What does it take for women to get their land rights secured? According to the women of GROOTS-Kenya, a national movement of grassroots women-led community-based groups, it takes perseverance, patience, and collaboration.
Norms matter. Whether we think women should work outside the home, control household income, hold positions of power, and more are all influenced by the social and gender norms. Yet we know very little about how to work with norms in a policy context.
A decade after the World Development Report 2012: Gender Equality and Development we have seen encouraging improvement in education outcomes for girls. Primary school completion rates are almost equal between boys and girls, and there has been significant progress in secondary education enrollment rates.
Gender data are key to achieving gender equality and a form of empowerment for women and girls around the world. At the global level, gender data enables policy makers and businesses to take evidence-based decisions that increase women’s well-being, access to economic opportunities and overall development outcomes.
Gender equality is a fundamental human right, a matter of fairness and justice. It is a foundation for a peaceful and prosperous world and essential for development. It is also at the heart of the World Bank Group’s vision to create a world free of poverty on a livable planet.