This report presents the latest evidence on gender equality across all 17 Sustainable Development Goals, focusing not only on the current level of progress, but also on the likelihood of achieving gender equality across the Goals at the current trajectory. Among this year’s recommendations is a call to significantly expand national investments and international financing in support of gender equality.
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This publication aims to enhance the existing knowledge and resources on the current situation of the Filipino migrant workers with particular attention to the gender…
This publication provides analysis of sex-disaggregated data on remittance flows and patterns, and examines the gender dimensions of remittances and its intersections…
In 2014, UN Women's Fund for Gender Equality (FGE) supported 67 active programmes in 60 countries and reached over 310,000 direct beneficiaries. The 2014 Annual report…
The gender dimensions of pension systems: Policies and constraints for the protection of older women
This paper documents the pervasiveness of women’s lack of income security in old age across a large number of countries, but also points to a number of important policy…
This paper examines policies for the support of families with children, in particular child-related financial transfers and early childhood education and care (ECEC)…
The UN Women discussion paper series is an initiative led by the Research and Data Section of UN Women, to provide grounded, fresh and robust perspectives on some of the…
In the second issue of TRANSFORM – The magazine for gender-responsive evaluation, the Independent Evaluation Office addresses a critical topic: women’s economic…
This paper investigates the extent to which financial services offered through posts may serve women in the developing world better than financial institutions (FIs). We…
This study examines the borrowing behaviour of women and men within households in Ecuador, Ghana and Karnataka, India, and investigates whether the correlates of having…
This study explores the shocks experienced by households and the coping strategies employed by them in Ecuador, Ghana and Karnataka, India. It emphasizes the role of…