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The World Bank Group takes as its starting point that no country, community, or economy can achieve its potential or meet the challenges of the 21st century without the full and equal participation of women and men, girls and boys.

Gender and Cities

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 Resource Guide: Violence Against Women and Girls
 
 Inclusive Resilience in South Asia
 
 eLearning: Introduction to Gender and Disaster Risk Management
 
 Engendering ICT Toolkit
 
 
Gender and Cities Knowledge Resources
21 publications in total

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Protecting and Strengthening the Land Tenure of Vulnerable Groups

  • Country/ City
    World
  • Topic
    Gender, Land Use, Disaster Risk Management
  • Published On
    October 14, 2016
  • Author(s)
    The World Bank
  • Abstract

    • Protecting and Strengthening the Land Tenure of Vulnerable Groups

    Disputes over land access and control often escalate into violence and conflict leading to dispossession and forced displacement within and across borders. Estimates indicate that 56 percent of conflicts are related to land and that most conflicts take place in developing countries. At the end of 2015, 95 percent of the 65 million refugees and internally displaced people were living in developing countries.

Violence Against Women and Girls: Transport Sector Brief

  • Country/ City
    World
  • Topic
    Transport, Gender, Sustainable Urban Transport
  • Published On
    October 14, 2015
  • Author(s)
    Karla Domínguez González, Diana J. Arango, Jennifer McCleary-Sills, Bianca Bianchi Alves
  • Abstract

    • Violence Against Women and Girls: Transport Sector Brief

    Transport infrastructure and services development has historically been largely gender-blind, in other words, it has not taken gender roles and men’s and women’s different uses of transport into account.

Violence Against Women and Girls: Disaster Risk Management Brief

  • Country/ City
    World
  • Topic
    Disaster Risk Management, Gender
  • Published On
    April 08, 2015
  • Author(s)
    Floriza Gennari, Diana Arango, Anne-Marie Urban, Jennifer McCleary-Sills
  • Abstract

    • Violence Against Women and Girls: Disaster Risk Management Brief

    Violence against women and girls (VAWG) has negative impacts on their physical and mental health. Health care settings provide a unique opportunity to identify VAWG survivors, provide critical support services, and prevent future harm.
     

Expanding Women's Access to Land and Housing in Urban Areas

  • Country/ City
    World
  • Topic
    Housing, Urban Planning, Gender
  • Published On
    October 14, 2014
  • Author(s)
    Carole Rakodi
  • Abstract

    • Expanding Women's Access to Land and Housing in Urban Areas

    Evidence is mounting that secure property rights have positive effects for poor people in general and women in particular. The aim of this report is to review what is known about women's access to and control over land and real property in urban settings, identifying approaches to strengthening property rights that enhance women s agency, and sharing key lessons.

Inclusion Matters : The Foundation for Shared Prosperity

  • Country/ City
    World
  • Topic
    Economic and Social Development, Gender, Policy and Governance
  • Published On
    October 18, 2013
  • Author(s)
    The World Bank
  • Abstract

    • Inclusion Matters : The Foundation for Shared Prosperity

    Today, the world is at a conjuncture where issues of exclusion and inclusion are assuming new significance for both developed and developing countries. The imperative for social inclusion has blurred the distinction between these two stylized poles of development. Countries that used to be referred to as developed are grappling with issues of exclusion and inclusion perhaps more intensely today than they did a decade ago.
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