Women, Business and the Law’s Post

International Women's Day 2024: Removing gender barriers unlocks economic productivity, reduces poverty, and deepens social cohesion. Closing the gender gap in employment could raise long-term GDP per capita by nearly 20 percent on average across countries.

🔥 Exciting new strategy! 👩👩👧👧 The WorldBank Group Gender Strategy 2024-30 focuses on concerted action, financing, and programs at scale to support foundational wellbeing, economic participation and women’s leadership. 👩🎓 This will contribute to: ➡ Progress in ending all forms of gender-based violence ➡ Stronger and more resilient human capital ➡ More and better jobs, including jobs of the future #transparency #traceability #sustainability #genderbalance #equalopportunities

Removing gender barriers unlocks immense potential for people, economies & the planet. The World Bank Group is stepping up with greater ambition to #AccelerateEquality in our mission to end poverty on a livable planet. Our new gender strategy ➡️https://lnkd.in/e99VjVmU

💧👩 When women and men equally decide on how to use water, decisions are more representative of the needs of the entire population. Check out our guide to gender mainstreaming in water governance in Central Asia 👇 #waterdiplomacy #IWD2024

🔔Save the date! 3 days to go until #InternationalWomensDay! 📢 It's time to #InvestInWomen and end poverty Let's make gender equity a reality #10yearsinthemaking #RingtheBellforGenderEquality #GCN_Ghana #CorporateSustainability #SustainableGhana

From poverty reduction to health, education, economic growth, gender equality, climate action and more, peace is essential for all interventions working towards healthy, safe, and just societies. Peace matters for us all. We need to build evidence and identify the investments in peace that have the best outcomes for people and practitioners affected by conflict.

The United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are a set of 17 goals to make the world a better place by 2030. They include goals like: - Ending poverty and hunger - Providing quality education and healthcare - Promoting gender equality and clean energy - Protecting the environment and ensuring peace and justice Pakistan has committed to achieving these goals, but still faces challenges like: - High poverty rates - Limited access to quality education and healthcare - Gender inequality and discrimination - Vulnerability to climate change It's important for the government, civil society, and individuals to work together to address these challenges and ensure the effective implementation of the SDGs in Pakistan. #pakistan #sustainablecity #challenges #implementation

Let us collectively work towards poverty, exclusion, gender inequality, human rights and development. The theme of World Day of Social Justice 2024 is "Bridging Gaps, Building Alliances" #NTRTrust #NTRMemorialTrust #WorldDayOfSocialJustice #humanrights

Weaving gender-related targets into fiscal policies not only reduces gender inequality but also slashes poverty and fosters robust economic growth in Asia and the Pacific. Explore this practical guide to gender-responsive budgeting. 👉 https://ow.ly/UrW450QNgQt #IWD2024 #WomensDay #GenderEquality with Janet Stotsky, Prabhjot Khan, Yothin Jinjarak, Maria Hanna Concepcion P. Jaber, Pilipinas Quising

Just out! A new @WorldBank report assesses human capital utilization in terms of inclusive jobs in #Türkiye towards broadening economic resilience, with a focus on gender equity given the profile of the vulnerable labor force. https://lnkd.in/dWEE4-tU