Description: Voice and Agency : Empowering Women and Girls for Shared Prosperity

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Voice and Agency : Empowering Women and Girls for Shared Prosperity

The 2012 World Development 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 gl...

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Main Authors:	Klugman, Jeni, Hanmer, Lucia, Twigg, Sarah, Hasan, Tazeen, McCleary-Sills, Jennifer, Santamaria, Julieth
Language:	English en_US
Published:	Washington, DC: World Bank Group 2014
Subjects:	ACCESS TO EDUCATION ACCESS TO INFORMATION ACCESS TO JUSTICE ACCESS TO NETWORKS ACT OF VIOLENCE ADOLESCENT GIRLS ADOLESCENT PREGNANCY ADOLESCENTS ADVANCING GENDER EQUALITY ANTENATAL CARE BABIES BARRIERS TO WOMEN BASIC HUMAN RIGHTS BASIS OF SEX BEATING BENEFITS FOR WOMEN BIRTH CONTROL BREAST-FEEDING CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE CHILD CARE CHILD HEALTH CHILD MARRIAGE COMMISSION OF WOMEN CONDOM CONTRACEPTION CONTROL OVER RESOURCES CULTURAL CHANGE CUSTOMARY PRACTICES DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DEVELOPMENT GOALS DISCRIMINATION DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN DISCRIMINATORY LAWS DISSEMINATION DOMESTIC VIOLENCE EARLY MARRIAGE EARLY SEXUAL ACTIVITY ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES FOR WOMEN EDUCATED MOTHERS EDUCATED WOMEN EDUCATIONAL ACHIEVEMENT EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT EFFECTS OF GENDER EMERGENCIES EMPOWERING WOMEN EMPOWERMENT OF WOMEN ENFORCEMENT OF LAWS ENHANCING WOMEN EPIDEMIC EQUAL PARTICIPATION EQUAL PARTICIPATION OF WOMEN EQUAL RELATIONSHIPS EQUAL RIGHTS EQUAL RIGHTS FOR WOMEN EQUALITY IN EDUCATION ETHNIC GROUP EXPOSURE TO VIOLENCE FAMILY MEMBERS FAMILY PLANNING FAMILY PLANNING ASSOCIATION FEMALE CHILDREN FEMININITY FERTILITY FEWER CHILDREN FEWER WOMEN FORMS OF DISCRIMINATION FORMS OF GENDER FREEDOM OF CHOICE FUNDAMENTAL HUMAN RIGHTS FUTURE GENERATIONS GENDER DIFFERENCES GENDER EQUALITY GENDER GAP GENDER GAPS GENDER ISSUES GENDER NORMS GENDER PARITY GENDER ROLES GENDER STATISTICS GLOBAL DEVELOPMENT GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT HEALTH PROBLEMS HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE HUMAN DEVELOPMENT HUSBANDS INDIVIDUAL WOMEN INEQUALITY INFORMATION SYSTEM INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES INHERITANCE INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR RESEARCH ON WOMEN INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON POPULATION INTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTE INVESTMENTS IN EDUCATION IUD LACK OF AWARENESS LAND OWNERSHIP LEGAL STATUS LEVEL OF EDUCATION LIFE EXPECTANCY LIFE SKILLS LIVING STANDARDS LOWER FERTILITY MARITAL RAPE MARITAL STATUS MARRIAGES MARRIED WOMEN MASCULINITY MATERNAL HEALTH MEDICAL CARE MENTAL HEALTH MIGRATION MIGRATION POLICY MINORITY MORTALITY MOTHER MUTUAL RESPECT NATIONAL LAWS NATIONAL LEVEL NUMBER OF WOMEN NUTRITION OLD AGE OPPORTUNITIES FOR WOMEN OWNERSHIP OF LAND PARLIAMENTARY SEATS PARTICIPATION OF WOMEN PEACE PERSISTENT GAPS PHYSICAL HEALTH PLACE OF RESIDENCE POLICY FORMULATION POLICY RESEARCH POLITICAL PARTICIPATION POOR FAMILIES POPULATION AND DEVELOPMENT POSTNATAL CARE PREFERENCE FOR SONS PREGNANCY PREGNANCY-RELATED CAUSES PRENATAL CARE PRIMARY EDUCATION PRIMARY SCHOOL PRIMARY SCHOOLING PRINCIPLES OF GENDER EQUALITY PRODUCTIVITY PROGRESS PROMOTING GENDER EQUALITY PUBLIC ARENA PUBLIC LIFE REFUGEE REFUGEE STATUS REFUGEES REPRESENTATION OF WOMEN REPRODUCTIVE DECISIONS REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH EDUCATION REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH INFORMATION REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH SERVICES REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS RISKY BEHAVIOR ROLE OF GENDER RURAL AREAS RURAL WOMEN SANITATION SECONDARY EDUCATION SECONDARY SCHOOL SECTORAL POLICIES SELF-CONFIDENCE SERVICE DELIVERY SERVICE PROVISION SEX SEXUAL HARASSMENT SEXUAL PARTNER SEXUAL VIOLENCE SEXUALLY ACTIVE SOCIAL CHANGE SOCIAL DIMENSION SOCIAL INSTITUTIONS SOCIAL MOBILITY SOCIAL NORMS SOCIAL STATUS SOCIAL STATUS OF WOMEN SOCIAL SUPPORT SPOUSES SURVIVORS OF VIOLENCE TEEN TEEN PREGNANCY UNEQUAL POWER UNFPA UNICEF UNITED NATIONS UNITED NATIONS POPULATION FUND UNITED STATES AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT URBAN WOMEN USAID VICTIMS VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN VOCATIONAL TRAINING WOMAN WOMEN IN LEADERSHIP WOMEN IN PARLIAMENT WOMEN IN POLITICS WOMEN LEADERS WOMEN VICTIMS WORKING CONDITIONS WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION YOUNG WOMEN
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2014/01/19543702/voice-agency-empowering-women-girls-shared-prosperity http://hdl.handle.net/10986/19036

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Summary:	The 2012 World Development 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 thousands of surveys distilled in this report cast important light on the nature of constraints women and girls continue to face globally. This report identifies promising opportunities and entry points for lasting transformation, such as interventions that reach across sectors and include life-skills training, sexual and reproductive health education, conditional cash transfers, and mentoring. It finds that addressing what the World Health Organization has identified as an epidemic of violence against women means sharply scaling up engagement with men and boys. The report also underlines the vital role information and communication technologies can play in amplifying women's voices, expanding their economic and learning opportunities, and broadening their views and aspirations. The World Bank Group's twin goals of ending extreme poverty and boosting shared prosperity demand no less than the full and equal participation of women and men, girls and boys, around the world.