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The student assistance program may be expanded to cushion the pandemic’s impact and enable more poor students, regardless of gender, to complete school.
Investments should seek to strengthen women’s capacities to anticipate, absorb, and adapt to the impacts of natural hazards and climate change and contribute to sustainable development.
A Singapore study shows career breaks to care for family hold back not only a woman’s rise in the corporate ladder but also affect her retirement savings.
Embracing technology for financial service delivery benefits both women-led enterprises and financial institutions.
Women were actively involved in developing the vision, plans and implementation of the local climate change projects.
Introduce interventions that address childcare issues and employment segregation.
A project in Chaonan district in the People’s Republic China shows how to improve services in rural areas and small towns with scarce water resources.
Mainstream gender inclusion and climate resilience into infrastructure development to improve quality of life and meet sustainability goals.
Innovative and sustained support for Grameen-style lending expanded financial services for underserved groups, including women.
In Bangladesh, improvements in rural roads and markets paved the way for women’s empowerment.