The continent of Africa is home to some of the world’s fastest growing economies and offers an exciting frontier for businesses looking for growth and new markets, but persistent gender inequality is limiting its potential. This report explores the “power of parity” for Africa, looking at the potential boost to economic growth that could come from accelerating progress toward gender equality.Read More
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Spotlight on Gender in NDCs
This brief outlines select national structures and systems for integrating gender into climate action, and features details on 34 countries’ processes and actions to actively engage in integrating gender equality in their Nationally Determined Contribution planning and implementation. Of the 168 countries assessed, 56% of countries were found to be either actively engaging or initiating engagement in some level of processes to integrate gender across climate-relevant...Read More
An Update on Effective Approaches for Gender-Integrated Interventions for Reproductive Health
This publication extends two prior reviews—So What? (2004) and New Evidence (2009)—of evidence for gender-integrated interventions. Reviewers summarized the evidence, published from 2009 to 2016, for reproductive health interventions that promoted behaviors related to unintended pregnancy, maternal health, human HIV/AIDS, and other sexually transmitted infections, gender-based violence, and menstrual hygiene management.Read More
Women Leading Locally: Exploring Women’s Leadership in Humanitarian Action in Bangladesh and South Sudan
With case studies from Bangladesh and South Sudan, this report examines women’s leadership in locally led humanitarian action and seeks to understand whether and how local humanitarian leadership (LHL) can promote or constrain women’s leadership. It finds that women’s leadership in local humanitarian settings is limited in both countries and faces many of the same challenges as LHL itself. However, by encouraging collaboration between women...Read More
Contraceptive Evidence: Questions and Answers
Thirty years ago, PRB published Contraceptive Safety: Rumors and Realities to provide policymakers, program managers, and service providers with accurate information on the risks and benefits of contraceptive methods. The goal of this 2020 update is to help women and men choose methods based on scientific evidence rather than rumors and to assist policymakers, program managers, and providers in filling those needs.Read More
Gender and Climate Change in the United States: A Reading of Existing Research
In partnership with WEDO, the Sierra Club has released a first-of-its-kind comprehensive review of the existing literature surrounding gender and climate in the United States. While it is well-established that the climate crisis disproportionately harms women around the world, this report demonstrates the critical need for gender-responsive national climate policies specific to the United States.Read More
