Belarus : Country Gender Profile

Belarus demonstrated strong economic growth 2000-2008 and this translated into fast poverty reduction. Belarus invested a lot in the human capital of its population both in men and women. This assessment identifies and describes main gender disparities in Belarus in agency, education, health, and access to economic opportunities. The report builds on the framework of the World Bank's regional gender report, Europe and Central Asia: opportunities for men and women, as well as the World development report on gender and development. The assessment takes a quantitative approach using a wide range of different international data sources including World Bank's world development indicators, the global financial inclusion database, the life in transition survey, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD)-World Bank business environment and enterprise performance survey as well as local household living standards survey. The report is organized as follows: section one discusses agency and describes factors which may shape the process how men and women use their endowments and utilize economic opportunities to achieve desired outcomes. The second section analyzes gender disparities in endowments, such as health and education. The third section focuses on gender gaps in the labor market, entrepreneurship and earnings, access to finance and poverty. The fourth section presents conclusions and policy recommendations.

Bibliographic Details

Main Author:	World Bank
Format:	Country Gender Assessment (CGA) biblioteca
Language:	English en_US
Published:	Washington, DC 2014-03-03
Subjects:	ABORTION, ACT OF GENDER, ADOLESCENT FERTILITY, ADULT MEN, ADULT MORTALITY, ADULT WOMEN, AGE DISTRIBUTION, AGED WOMEN, ALCOHOL ABUSE, ARBITRARY DEPRIVATION OF LIBERTY, BASIC EDUCATION, BENEFITS FOR WOMEN, BIRTH CONTROL, CANCER, CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES, CAUSES OF DEATH, CHILD BIRTH, CHILD CARE, CHILD MORTALITY, COERCION, CONDOMS, CONTRACEPTIVE METHODS, CONTRACEPTIVE PREVALENCE, CONTRACEPTIVES, CRIME PREVENTION, DEATH RATES, DECLARATION ON THE ELIMINATION OF VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN, DEPARTMENT OF POPULATION, DISABILITY, DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN, DISCRIMINATORY PRACTICES, DIVORCE, DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN, ECONOMIC GROWTH, ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES, ELDERLY, ELDERLY POPULATION, ELDERLY WOMEN, ELIMINATION OF DISCRIMINATION, ELIMINATION OF VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN, EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES, ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY, EQUAL ACCESS, EQUAL REMUNERATION, EQUAL RIGHTS, EQUALITY OF WOMEN, FAMILY RELATIONS, FAMILY RESPONSIBILITIES, FEMALE HEADED HOUSEHOLDS, FEMALE HEADS, FEMALE LABOR, FEMALE LABOR FORCE, FEMALE LABOR FORCE PARTICIPATION, FEMALE MORTALITY, FEMALE POPULATION, FEMALE STUDENTS, FEMALE WORKERS, FERTILITY RATE, FERTILITY RATES, FEWER WOMEN, FIRST CHILD, FORMS OF DISCRIMINATION, GENDER, GENDER ACTION, GENDER BIAS, GENDER BLIND, GENDER DIFFERENCES, GENDER DISCRIMINATION, GENDER DISPARITIES, GENDER EQUALITY, GENDER GAP, GENDER GAPS, GENDER INEQUALITY, GENDER ISSUES, GENDER NEUTRAL, GENDER POLICY, GENDER ROLES, GENDER STATISTICS, GENDER STEREOTYPES, GENDER STUDIES, GIRLS, GOVERNMENT AGENCIES, HEALTH CARE, HEALTH CARE SYSTEMS, HEALTH FACILITIES, HEALTH OF MEN, HEALTH SERVICES, HOUSEHOLD INCOME, HOUSEHOLD RESPONSIBILITIES, HUMAN BEINGS, HUMAN CAPITAL, HUMAN DEVELOPMENT, HUMAN RIGHTS, HUMAN TRAFFICKING, HUSBANDS, ILLNESSES, INFANT, INFANT MORTALITY, INFANT MORTALITY RATES, INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK, INTRAUTERINE DEVICES, JOURNALISTS, KIDS, LABOR CODE, LABOR MARKET, LACK OF INFORMATION, LEADING CAUSES, LEGAL RIGHTS, LIFE EXPECTANCY, LIVE BIRTHS, LIVING STANDARDS, LOCAL AUTHORITIES, LOW FERTILITY, LOW INFANT MORTALITY, MALE MORTALITY, MALE PARTICIPATION, MARITAL RAPE, MARITAL STATUS, MARRIED MEN, MASS MEDIA, MATERNAL MORTALITY, MATERNITY BENEFITS, MATERNITY LEAVE, MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS, MINISTRY OF EDUCATION, MINOR CHILDREN, MORTALITY, MORTALITY RATE, MOTHER, NATIONAL COUNCIL, NATIONAL LEGISLATION, NATIONAL LEVEL, NATIONAL PLANS, NEWBORNS, NUMBER OF ABORTIONS, NUMBER OF CHILDREN, NUTRITION, OLD AGE, OLDER ADULTS, OLDER WOMEN, OPPORTUNITIES FOR WOMEN, PARENTAL LEAVE, PARTICIPATION OF WOMEN, PATERNITY LEAVE, PENSIONS, POLICY MAKERS, POLICY RESEARCH, POLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPER, POOR HEALTH, POPULATION DECLINE, POPULATION FUND, POPULATION GROUPS, POPULATION GROWTH, PREGNANT WOMEN, PRIMARY EDUCATION, PRIVATE LIFE, PROGRESS, PROHIBITION OF DISCRIMINATION, PROPORTION OF WOMEN, PUBLIC AWARENESS, PUBLIC EDUCATION, PUBLIC SERVICES, RATIO OF WOMEN, REPRESENTATION OF WOMEN, REPRODUCTIVE AGE, REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH, RISKY BEHAVIOR, ROLE OF WOMEN, RURAL AREAS, SAFE PREGNANCY, SECONDARY EDUCATION, SECONDARY SCHOOL, SECONDARY SCHOOLING, SECONDARY SCHOOLS, SELF-ESTEEM, SEX, SEX DISCRIMINATION, SEX TRAFFICKING, SEXUAL VIOLENCE, SHADOW REPORT, SMALL ENTERPRISES, SOCIAL CONDITIONS, SOCIAL EQUITY, SOCIAL INSTITUTIONS, SOCIAL NORMS, SOCIAL SCIENCES, SOCIAL SECURITY, SOCIAL SERVICES, SPOUSES, STATE POLICY, STATE UNIVERSITY, TERTIARY EDUCATION, TOLERANCE, TRAFFICKERS, TUBERCULOSIS, UNEDUCATED WOMEN, UNEMPLOYMENT, UNFPA, UNICEF, UNITED NATIONS, UNMARRIED WOMEN, VICTIMS, VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN, VOCATIONAL EDUCATION, VOCATIONAL SCHOOLS, VOCATIONAL TRAINING, WAGE GAP, WOMAN, WOMEN HEADED HOUSEHOLDS, WOMEN IN MASS MEDIA, WOMEN WITH CHILDREN, WORKING WOMEN, WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION, YOUNG ADULT, YOUNG CHILDREN, YOUNG MEN, YOUNG WOMEN,
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2014/03/19399576/belarus-country-gender-profile http://hdl.handle.net/10986/18249
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