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The global advocate for women and girls shares the stories of some extraordinary women whose vision and ingenuity are creating new possibilities for their countries and industries.
The Global Findex 2021 report shows, surprisingly, that financial inclusion increased all over the world last year despite COVID-19. Bangladesh’s work to increase the use of digital wages during the…
World leaders must take decisive action to support informal women workers in low-income countries, who have been among the hardest hit by the pandemic—and are also the key to a…
In response to Kenya’s grassroots organizing, President Uhuru Kenyatta announced a dozen concrete, actionable steps to end all forms of gender-based violence by 2026. A roadmap is in place to…
We know how to make smart investments in equitable economic recovery. If the IMF and the international community fail to act now, decades of development progress will be lost.
Data collected during the pandemic show just how much worse women have fared economically than men. Without urgent action, they will only fall further behind during the recovery.
The COVID-19 pandemic has largely affected women more than men. To build a strong economic recovery, data shows we must advance progress toward gender equality.
