Categories
Women's Empowerment, Extended Families and Male Migration in...
This paper analyzes variations in women’s empowerment based on their husband’s migration status and factors such as caste, ethnicity, and household composition. It finds that wives in nuclear househol...
Development and Validation of Women’s Empowerment in Migrati...
To better measure and understand links between women’s empowerment, migration, and well-being at different phases of migration, this paper develops a Women’s Empowerment in Migration Index (WEMI). Thi...
Development and Validation of Women’s Empowerment in Migrati...
To better measure and understand links between women’s empowerment, migration, and well-being at different phases of migration, this paper develops a Women’s Empowerment in Migration Index (WEMI). Thi...
Women, Power, and Leadership (2024)
Claire Shipman, journalist and author of The Power Code, joins Sabina Bhatia, Deputy Secretary of the IMF for a conversation on women’s empowerment and leadership. She shares her thoughts on the diver...
World Migration Report (2024)
The latest World Migration Report presents key global and regional migration data and trends, relevant thematic issues, and an expanded range of digital tools. Chapter 6, “Gender and Migration: Trends...
The Rise of Home-returning Women's Entrepreneurship in China...
While China is known for rural to urban migration, this study examines the opposite – the return of young women to their rural communities. Based on data from Guizhou Province, this study explores how...
The Work Itself Has Changed Me’ – The Experience Of (Rural) ...
This blog examines the internal migration of adolescent girls in Ethiopia, focusing on those working as domestic or sex workers in Addis Ababa. The girls migrated to escape oppressive gender norms, ab...
Platform Work in the Domestic and Home Care Sector: New Mech...
Combining in-depth interviews with secondary research, this paper assesses vulnerabilities in the domestic work and home care sector created by 19 job platforms in Spain. Focusing on formalization, wo...
Empowering Women Entrepreneurs in the Himalayas (2024)
Over half (52%) of women-owned small businesses in Nepal find it challenging to access finance. Learn more about two women entrepreneurs who are growing their businesses thanks to loans from Global IM...
A Decade of Change: The Surge of Financial Inclusion in Sub-...
Drawing on a decade of Global Findex data, this blog highlights financial inclusion progress in Sub-Saharan Africa, where account ownership has more than doubled since 2011 – to 49% of adults. Yet, si...
Meet Fátima Almeida, the Entrepreneur Revolutionizing Digita...
Read about how a fintech company started by a young Angolan woman is empowering people to participate in the digital economy by facilitating digital payments and promoting financial inclusion. In 2016...
Growing Up, Growing Informal: Gender Differences in Financia...
Drawing on Finscope/FinAccess data from Kenya and South Africa, this blog explores gendered patterns in how people use financial services over their lifetimes. It shows a rapid rise in the adoption of...