Getting to Equal

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.

Bibliographic Details

Main Author:	World Bank
Format:	Policy Note biblioteca
Language:	English en_US
Published:	Washington, DC 2011
Subjects:	ACCESS TO FAMILY PLANNING, ACCESS TO HEALTH CARE, ADOLESCENT GIRLS, ADVANCING GENDER EQUALITY, AGED, ANTENATAL CARE, ANTENATAL VISITS, AVERAGE TOTAL FERTILITY, BABIES, BASIC EDUCATION, BASIC SOCIAL SERVICES, BETTER REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH, BIRTH ATTENDANTS, BREASTFEEDING, CHILD HEALTH, CHILD HEALTH CARE, CHILD MORTALITY, CHILD-CARE, CHILDREN PER WOMAN, COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, COMMUNITY HEALTH, CONTRACEPTION, CONTROL OVER RESOURCES, CRIME, CULTURAL PRACTICES, DECISION MAKING, DEMAND FOR CONTRACEPTION, DEVELOPING COUNTRIES, DEVELOPMENT POLICIES, DISABILITIES, DISABILITY, DISADVANTAGED CHILDREN, DISADVANTAGED GROUPS, DISCRIMINATION, DISCRIMINATORY PRACTICES, DISSEMINATION, DROPOUT, DRUG USERS, EARLY CHILDHOOD, EARTHQUAKE, ECONOMIC GROWTH, ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES, EDUCATED WOMEN, EFFECTIVE POLICIES, ELIMINATION OF DISCRIMINATION, EMPLOYMENT OF WOMEN, EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES, EQUAL BASIS WITH MEN, EQUAL OPPORTUNITY, EQUAL PARTICIPATION, EQUITABLE ACCESS, ESSENTIAL HEALTH SERVICES, FAMILIES, FAMILY MEMBERS, FAMILY PLANNING, FAMILY RESPONSIBILITIES, FEMALE LABOR FORCE, FERTILITY RATE, FERTILITY RATES, FEWER CHILDREN, FUTURE GENERATIONS, GENDER DIFFERENTIALS, GENDER DISADVANTAGES, GENDER DISCRIMINATION, GENDER DISPARITIES, GENDER GAP, GENDER GAP IN EDUCATION, GENDER GAPS, GENDER INEQUALITIES, GENDER INEQUALITY, GENDER NORMS, GENDER PARITY, GENDER PARITY INDEX, GENDER RELATIONS, GENDER ROLES, GENOCIDE, GIRLS IN SCHOOL, HEALTH CARE, HEALTH CARE SERVICES, HEALTH CENTERS, HEALTH FACILITIES, HEALTH FOR ALL, HEALTH INDICATORS, HEALTH INSURANCE, HEALTH INTERVENTIONS, HEALTH OF WOMEN, HEALTH OUTCOMES, HEALTH SECTOR, HEALTH SERVICES, HEALTH SYSTEM, HEALTH SYSTEMS, HIV, HOUSEHOLD INCOME, HUMAN CAPITAL, HUMAN DEVELOPMENT, HUSBANDS, HYGIENE, ILLNESSES, IMMUNIZATION, IMPACT OF POLICIES, INDIGENOUS PRACTICES, INFANT, INFANT HEALTH, INTERVENTION, INVESTMENT IN CHILDREN, INVESTMENTS IN EDUCATION, JOB TRAINING, KNOWLEDGE OF FAMILY PLANNING, LABOR FORCE, LABOR MARKET, LABOR MARKETS, LAWS, LEADING CAUSES, LEADING CAUSES OF DEATH, LEGAL STATUS, LEVELS OF EDUCATION, LIFE EXPECTANCY, LIFE SKILLS, LOW-INCOME COUNTRIES, LOWER FERTILITY, MALE PARTICIPATION, MATERNAL DEATH, MATERNAL DEATHS, MATERNAL MORTALITY, MATERNAL MORTALITY RATE, MATERNAL MORTALITY RATIO, MATERNITY LEAVE, MEDICINES, MIDWIFERY, MIDWIVES, MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS, MORTALITY, MOTHER, NATIONAL POLICIES, NEONATAL CARE, NUMBER OF BIRTHS, NURSING, NUTRITION, NUTRITIONAL STATUS, OLD AGE, PARTICIPATION OF WOMEN, PENSIONS, POLICY DIALOGUE, POLICY FRAMEWORK, POLICY MAKERS, POPULATION GROUPS, PRACTITIONERS, PREGNANCIES, PREGNANCY, PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, PREGNANT WOMEN, PRENATAL CARE, PREVENTIVE HEALTH CARE, PRIMARY EDUCATION, PRIMARY SCHOOL, PRIMARY SCHOOLS, PROGRESS, PROMOTING GENDER EQUALITY, PUBLIC EDUCATION, PUBLIC HEALTH, QUALITY OF CARE, QUALITY OF EDUCATION, QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE, QUALITY OF SERVICES, QUALITY SERVICES, REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH, REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH SERVICES, RISKY BEHAVIOR, RURAL AREAS, SAFETY NET, SAFETY NETS, SCHOOL ATTENDANCE, SCHOOL CHILDREN, SCHOOL-AGE CHILDREN, SECONDARY EDUCATION, SECONDARY SCHOOL, SERVICE DELIVERY, SERVICE PROVIDERS, SERVICE QUALITY, SERVICE UTILIZATION, SEX WORKERS, SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES, SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED INFECTIONS, SKILLED ATTENDANCE, SKILLED BIRTH ATTENDANTS, SKILLED WORKERS, SOCIAL NETWORKS, SOCIAL NORMS, SOCIAL PROGRAMS, SOCIAL SECURITY, SOCIAL SERVICES, SOCIAL SERVICES FOR WOMEN, STATE PLANNING, STATUS OF WOMEN, TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE, TERTIARY EDUCATION, TRAINING HEALTH WORKERS, TRANSPORTATION, UNEMPLOYMENT, UNIVERSAL ACCESS, UNIVERSAL PRIMARY EDUCATION, UNSAFE ABORTIONS, URBAN AREAS, URBANIZATION, VIOLENCE, VITAMINS, VULNERABLE POPULATIONS, WORKERS, YOUNG ADULTS, YOUNG PEOPLE, YOUNG WOMEN, YOUTH DEVELOPMENT, YOUTH-FRIENDLY SERVICES,
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/757291468331274684/Getting-to-equal-promoting-gender-equality-through-human-development https://hdl.handle.net/10986/27792
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