In our business world and entire society, gender discrimination is a persuasive issue. It suppresses voices and obstructs opportunities, hindering progress toward sustainable development and a more equitable future. This comprehensive guide on Gender Justice shares the various ways and tools in which bus...
including the right to reap economic and social benefits. Despite the current gender gap in Latin America and the Caribbean, there has been significant progress in the region. Women have increased their labor participation since the 1990s more than in any other region in the world...
Goal 5. Achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls 5.1 End all forms of discrimination against all women and girls everywhere 5.2 Eliminate all forms of violence against all women and girls in the public and private spheres, including trafficking and sexual and other types of ...
She has been at the forefront in the formation of the Caribbean Women’s Association, the Georgetown Toastmistress Club, the Conference on the Affairs and Status of Women in Guyana (CASWIG), Guyana Consumer’s Association and the Guyana Association of Women Lawyers. In the area of volunteer...
WomenDemandGenderEqualityInSustainableDevelopment.doc,Special of Women at CSD-6 New York, 20 April - 1 May 1998 PAGE PAGE 119 WOMEN TRANSFORM THE MAINSTREAM 18 Case Studies of Women Activists Challenging Industry, Demanding Clean Water and Calling
Gender equality in access to the internet and mobile phones has become increasingly recognised as a development goal. Monitoring progress towards this goal however is challenging due to the limited availability of gender-disaggregated data, particularly in low-income countries. In this data sparse conte...
Gender equality vs. women's empowerment The third distinguishing feature of the Global Gender Gap Index is that it ranks countries according to their proximity to gender equality rather than to women's empowerment. Our aim is to focus on whether the gap between women and men in the chosen ...
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