Women Around the World: This Week
Welcome to “Women Around the World: This Week,” a series that highlights noteworthy news related to women and U.S. foreign policy. This week’s post, covering from April 21 to April 28, was compiled...
View ArticleWomen’s Empowerment Starts at the Bank
In a meeting room in Delhi, India, with walls painted green and sun streaming in through beige curtains, more than 30 women sit on wooden benches to hear about the positive power of saving. “The...
View ArticleWomen Around the World: This Week
Welcome to “Women Around the World: This Week,” a series that highlights noteworthy news related to women and U.S. foreign policy. This week’s post, covering from April 8 to April 14, was compiled with...
View ArticleHow Liberia’s New Generation Of Female Entrepreneurs Is Revitalizing The Economy
As a child, Odelia Acolyte fled her home of Liberia to neighboring Nigeria to escape the bloodshed of civil war. But she returned home frequently to visit family and always felt that what would help...
View ArticleWomen Around the World: This Week
Welcome to “Women Around the World: This Week,” a series that highlights noteworthy news related to women and U.S. foreign policy. This week’s post, covering from March 18 to March 25, was compiled...
View ArticleWomen Around the World: This Week
Welcome to “Women Around the World: This Week,” a series that highlights noteworthy news related to women and U.S. foreign policy. This week’s post, covering from March 4 to March 10, was compiled with...
View ArticleFacebook Live on International Women’s Day
Yesterday, I sat down with my colleague Stewart Patrick, the James H. Binger Senior Fellow and Director of the International Institutions and Global Governance Program, to commemorate International...
View ArticleInternational Women’s Day
Wednesday, March 8 marks International Women’s Day, an internationally-celebrated day dedicated to recognizing the social, political, economic, and cultural contributions women around the world have...
View ArticleImproving Women’s Economic Participation in MENA Nations
The female labor force participation rate in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) is the lowest in the world and has seen little improvement in the past four decades, despite evidence that equal...
View ArticleWomen Around the World: This Week
Welcome to “Women Around the World: This Week,” a series that highlights noteworthy news related to women and U.S. foreign policy. This week’s post, covering from February 20 to February 27, was...
View ArticleWomen Around the World: This Week
Welcome to “Women Around the World: This Week,” a series that highlights noteworthy news related to women and U.S. foreign policy. This week’s post, covering from February 10 to February 20, was...
View ArticleJapanese Companies Step Up to Support Working Mothers
In a marked shift from Japan’s past, some companies are now supporting mothers by offering them increased responsibility and financial incentives to decrease maternity leave and return to work sooner....
View ArticleFrom Aspiration to Action: Achieving Gender Equality in the Economy
This week, world leaders are convening at the 2017 World Economic Forum (WEF) Annual Meeting in Davos to tackle today’s most pressing economic challenges. Driven by the theme, “responsive and...
View ArticleWhat Happens to a Feminist Dream Deferred?
The week after Hillary Clinton failed to shatter that “highest and hardest glass ceiling,” I attended a conference honoring feminist theorist Catharine MacKinnon, who pointedly noted that the American...
View ArticleThe Women Driving International Development
Voices from the Field features contributions from scholars and practitioners highlighting new research, thinking, and approaches to development challenges. This article is authored by Dana J. Hyde, CEO...
View ArticleWomen Around the World: This Week
Welcome to “Women Around the World: This Week,” a series that highlights noteworthy news related to women and U.S. foreign policy. This week’s post, covering from December 18 to December 24, was...
View ArticleNew Tools Increase Women’s Financial Inclusion in Nigeria
Nigeria has been identified as one of eleven emerging economies with high growth potential for the coming decades. And yet, Nigeria is far from achieving the World Bank’s goal of universal financial...
View ArticleInternational Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women
Today, November 25, is International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women, an internationally recognized day to elevate combating violence against women on the international development...
View ArticleUnpaid Care Work: The Overlooked Barrier to Female Labor Force Participation
First Deputy Managing Director of the IMF David Lipton set the tone for the Annual Meetings of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank this month when he made the economic case for...
View ArticleNew Initiative Targets Women in the Solomon Islands’ Informal Economy
Last month, the International Finance Corporation (IFC) and the Australian government launched a $2.3 million initiative to increase women’s economic participation in the Solomon Islands. The plan was...
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