More: Gender Equality
‘Gender-sensitive’ trade policies help empower East African women
Trade and employment laws which give women greater access to the economy across East Africa, can pave the way for more inclusive development and...
Beautiful Soul Narrative and Gendered Understanding of Armed Conflict : Case Study of the Rwandan Genocide
Armed conflict leads to exacerbation of inequalities and power relations that existed in the pre-conflict period as a result of gender stereotypical understanding of...
Building Bridges: Saudi Arabia’s efforts to improve its public image
With the change in the international political environment, traditional ways of achieving foreign policy goals have also changed, previously hard power was the most...
Educational propaganda to overcome the past and current literacy rate of Pakistan and its future
Education, specifically formal education received at schools being controlled by government and private sectors is a tool of propaganda. In countries like Pakistan control...
Entrepreneurship is Key to Empowering Women in Asia-Pacific
Despite the progress made over the last two decades in empowering women in Asia and the Pacific, there remain huge gender gaps, particularly in...
Sri Lankans Urge Employers to Adopt Family-friendly Policies
In March this year, as part of the International Women’s Day #PressForProgress campaign, the World Bank office in Sri Lanka invited expression of views...
Employer Support for LGBT+ Talent is Falling Short
While the majority (85%) of high performing LGBT+ employees feel comfortable being out at work – indicating that tremendous progress has been made in...
Indonesia’s ‘Superheroines’ Empowered with Renewables
About a third of Indonesians, roughly 80 million people, live without electricity and many more with only unreliable access. In the country’s eastern Solor...
The Depth of Taboo: Social Issues in South Asia
Rarely does a geopolitical handbook also make such large and important contributions to uncomfortably critical social issues. This handbook is that rare example. The...
Better information needed to improve gender diversity in the clean-energy sector
Recognizing that the energy sector lags when it comes to gender diversity, the Italian Agency for New Technologies, Energy and Sustainable Economic Development (ENEA)...