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Tackling discriminatory social norms to empower girls and women: lessons for a post-2015 framework

The OECD Development Centre, the Overseas Development Institute (ODI) and the DFID – UK Department for International Development co-organised a side event at the 58th session of the UN Commission on the Status of Women in New York, on 13 March 2014. More information: http://oecd.org/dev/poverty/wwwoecdorgdevgendercsw58.htm Explore more infographics like this one on the web’s largest […]

OECD Development Centre

The OECD Development Centre conducts comparative analysis and promotes informal policy dialogue on development issues of mutual interest for member countries and the emerging and developing economies. Membership to the Development Centre is open to both OECD and non-OECD countries. As a forum for dialogue, the Development Centre links OECD members with developing and emerging […]

Men for Gender Equality Sweden (Män för Jämställdhet)

Table of Contents 1 About Men for Gender Equality Sweden 1.1 Origins 1.2 Activities 1.3 Organisation 1.4 International work 2 See Also 3 External links About Men for Gender Equality Sweden Men for Gender Equality Sweden is a Swedish non-governmental organisation in the field of engaging men and boys in and violence prevention. The Swedish […]

Gender-Global Entrepreneurship and Development Index (GEDI) 2014

Dell 2014 Gender-GEDI Research Shows More Support Needed to Enable Female Entrepreneurship Development Worldwide The United States, Australia and newcomer Sweden named best places for female entrepreneurship Policymakers need to do more; more than 75 percent of countries surveyed are not meeting the most fundamental conditions required for female entrepreneurs to prosper Gender-GEDI is the […]

OECD celebrates 2014 International Women’s Day

On the occasion of 2014 , this article presents the work that the is doing in the field of gender equality and women’s empowerment. Table of Contents 1 The OECD Gender data portal 2 What’s at the root of women’s absence in STEM occupations? 3 Boys, girls and mathematics: disparities in performance and in students’ […]

Destatis

The German Federal Statistical Office (destatis) gathers, collects, processes, presents and analyses statistical information. Its head office consists of seven departments and the office leadership is located in Wiesbaden/Germany; two additional departments are situated in the Bonn branch office.   Table of Contents 1 i-Punkt and EDS European Data Service 2 Publication 2.1 Women in Germany 2006 […]

Rural Women Councils (RWC)

Table of Contents 1 Definition 2 Goals of RWCs 3 Activities of Rural Women Councils 3.1 Public awareness raising 3.2 Community mobilization 3.3 Education (tailor-made thematic trainings) and capacity building (trainings on organizational skills, project cycle management) 3.4 Community advocacy for local concerns 3.5 Networking and lobbying 4 RWCs principles 5 RWCs in the South […]

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