Women Empowerment for Poverty and Inequality Reduction in Sudan
Several key gender issues likely act as an impediment to poverty reduction and shared prosperity in Sudan. While many of these issues are common across countries in the Sub-Saharan Africa region, some of them are accentuated by the status of Sudan as a fragile state. Fragility and conflict negatively affect men and women in different ways, resulting in gender-specific disadvantages. While men are often disproportionately affected by the direct effects of conflict (for example, death and disability), women and girls are affected by a range of constraints and protection challenges that fragility and conflict pose. These issues include disrupted access to basic social services and infrastructure, lower access to productive assets, displacement, and increased exposure to gender-based violence (GBV). This study aims to examine how gender equality has evolved in Sudan during the last decade, by looking at different dimensions. These include the accumulation of endowment in all its forms (human capital [education and health] and physical capital), access to economic opportunities (labor market opportunities and access to income-generating activities), access to services (water, sanitation, and electricity), and voice/representation to make decision at all levels. The study will highlight the areas in which gender inequality persists and propose policies to reduce gender inequality in Sudan.
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| Format: | Policy Note biblioteca |
| Language: | English |
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World Bank, Washington, DC
2020-06
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| Subjects: | WOMEN'S EMPOWERMENT, POVERTY REDUCTION, INEQUALITY, GENDER EQUALITY, GENDER GAP, ACCESS TO SERVICES, LABOR FORCE PARTICIPATION, FOOD SECURITY, SHOCK EXPOSURE, VULNERABILITY, WOMEN'S AGENCY, WOMEN'S VOICE, |
| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/748021628485711221/Women-Empowerment-for-Poverty-and-Inequality-Reduction-in-Sudan http://hdl.handle.net/10986/36106 |
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| Summary: | Several key gender issues likely act as
an impediment to poverty reduction and shared prosperity in
Sudan. While many of these issues are common across
countries in the Sub-Saharan Africa region, some of them are
accentuated by the status of Sudan as a fragile state.
Fragility and conflict negatively affect men and women in
different ways, resulting in gender-specific disadvantages.
While men are often disproportionately affected by the
direct effects of conflict (for example, death and
disability), women and girls are affected by a range of
constraints and protection challenges that fragility and
conflict pose. These issues include disrupted access to
basic social services and infrastructure, lower access to
productive assets, displacement, and increased exposure to
gender-based violence (GBV). This study aims to examine how
gender equality has evolved in Sudan during the last decade,
by looking at different dimensions. These include the
accumulation of endowment in all its forms (human capital
[education and health] and physical capital), access to
economic opportunities (labor market opportunities and
access to income-generating activities), access to services
(water, sanitation, and electricity), and
voice/representation to make decision at all levels. The
study will highlight the areas in which gender inequality
persists and propose policies to reduce gender inequality in Sudan. |
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