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Center for Research on Women and Jobs (CRWJ)

The CRWJ is a research initiative led by the World Bank's Development Research Group in collaboration with the Bank's regional Gender Innovation Labs and other researchers in the World Bank Group.

The CRWJ’s mission is to boost the impact of policy research on women and jobs. We seek to achieve this by coordinating and amplifying research efforts and promoting the uptake of quality evidence.  

The Center has three strategic goals:

  • Foster cross-regional and cross-sectoral collaboration, knowledge exchange, and learning on expanding women’s access to jobs, supporting job creation, and strengthening the resilience of those jobs.

  • Disseminate research on women and jobs to enhance its accessibility, relevance, and uptake, both inside the World Bank and externally.

  • Identify and promote a strategic research agenda on women and jobs, including priority areas​ to inform World Bank teams and external partners. 

Areas of Focus

  • woman working

    Women, Jobs, and Development

    Unpacking differentiated employment and livelihood patterns between men and women in the process of structural transformation and economic development.

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    Barriers to Jobs for Women

    Barriers include those related to education and skills, social norms, care, digital gaps, and mobility.

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    Entrepreneurship

    Understanding the drivers of productive and growth-oriented entrepreneurship for women-owned businesses.

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