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What Does it Take to Build Girls' Economic Potential? | Center For Global Development

Today as we celebrate the International Day of the Girl, I’m excited to see increased attention turning towards one dimension of girls’ wellbeing that policymakers, donors, researchers, and advocates have historically shied away from discussing – economic empowerment. Efforts to support girls have traditionally focused on three things – increasing education, delaying marriage, and delaying childbearing. There are signs that the tide is changing, and more people are recognizing the importance of explicitly addressing economic empowerment.

Incorporating Spousal Support into a Mindset-focused Business Training for Women in Ethiopia

Psychology-based business trainings that develop a proactive entrepreneurial mindset have been shown to be more effective than traditional business training in supporting female entrepreneurs to grow their businesses. At the same time, recent studies have shown that women’s business decisions are influenced by their spouse, and that these intrahousehold dynamics contribute to gender gaps in entrepreneurship outcomes. A new training curriculum developed by the World Bank Africa Gender Innovation Lab (GIL) in partnership with the Digital Opportunity Trust (DOT) builds on these insights by inviting male partners to participate in a mindset focused program targeted to women entrepreneurs that is partly delivered at the trainees’ home. This GIL case study summarizes key learnings from a pilot intervention carried out with

Co-Hosts of Girls Deliver Pre-Conference Jointly Address Adolescent Girls

Africa: Joint Press Release By the Co-Hosts of Girls Deliver Pre-Conference On Adolescent Girls

Girls Deliver: Building an Integrated, Feminist Ecosystem to Support Adolescent Girls at the WomenDeliver 2023 Conference