An Innovative Girls’ Scholarship Program in Bangladesh Provides School Re-Opening Lessons
Bangladesh not only kept girls in school but improved their lives on multiple levels with a simple, low-cost stipend program. It offers valuable insights for school systems around the world struggling with the pandemic.
Has Viet Nam’s Economy Recovered from COVID-19? Ask Women Entrepreneurs
On many levels, women in Viet Nam fare better than women living in countries at a similar level of economic development. Still, women-owned businesses face disproportionate barriers.
It is Time to Address COVID-19’s Disproportionate Impact on India’s Women
As India works to recover from the pandemic, women should be at the heart of its strategy to ensure actions improve Indian women’s lives and foster widespread societal benefits.
In the People’s Republic of China, Helping Women Will Help the Environment
Gender equality needs to be at the forefront to make environmental policies more effective and to speed the full recovery from COVID-19.
Closing the Gender Gap in the Ownership of Family Businesses
The pandemic is putting pressure on small enterprises, which are disproportionately owned or controlled by men. The right policies could help close the gender gap.
Pathway to Empowerment: Women’s Decision-Making and Access to Water in the Pacific
By meeting women’s practical and strategic needs, including greater access to water and more influence in decision-making, society overall is improved and made more equitable.
How to Help Women Workers Affected by COVID-19
The pandemic’s long-term effects on how we work and live could accelerate the progress made in recent years on gender equality.
The Pandemic Has Highlighted the Development Challenges of the LGBTI Community
Development institutions are beginning to address the issues of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex persons.
Helping Women and Girls Survive COVID-19 and Its Aftermath
A gender-sensitive response is crucial to this global health emergency.
A New Day for Women and Girls in Asia and the Pacific
Girls and women today have far more opportunities and role models than their mothers and grandmothers, but there is much more to be done.