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How Public-Private Partnerships Can Promote Gender Equality and Inclusive Growth

As developing countries in Asia and the Pacific rebound from the pandemic, public-private partnerships can be an important tool to expand opportunities and improve quality of life, especially for women and girls.

As developing countries in Asia and the Pacific rebound from the pandemic, public-private partnerships can be an important tool to expand opportunities and improve quality of life, especially for women and girls.

Radhika Behuria

Radhika has twenty years of experience working as an international gender expert, and has been the Social and Gender Specialist for the Office of Markets Development and PPP since mid-2020. In her role she works with teams to identify gender actions in all of OMDP’s transactions and projects. Prior to joining ADB, Radhika worked with the United Nations Development Programme as their Regional Gender Specialist in Asia Pacific, and has also worked with several other UN offices, think tanks and private sector.

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Empowering Women as Central Asia Builds a Green Economy

Increasing women's presence in green jobs, particularly in technology, improves their livelihoods while helping meet the demand for labor during a green transition.

Increasing women's presence in green jobs, particularly in technology, improves their livelihoods while helping meet the demand for labor during a green transition.

Child’s Play: The Surprising Gender Gap in Children’s Leisure Time

As the world commemorates International Youth Day, governments should consider targeted policies, and cultural changes, to address the differences in leisure time among girls and boys.

As the world commemorates International Youth Day, governments should consider targeted policies, and cultural changes, to address the differences in leisure time among girls and boys.

Keiko Nowacka

Keiko Nowacka is a Senior Social Development Specialist (Gender and Development) in the Sustainable Development and Climate Change Department at the Asian Development Bank. In this role she focuses, in particular, on women’s entrepreneurship and promoting the ADB’s gender mainstreaming mandate, including the gender transformative agenda in line with Strategy 2030’s Operational Priority 2.

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Hannelore Niesten

Hannelore Niesten is an International Tax and Gender Consultant at the ADB, specializing in taxation, gender, and public finance. Hannelore also works as a legal and tax consultant for the World Bank and the International Centre for Tax and Development. She holds a Ph.D. in Law from Maastricht University.

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How Tax Reform Can Help Women in Asia and the Pacific

Gender-focused tax reform can be a powerful tool to empower women, promote gender equality, and mitigate the disparities heightened by the COVID-19 pandemic in Asia and the Pacific.

Gender-focused tax reform can be a powerful tool to empower women, promote gender equality, and mitigate the disparities heightened by the COVID-19 pandemic in Asia and the Pacific.

How to Increase Boys’ Attendance in Secondary Education

In countries across South Asia, boys are dropping out of school for economic reasons, illness and other issues. This hurts not only families and the futures of these children but the broader economy and society. Governments can take basic steps to help keep boys in school.

In countries across South Asia, boys are dropping out of school for economic reasons, illness and other issues. This hurts not only families and the futures of these children but the broader economy and society. Governments can take basic steps to help keep boys in school.

Breaking Taboos: Four Ways to Support Menstrual Health in the Pacific

Menstrual health is a fundamental aspect of personal well-being. Embedding menstrual health into urban development, water, sanitation, and hygiene programs will reduce inequalities, increase access to education and employment, and improve the overall health of women, girls and others who menstruate.

Menstrual health is a fundamental aspect of personal well-being. Embedding menstrual health into urban development, water, sanitation, and hygiene programs will reduce inequalities, increase access to education and employment, and improve the overall health of women, girls and others who menstruate.

Micah Nazal

Micah Nazal specializes in development communications in the fields of gender equality, climate change, and disaster risk management. Prior to joining ADB as a consultant, she worked in the University of the Philippines Resilience Institute, COVID-19 Pandemic Response Team, and in a government early warning system project.

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