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The World Bank works with public- and private-sector clients to close gaps between males and females globally for lasting impact in tackling poverty and driving sustainable economic growth that benefits all. In the last two decades, the world has narrowed the divide between men and women, especially in primary education and health. Yet critical gaps remain.

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Share of youth not in education, employment, or training (NEET), by sex
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Sierra Leone Second Inclusive and Sustainable Growth DPF

The Sierra Leone Second Inclusive and Sustainable Growth DPF supports several policy reform measures intended to facilitate increased tenure security for women, improve financial account ownership and access to credit, and girls’ secondary school enrolment rate.

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Gender Data Portal

Open Data On selection, change the data Maternal Mortality Halved in Low & Middle Income Countries

The World Bank’s Gender Portal makes the latest gender statistics accessible through compelling narratives and data visualizations to improve the understanding of gender data and facilitate analyses that inform policy choices, covering assets, education, employment and time use, entrepreneurship, environment, health, leadership, norms and decision-making, population, technology, violence, children ages 0-14, youth ages 15-24 and SDGs.

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Hana Brixi

Global Director, Gender

Nathalie Akon Gabala
Nathalie Akon Gabala

Director of Gender and Economic Inclusion, IFC

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