Gender Gaps in Bolivia : An Overview
This review of gender issues aims to uncover the main gender gaps in the country, and to identify potential policy recommendations that could help closing them in the coming years.The note is an input to the development of a Gender Action Plan for the Andean Countries under the Gender Analysis Work Program.the note lays out a descriptive overview of gender gaps in endowments, economic opportunities and agency the explanation of the observed situation is outside the scope of this note.The note applies the analytical framework devised by the WDR 2012 on Gender Equality and Development. Chapter one covers the legal and institutional framework and the issue of the agency of women e.g. political representation and violence against women, time use, and attitudes towards women; Chapter two provides an overview the situation with regards to the main endowments of health and education; and Chapter three deals with the existing gender gaps in economic opportunity – labor force participation and unemployment, the quality of employment, earnings, entrepreneurship and access to finance.This review is the result of the first stage in the assessment process. The note mainly reflects an initial descriptive exercise, and will be revised after the completion of stakeholder consultations in the countries; the results of such consultations will not only help identify additional literature and research on specificissues, but also help to prioritize the key gender gaps to be addressed based on the way discussions on the issue are currently taking place in the country.
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| Format: | Report biblioteca |
| Language: | English |
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World Bank, Washington, DC
2018-12-01
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| Subjects: | GENDER GAP, LEGAL FRAMEWORK, WOMEN'S EMPOWERMENT, AGENCY, GENDER EQUALITY, VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN, SOCIAL NORMS, FERTILITY, MATERNAL MORTALITY, TEEN PREGNANCY, ENROLLMENT, DROPOUT, EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT, FEMALE LABOR FORCE PARTICIPATION, FEMALE ENTREPRENEURS, EMPLOYMENT, ACCESS TO FINANCE, |
| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/554551558606816072/Gender-Gaps-in-Bolivia-An-Overview http://hdl.handle.net/10986/31822 |
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| Summary: | This review of gender issues aims to
uncover the main gender gaps in the country, and to identify
potential policy recommendations that could help closing
them in the coming years.The note is an input to the
development of a Gender Action Plan for the Andean Countries
under the Gender Analysis Work Program.the note lays out a
descriptive overview of gender gaps in endowments, economic
opportunities and agency the explanation of the observed
situation is outside the scope of this note.The note applies
the analytical framework devised by the WDR 2012 on Gender
Equality and Development. Chapter one covers the legal and
institutional framework and the issue of the agency of women
e.g. political representation and violence against women,
time use, and attitudes towards women; Chapter two provides
an overview the situation with regards to the main
endowments of health and education; and Chapter three deals
with the existing gender gaps in economic opportunity –
labor force participation and unemployment, the quality of
employment, earnings, entrepreneurship and access to
finance.This review is the result of the first stage in the
assessment process. The note mainly reflects an initial
descriptive exercise, and will be revised after the
completion of stakeholder consultations in the countries;
the results of such consultations will not only help
identify additional literature and research on
specificissues, but also help to prioritize the key gender
gaps to be addressed based on the way discussions on the
issue are currently taking place in the country. |
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