New York, 05 July—Social and legal discrimination against women remains a major obstacle to economic development in emerging and developing countries, according to the latest edition of OECD’s Social Institutions and Gender Index (SIGI). Though women’s rights are improving in a number of countries, in others women are still barred from fully contributing to social and economic life. Michelle Bachelet, Under-Secretary-General and Executive Director of UN Women, chaired a discussion Thursday, … [Read more...]
IFAD: Corporate-level evaluation on IFAD’s performance – Taking Action to support Women!
February 9, 2011 by
Corporate-level evaluation on IFAD’s performance with regard to ... 'Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment'. Taking Action to support Women New evaluation on gender equality and women's empowerment in IFAD's projects points the way to further progress Rome, February 2011 – An evaluation of projects and activities undertaken by the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) has found that, while there is room for improvement, the agency has made significant … [Read more...]
