Inclusion and gender

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• Women Lead Record Number of Central Banks, but More Progress is Needed
  • Published: August 29, 2024
  • Authors: The Editors
  • Summary: New governors in Bosnia and Herzegovina and Papua New Guinea lifted the share of central banks with women leaders to 16 percent
• Countries That Close Gender Gaps See Substantial Growth Returns
  • Published: September 27, 2023
  • Authors: Antoinette M. Sayeh, Alejandro Badel, Rishi Goyal
  • Summary: Empowering women economically is a powerful engine of inclusive growth
• Women Struggle for Equal Pay and Progression at Central Banks
  • Published: May 9, 2023
  • Authors: Mariarosaria Comunale, Petra de Bruxelles, D. Filiz Unsal
  • Summary: A new survey reveals the gender gap persists
• Gender Budgeting Is More Widespread But Implementation Remains a Challenge
  • Published: March 8, 2022
  • Authors: Teresa Curristine, Nino Tchelishvili, Sureni Weerathunga
  • Summary: The pandemic has deepened long-standing gender gaps, with women continuing to bear the burden of unpaid work. By structuring spending and taxation in ways that advance gender equality—a process called gender budgeting—governments can help close the gap.
• How Empowering Women Supports Economic Growth
  • Published: March 7, 2022
  • Authors: The Editors
  • Summary: International Women’s Day, first recognized by the United Nations in 1977, grew from early 1900s labor movements for better working conditions and women’s right to work.
• How Domestic Violence is a Threat to Economic Development
  • Published: November 24, 2021
  • Authors: Rasmane Ouedraogo, David Stenzel
  • Summary: Stopping violence against women is not only a moral imperative, new evidence shows that it can help the economy.
• Women in Economics
  • Published: August 6, 2021
  • Authors: The Editors
  • Summary: Women remain underrepresented in economics, yet many have made an outsized impact on the field.
• Guilt, Gender, and an Inclusive Recovery: A Lesson from Japan
  • Published: September 9, 2020
  • Authors: Chie Aoyagi
  • Summary: Japan’s voluntary month-and-a-half shutdown of the economy in April due to COVID-19 has had a higher cost for women than men. A key reason: a “guilt gap” between women and men, where women often feel compelled to take on more professional sacrifices.
• Voting on Gender Parity
  • Published: September 17, 2019
  • Authors: Rasmane Ouedraogo
  • Summary: Electoral violence occurs in many African countries. Tragically, thousands are killed and displaced during election cycles on the continent.
• A Global Imperative
  • Published: March 8, 2019
  • Authors: Christine Lagarde
  • Summary: March 8 marks International Women’s Day, which provides a chance to reflect on the struggle for greater gender equality. The roots of this annual event reach back more than a century, yet its focus on respect and opportunities for women remains strikingly relevant today—from sexual harassment and violence to unequal laws and unfairness in the workplace, where women are too often underemployed, underpaid, and underpromoted.
• 5 Things You Need to Know About the IMF and Gender
  • Published: November 22, 2017
  • Summary: Women count. They contribute to society in every way, including as a crucial part of their countries’ economic growth and prosperity.
• Every Woman Counts: Gender Budgeting in G7 Countries
  • Published: May 13, 2017
  • Authors: Christine Lagarde
  • Summary: Finance ministers and central bank governors from the G7 countries met in Bari, Italy, this weekend to consider global economic issues, including steps to maintain economic stability and improving gender equality as important agenda items.
• Make Women a Priority
  • Published: March 24, 2017
  • Authors: The Editors

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