@article{717437,
      author = {Klugman, Jeni, and Hanmer, Lucia,},
      url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/717437},
      title = {Voice and agency empowering women and girls for shared  prosperity / [electronic resource] :},
      abstract = {"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},
      recid = {717437},
      pages = {1 online resource (xvi, 216 pages)},
}