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The South Asia Gender Innovation Lab (SAR GIL) is committed to fostering women’s economic empowerment and reducing gender disparities in South Asia through the generation and promotion of evidence-based solutions.

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WOMEN’S ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT IN PAKISTAN

Women’s Economic Empowerment in Pakistan: An evidence guided toolkit for ...

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Collecting Accurate Data on Intimate Partner Violence: Learnings from ...

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Building Entrepreneurial Mind-Sets : Evidence from a Large-Scale Educational ...

Systematic Review Financial Products

Systematic Review on Women's Economic Empowerment: Financial Products

Typology of Economic Women’s Groups Programs in South Asia

Evidence Review: Typology of Economic Women’s Groups Programs in South Asia

South Asia women's economic empowerment asset transfers

Systematic Review on Women's Economic Empowerment: Asset Transfers and ...

Call for Proposals Gender Innovation Lab Regional Integration

Call for Proposals: Regional Integration, Trade and Women's Economic ...

How Well do Economic Empowerment Efforts Prevent Intimate Partner Violence in South Asia?

Evidence Review: How Well Do Economic Empowerment Efforts Prevent Intimate ...

Child Marriage Brief

Evidence Review: How Well Do Economic Empowerment Efforts Prevent Child ...

Self-help Group Programs

Systematic Review on Women's Economic Empowerment: Self-help Group Programs

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Policy Brief: Girls’ Lived Experiences of School Closures : Insights from ...

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Policy Brief: Women’s Employment and Safety Perceptions: Evidence from Low-...

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Systematic Review on Women's Economic Empowerment: Skills and Training ...

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Policy Brief: Impacts of COVID-19 on Labor Markets and Household Well-Being ...

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Policy Brief: Effects of a Multifaceted Education Program on Enrollment, ...

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Policy Brief: Adolescence in the Time of COVID-19: Evidence from Bangladesh

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Policy Brief: Care Work and Intra-Household Tensions during COVID-19: ...

PAK DEL WEB SAR GIL

Discover the Pakistan DEL

The Pakistan Data and Evidence Lab (DEL), a joint initiative of the World Bank’s Poverty Global Practice and SAR GIL, strengthens data-driven decision-making and evaluates programs with a focus on gender outcomes to identify scalable, high-impact interventions.
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The Women’s Economic Empowerment in South Asia Community of Practice (WEESA CoP) connects SAR GIL initiatives with a wider audience through webinars, monthly digests, and curated resources that promote knowledge exchange and collaboration.
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Isis Gaddis
Program Lead
SAR Gender Lab
sargenderlab@worldbank.org