The World Bank In Gender

The World Bank takes as its starting point that no country, community, or economy can achieve its potential or meet the challenges of the 21st century without the full and equal participation of women and men, girls and boys.

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World Bank Gender Strategy 2024-2030

The new strategy, now open for consultation, aims to accelerate gender equality for a sustainable, resilient, and inclusive future
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Ending Gender-Based Violence: A 10-year Retrospective

Learn how the World Bank collaborates with nations to identify innovative avenues to tackle gender-based violence (GBV).
Brief

Gender Equality and Development +10: #AccelerateEquality

The year-long Accelerate Equality initiative explores progress in closing gender gaps and promoting girls' and women's empowerment.

Gender At-A-Glance

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.

Overview

Gender Data Snapshot

Labor force participation rate, female

Data

Gender Projects

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

Maternal Mortality Halved in Low & Middle Income Countries

The Gender Data Portal is the World Bank Group’s comprehensive source for the latest sex-disaggregated data and gender statistics covering demography, education, health, access to economic opportunities, public life and decision-making, and agency.

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Experts

Hana Brixi

Global Director, Gender

Mary Porter Peschka

Director, Sustainability & Gender Solutions, IFC

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In Depth

Brief

Gender Dimensions of Forced Displacement

How does forced displacement affect women and men differently? And how should policy and program design and implementation reflect these differences?
Program

Umbrella Facility for Gender Equality

The UFGE is a World Bank Group multi-donor trust fund financing research, impact evaluations and data to help policy makers and practitioners close gender gaps in countries and sectors.
WePOWER Network

WePOWER is a professional network in South Asia that supports women's participation in energy projects and institutions and promotes change regarding women in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) ...
Investing in Human Capital for a Greener Future

Global thought leaders came together to champion investments in people to build resilience, help mitigate greenhouse gas emissions, and accelerate the green transition