The purpose of this note is to synthesize key findings relating to women’s job opportunities in displacement settings, and outline ways to overcome constraints through policy reforms and program design...
The Global Compact on Refugeesand the High-Level Panel on Internally Displaced People are among recent major initiatives that have underscored the importance of data in contexts of forced displacement...
This paper investigates the extent to which gender analysis was undertaken on various fronts in the Building the Evidence on Forced Displacement research program. The program is a partnership between the...
The first Sustainable Development Goal to end poverty in all its forms by 2030 pledges to leave no one behind. This commitment includes the over 80 million people—one percent of the globe’s population—who...
While there have been welcome advances in global evidence on and understanding of forced displacement, research and analysis of the gendered dimensions of displacement have been limited. The Gender Dimensions...
Forced displacement has moved to the top of the global policy agenda. Refugees face a range of challenges including limited access to education, health services, legal status, and justice, some of which...
At the end of 2020, there were over 48 million internally displaced persons (IDPs) displaced by conflict and another seven million displaced by natural disasters, more than double the number of refugees...
Over 80 million people, one percent of the globe’s population, have been forcibly displaced, the highest level on record (UNHCR 2020a). Displaced women fare worse on multiple fronts, as shown by the Women...
Forced displacement – both within and across borders -- is frequently associated with several shifts that would be expected to affect multiple dimensions of poverty, access to services, child outcomes...
At the end of 2019, the number of forcibly displaced persons reached an unprecedented level as UNHCR reported 26.0 million refugees and 45.7 million IDPS. Forcibly Displaced Persons (FDPs) are "those who...
Around the world, women are being hit hard by the economic impacts of COVID-19 (coronavirus). As the fallout from the pandemic deepens, so do the short and longer term effects on women's empowerment. The...
The phenomenon of gender-based violence is pervasive around the world, experienced by some one in three women in their lifetimes. The elimination of such violence has been increasingly recognized as a...
This paper synthesizes the findings from a series of case studies on the interaction between the PRSP process and the budget. The five studies, Bolivia, Burkina Faso, Cambodia, Tanzania and Vietnam aim...
This report on voice and agency, which builds on the 2012 World Development Report, focuses on several areas key to women's empowerment: freedom from violence, control over sexual and reproductive health...
Gender inequality is a major part of the global jobs challenge. Appropriate responses require leveling the playing field and creating the types of jobs that can empower women. Gender inequality in the...
This report on voice and agency, which builds on the 2012 World Development Report, focuses on several areas key to women's empowerment: freedom from violence, control over sexual and reproductive health...
This report on voice and agency, which builds on the 2012 World Development Report, focuses on several areas key to women's empowerment: freedom from violence, control over sexual and reproductive health...
This is the fifth edition of The World Bank Legal Review, which highlights the breadth of reach of the rule of law and, most critically, its centrality to development. This volume is made up of 32 chapters...
Gender equality has moved to the forefront of development debates. A key message from the 2012 World Development Report (WDR2012) is that gender equality is a core development outcome in its own right:...
South Kordofan in located in the heart of the Sudan. During the long running civil conflict with the south, which ended with the Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA) which was signed in January 2005, the...