Voice and agency [electronic resource] : empowering women and girls for shared prosperity / Jeni Klugman, Lucia Hanmer, Sarah Twigg, Tazeen Hasan, Jennifer McCleary-Sills, Julieth Santamaria.
Klugman, Jeni, 1964- author.; Hanmer, Lucia, author.; World Bank, issuing body.
2014
HQ1870.9 .K62 2014
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Title Voice and agency [electronic resource] : empowering women and girls for shared prosperity / Jeni Klugman, Lucia Hanmer, Sarah Twigg, Tazeen Hasan, Jennifer McCleary-Sills, Julieth Santamaria.
Author Klugman, Jeni, 1964- author.
ISBN 9781464803604 electronic book
1464803609 electronic book
9781464803598 paperback
1464803595 paperback
Published Washington, DC : World Bank Group, [2014]
Copyright ©2014
Language English
Description 1 online resource (xvi, 216 pages)
Call Number HQ1870.9 .K62 2014
Dewey Decimal Classification 305.409172/4
Summary "The 2012 report recognized that expanding women's agency - their ability to make decisions and take advantage of opportunities is key to improving their lives as well as the world. This report represents a major advance in global knowledge on this critical front. The vast data and thousands of surveys distilled in this report cast important light on the nature of constraints women and girls continue to face globally. This report identifies promising opportunities and entry points for lasting transformation, such as interventions that reach across sectors and include life-skills training, sexual and reproductive health education, conditional cash transfers, and mentoring. It finds that addressing what the World Health Organization has identified as an epidemic of violence against women means sharply scaling up engagement with men and boys. The report also underlines the vital role information and communication technologies can play in amplifying women's voices, expanding their economic and learning opportunities, and broadening their views and aspirations. The World Bank Group's twin goals of ending extreme poverty and boosting shared prosperity demand no less than the full and equal participation of women and men, girls and boys, around the world."--Publisher description
Bibliography, etc. Note Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Added Author Hanmer, Lucia, author.
Added Corporate Author World Bank, issuing body.
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Framing the challenge: norms, constraints, and deprivations
Enhancing women's agency: a cross-cutting agenda
Freedom from violence
Control over sexual and reproductive health and rights
Control over land and housing
Amplifying voices
Closing gaps in data and evidence.

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