World migration report 2024
The International Organization for Migration (IOM) launched the World Migration Report 2024, which reveals significant shifts in global migration patterns, including a record number of displaced people
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2019 Annual trends and outlook report: gender equality in rural Africa- from commitments to outcomes
Gender-sensitive policy and programming have an integral role to play in fostering inclusive agricultural growth to meet the commitments of African countries to the Malabo Declaration goals. The 2019 Annual
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The power of parity: advancing women’s equality in Africa
Gender inequality in Africa remains high, and progress toward gender parity has stagnated. This is a large missed opportunity for African societies and for the continent’s growth prospects. If Africa steps
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Gender mainstreaming in climate change projects: the case of FORM GHANA LTD. in Ghana
The Ghana Public Private Partnership for the Restoration of Degraded Forest Reserve project is implemented by FORM GHANA LTD. It has received funds from the African Development Bank and the CIF’s Forest
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Accelerating poverty reduction in Africa
Sub-Saharan Africa's turnaround over the past couple of decades has been dramatic. After many years in decline, the continent's economy picked up in the mid-1990s. Along with this macroeconomic growth,
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Africa's Pulse, October 2019: an analysis of issues shaping Africa’s economic future
Africa's Pulse is a biannual publication containing an analysis of the near-term macroeconomic outlook for the region. Each issue also includes a section focusing upon a topic that represents a particular
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Employment situation in Latin America and the Caribbean: evolution of and prospects for women’s labour participation in Latin America
Gender equality is one of the most important elements of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) that guide the work of all the institutions of the United Nations system. As recognized by SDG 5 (achieve
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Gender-transformative climate change adaptation: advancing social equity
This background paper explores ways to use a gender-transformative lens to account for the social nature of major adaptation efforts in key systems and to understand the political, economic, social, and
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Integrating Approaches to Deliver Conservation and Development Impacts at Scale: Practitioner Guidance from a Decade of CARE-WWF Alliance Experience in Africa and Asia
<p>The CARE-WWF Alliance is a pioneering partnership with deep experience implementing integrated conservation and development programs. Formed in 2008, the global partnership aims to empower the poor,
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Empowering women in marine communities to mitigate the impacts of climate change
While 80-90% of the workforce in the global seafood processing industry and 70% of the aquaculture processing workforce is female, these positions exemplify gender disparity as they are mainly low-skilled,
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Trends in maternal mortality: 2000 to 2017
More women and children survive today than ever before. Despite strong progress, however, every 11 seconds, a pregnant woman or newborn dies somewhere in the world – deaths that can be prevented using