WASHINGTON, June 26, 2017 – Providing equal access to financial services, helping give women more power over income and assets like land and technology, and professionalizing the care-giving sector can...
Date: June 26, 2017
Type: Feature Story
Language: English
Being part of family is a fundamental human condition as well as a human right. All of us long to feel at home with the families of our birth, in the families of our choosing, and in the families we raise....
Date: June 22, 2017
Type: Feature Story
Language: English
To commemorate International Day against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia (IDAHOT) 2017, the World Bank partnered with Humans of Bangkok to create a series of inspiring stories to acknowledge, honor,...
Date: May 15, 2017
Type: Feature Story
Language: English
To commemorate International Day against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia (IDAHOT) 2017, the World Bank partnered with Humans of Bangkok to create a series of inspiring stories to acknowledge,...
Date: May 15, 2017
Type: Feature Story
Language: English
To commemorate International Day against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia (IDAHOT) 2017, the World Bank partnered with Humans of Bangkok to create a series of inspiring stories to acknowledge,...
Date: May 15, 2017
Type: Feature Story
Language: English
To commemorate International Day against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia (IDAHOT) 2017, the World Bank partnered with Humans of Bangkok to create a series of inspiring stories to acknowledge,...
Date: May 15, 2017
Type: Feature Story
Language: English
To commemorate International Day against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia (IDAHOT) 2017, the World Bank partnered with Humans of Bangkok to create a series of inspiring stories to acknowledge,...
Date: May 15, 2017
Type: Feature Story
Language: English
To commemorate International Day against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia (IDAHOT) 2017, the World Bank partnered with Humans of Bangkok to create a series of inspiring stories to acknowledge,...
Date: May 15, 2017
Type: Feature Story
Language: English
WASHINGTON, April 26, 2017 — The World Bank Group today released the following statement from World Bank Group President Jim Yong Kim: “Policy leaders, executives, economists, and academics all agree that...
Date: April 26, 2017
Type: Press Release
Language: English
WASHINGTON, April 18, 2017—The World Bank Group and Sexual Violence Research Initiative (SVRI) today awarded funding to DB Peru and University College London for an innovative study...
Date: April 18, 2017
Type: Press Release
Language: English
Pablo Ariel Acosta, Senior Economist in the Social Protection and Labor Global Practice, is currently leading the World Bank’s technical and financial assistance in this area for the Philippines and Indonesia....
Date: April 13, 2017
Type: Feature Story
Language: English
L. Kokilavani gives off an air of quiet competence. The 30-year old midwife is a member of a community youth group in Sri Lanka’s Central Province. Their goal is to improve nutrition using technology....
Date: March 16, 2017
Type: Feature Story
Language: English
A recent World Bank Group study finds that small-scale cross-border trade may be a worthwhile avenue for income generation and empowerment of Cambodian and Lao women, although they may not benefit directly...
Date: March 8, 2017
Type: Feature Story
Language: English
Brazil gave men and women the same access to education, improved maternal health and reduced rates of adolescent pregnancy. Paradoxically, not all women have benefited from these advances. In the largest...
Date: March 8, 2017
Type: Feature Story
Language: English
A very warm good morning to everyone and Happy International Women’s Day! I am honored to have been given the opportunity to say a few words. I would also like to take the opportunity to thank the Colombo...
Date: March 8, 2017
Type: Speeches and Transcripts
Language: English
Women are the backbone of the rural economy, especially in developing countries. They make up almost half of the world’s farmers, and over the last few decades, they have broadened their involvement...
Date: March 7, 2017
Type: Feature Story
Language: English
Women in the workforce hold the key to a vibrant economy. Though Pakistan has seen a turnaround in economic stability, without women's participation in the workforce, accelerated growth will be a challenge....
Date: February 17, 2017
Type: Opinion
Language: English
Challenge The garment industry in Bangladesh has played a significant role in economically uplifting a large cohort of poor and vulnerable women. The opportunity to be gainfully employed has served...
Date: February 7, 2017
Type: Feature Story
Language: English
WASHINGTON, January 10, 2017 — Every morning, a 40-something-year-old woman lays out fish on one of Lake Tanganyika’s beaches. Once it has dried, she will sell it in Kalemie, a town a few miles...
Date: January 10, 2017
Type: Feature Story
Language: English
SHAHRISTAN DISTRICT, Daykundi Province– The wind blows, rustling the yellow and green leaves on the trees of Paye Wargha Alawdal village. It is noon and most of the villagers are inside their homes, the...
Date: December 27, 2016
Type: Feature Story
Language: English
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