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October 16, 2023
On October 11th, the US Department of State’s Secretary's Office of Global Women's Issues (S/GWI), in partnership with the Bureau of Global Health Security and Diplomacy and the Office of Global Youth Issues, hosted a series of events in celebration of the International Day of the Girl (IDG). The co...
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October 16, 2023
Today we have released an in-depth synopsis of the Pre-Conference to share the phenomenal breadth of knowledge, ideas, and actions that emerged across the spectrum of issues that fall under the care economy umbrella. The following summary condenses the main takeaways from that document and the rich ...
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August 25, 2023
On July 16, leading up to the Women Deliver 2023 Conference in Kigali, Rwanda, the Center for Global Development, Women Deliver, the Asia Foundation, WeProsper Coalition, and the International Labour Organization co-hosted a Pre-Conference on the Care Economy in collaboration with a consortium of pa...
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August 17, 2023
Women’s economic equality remains elusive in countries at every level of income. Women earn less than men. They participate in the labor force at lower rates—and when in the labor force, they have higher unemployment rates. They are overrepresented in low paying jobs and underrepresented in leadersh...
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November 21, 2022
In Brazil, the number of children in daycare programs is increasing rapidly. Studies show that publicly provided daycare can benefit children’s nutrition and yield short-term benefits to children’s cognitive development, without having adverse impacts on children’s behavioral development. It can als...
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March 15, 2019
What if the programs that help the girls the most are not the programs that target girls? Imagine two hypothetical programs. One is targeted towards girls, and it finds a big impact on girls’ learning. It even finds some impacts for boys, although those are much smaller. The other program is a...