This thematic note emphasizes the role of laws and regulations in safeguarding women’s economic opportunities, for the purpose of informing the update of the World Bank Group’s Gender Strategy. The note...
This brief examines the introduction of landmark reforms in São Tomé and Príncipe to counter domestic and family violence and to protect women, both at home and at work. The enactment of laws on domestic...
This brief examines more than thirty years of legal reform aimed at removing husbands’ marital power at the expense of their wives from South African legislation. For decades, marital power relegated wives...
When Agnes Sithole’s marriage began to fall apart in 2019, she was scared. She had spent nearly 50 years raising her four children, supporting her husband’s business, and running her own. Now, her husband...
The training manual on gender-based violence (GBV) in Guinea-Bissau was developed within the framework of the World Bank’s advisory services and analytics (ASA) on creating awareness towards reducing GBV...
The training manual on gender-based violence (GBV) in Guinea-Bissau was developed within the framework of the World Bank’s advisory services and analytics (ASA) on creating awareness towards reducing GBV...
The training manual on gender-based violence (GBV) in Guinea-Bissau was developed within the framework of the World Bank’s advisory services and analytics (ASA) on creating awareness towards reducing GBV...
At 25 years old, many women are just starting their careers. The decisions they make affect their economic security, career growth and work-life balance. This challenging period is only made more difficult...
At 25 years old, many women are just starting their careers. The decisions they make affect their economic security, career growth and work-life balance. This challenging period is only made more difficult...
Bureaucratic complexity in citizen-government interactions can be an obstacle to accessing basic services and exercising civil rights. This paper presents a methodology to collect contributor-based data...