Getting to Equal : Promoting Gender Equality through Human Development

World Bank

Getting to Equal : Promoting Gender Equality through Human Development

2011

World Bank

To achieve gender equality and empower women, it is essential to invest in human development. The World Development Report 2012: Gender Equality and Development (hereafter WDR 2012) brings the best global evidence to bear on the relationship between gender equality and development. A central theme running through the report is how investments and outcomes in human development namely health, education, social protection, and labor shape, and are shaped by, gender equality. This note is designed as a companion to the WDR 2012 and highlights some of the World Bank Group's recent experience with and impact on promoting gender equality through its work in human development. Gender equality benefits society as a whole. Greater gender equality today shapes the norms and cultures as well as the constraints and possibilities of tomorrow's men and women. A wealth of evidence demonstrates that gender equality begins a virtuous circle of higher productivity, lower poverty, and better development outcomes for generations to come.

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Washington, DC

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Primary schools; Health centers; Employment of women; Training health workers; Neonatal care; Better reproductive health; Disadvantaged groups; Labor markets; Service delivery; Disability; Pregnancies; Population groups; Access to family planning; Equal opportunity; Sexually transmitted infections; Practitioners; Equitable access; Contraception; Reproductive health services; Fertility rate; Child mortality; Progress; Community health; Gender parity index; Quality of education; Primary school; Service providers; Service utilization; Average total fertility; Preventive health care; Male participation; Young women; Technical assistance; Demand for contraception; Labor force; Early childhood; Drug users; Gender inequalities; Lower fertility; Midwifery; Risky behavior; Gender parity; Educated women; Child health care; Disadvantaged children; Vulnerable populations; Policy makers; Economic opportunities; Prenatal care; National policies; Gender relations; Sex workers; Service quality; Health systems; Adolescent girls; Job training; Life expectancy; Investments in education; Gender differentials; Gender gap; Health of women; Maternal mortality rate; Secondary school; Gender gap in education; Youth development; Antenatal visits; Maternal deaths; Mother; Equal participation; Maternal mortality; Gender disparities; Quality of care; Future generations; Health system; Illnesses; Labor market; Safety net; Quality of health care; Knowledge of family planning; Health care services; Gender inequality; Nursing; Family members; Equal basis with men; Intervention; Gender disadvantages; Policy framework; Health interventions; Dissemination; Girls in school; Universal primary education; Disabilities; Elimination of discrimination; Husbands; Fertility rates; Quality of services; Midwives; Skilled attendance; Birth attendants; Social services for women; Children per woman; Infant health; Human development; Young adults; Genocide; State planning; Levels of education; Access to health care; Number of births; Indigenous practices; Female labor force; Gender gaps; Health sector; Promoting gender equality; Maternal death; Safety nets; Policy dialogue; Impact of policies; Health indicators; School attendance; Advancing gender equality; Tertiary education; Dropout; Social programs; Leading causes of death; Effective policies; Skilled workers; Employment opportunities; Gender roles; Health outcomes; Leading causes; Maternity leave; Family responsibilities; Essential health services; Control over resources; Gender discrimination; Health facilities; Health for all; Quality services; Maternal mortality ratio; Fewer children; Life skills; School children; Investment in children; Universal access; Discriminatory practices; Young people; Unsafe abortions; Skilled birth attendants; Earthquake; Antenatal care; Basic social services

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CC BY 3.0 IGO. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo. World Bank

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Policy Note; Economic & Sector Work :: Policy Note; Economic & Sector Work

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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/757291468331274684/Getting-to-equal-promoting-gender-equality-through-human-development http://hdl.handle.net/10986/27792

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