times of crisis

9:00 AM - 10:00 AM EST

Washington

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Women in Business and Management

By International Labor Office

2015

Closing the Gender Gap

By Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development OECD

2013

Jacketed Women

Edited by Jane Bennett and Charmaine Pereira

2013

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Experts

Jeni Klugman

Nonresident Senior Fellow - Global Economy and Development, Africa Growth Initiative

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Multimedia

Podcast Episode

Sustainable Development Spotlight: Make progress on gender equality with more data transparency

George Ingram

Wednesday, August 11, 2021

Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) students Keiley Flores, 13, Andrea Ramos, 10, and Alexander Ramos, 8, work on school-issued computers with unreliable internet connectivity, as their mother Anely Solis, 32, tries to connect them to her mobile hotspot, during the global outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), at their home in Los Angeles, California, U.S., August 18, 2020. REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson

Podcast Episode

How mothers spend their time

Lauren Bauer and Fred Dews

Friday, May 7, 2021

Port-au-Prince, Haiti.- In the April 24, 2020 file photo, children in Haiti try to educate themselves amid the coronavirus pandemic (COVID-19). The socioeconomic effects of the coronavirus pandemic could set back "decades" the progress made in the education of girls and adolescents in Latin America and the Caribbean, many of which may "never return to the classroom", as it has warned this Tuesday, International Plan. The NGO estimates that currently some 500 million children and young people around the world are not receiving distance education, "something that is having devastating consequences in Latin America and the Caribbean", where more than 95 percent of minors have remained outside of classrooms without many of them being able to follow classes online.

Podcast Episode

What’s the state of global girls’ education during COVID?

Christina Kwauk and Adrianna Pita

Friday, October 9, 2020

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Gender

Resolving gender gaps in ICT is critical for a more sustainable future

Class Notes: Unconditional free college tuition, productivity of maternal childcare, and more

The global challenge of gender equality: Welcoming Caren Grown to Brookings

How public health policies protected women-owned businesses during the pandemic

Reports

Foresight Africa 2022

African women and girls: Leading a continent

Increasing girls’ access to formal agricultural education in Afghanistan

Gender and racial diversity of federal government economists: 2020 data

What can economic research tell us about the effect of abortion access on women’s lives?

Blog Posts

Africa’s just energy transition could boost health outcomes

Strategies for advancing African women in academia

Women and e-commerce in Africa: The $15 billion opportunity

Events

Ensuring young mothers return, remain, and learn in school

African women and girls: Leading a continent

Girls’ education research and policy symposium: Protecting rights and futures in times of crisis

Related Books

Women in Business and Management

Closing the Gender Gap

Jacketed Women

Experts

Jeni Klugman

Nonresident Senior Fellow - Global Economy and Development, Africa Growth Initiative

Multimedia

Sustainable Development Spotlight: Make progress on gender equality with more data transparency

How mothers spend their time

What’s the state of global girls’ education during COVID?

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