Financing for Gender Equality : Results and Good Practices

Remarks delivered by Jim Yong Kim, President of the World Bank Group. The Third International Conference on Financing for Development represents an important milestone in efforts to achieve universal and sustainable development as we move beyond 2015 and introduce a new set of Sustainable Development Goals. This event aims to mobilize high-level political support for financing gender equality and women’s empowerment, drawing on global good practices. He discusses the array of financing sources—private, public, domestic, and international—and policy changes needed to realize the vision of transformative gender equality and women’s empowerment.

Bibliographic Details

Main Author:	Kim, Jim Yong
Format:	Speech biblioteca
Language:	English en_US
Published:	2015-07-14
Subjects:	SKILLS, EMPOWERMENT, EQUAL OPPORTUNITY, JOBS, COMMUNITIES, BENEFIT, TRANSPORTATION, SKILLS TRAINING, SOCIAL JUSTICE, EQUAL ACCESS, ADOLESCENT GIRLS, MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICES, PARTICIPATION, OPPORTUNITIES FOR WOMEN, GENDER, EQUALITY BETWEEN WOMEN, UNITED NATIONS, GROUPS, FIELDS, INEQUALITIES, LIFE SKILLS, WORLD CONFERENCE ON WOMEN, JOB, HEALTH, PRIVATE SECTOR, HEARING, WILL, MATERNAL MORTALITY, HOME, JUSTICE, PARITY, HUMAN RIGHTS, KNOWLEDGE, MATERNAL HEALTH, GENDER EQUALITY INITIATIVES, CHILDREN, AID, EDUCATION, FULL PARTICIPATION, TRAINING, CHILD, PARTNERSHIPS, EQUALITY, PARTNERS, FARMS, CONFERENCE ON WOMEN, EQUAL PAY, PRODUCTIVITY, ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT, GIRLS, FUNDING, VIOLENCE, SOCIETY, INTERVENTIONS, FOURTH WORLD CONFERENCE ON WOMEN, COMMUNITY, GENDER INEQUALITIES, PRIMARY EDUCATION, LEARNING, FAMILIES, ACCESS, WOMEN, AGRICULTURAL, HISTORY, SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT, BENEFITS, GENDER EQUALITY,
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2016/02/25876916/financing-gender-equality-results-good-practices-jim-yong-kim-president-addis-ababa-ethiopia http://hdl.handle.net/10986/24298
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