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Voice and agency : empowering women and girls for shared prosperity /

"The 2012 report recognized that expanding women's agency - their ability to make decisions and take advantage of opportunities is key to improving their lives as well as the world. This report represents a major advance in global knowledge on this critical front. The vast data and thousan...

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Main Authors: Klugman, Jeni, 1964- (Author), Hanmer, Lucia (Author), Twigg, Sarah (Author), Hasan, Tazeen (Author), McCleary-Sills, Jennifer (Jennifer D.) (Author), Santamaria, Julieth (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Washington : World Bank Publications, [2014]
Subjects:
Women > Developing countries > Economic conditions.
Women > Developing countries > Social conditions.
Women's rights > Developing countries.
Economic development > Developing countries.
Online Access: Full text (MFA users only)
ISBN:9781464803604
1464803609
Local Note:ProQuest Ebook Central
Table of Contents:
  • Framing the challenge: norms, constraints, and deprivations
  • Enhancing women's agency: a cross-cutting agenda
  • Freedom from violence
  • Control over sexual and reproductive health and rights
  • Control over land and housing
  • Amplifying voices
  • Closing gaps in data and evidence.

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