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Integrating gender and wellbeing in economics
Megan Romania | 12 February 2018Gender blindness in economics; identifying challenges and ideas on gender awareness in economic models and working towards gender-responsive policies.
▶Why we should stop discussing the SDGs in terms of economics and start engaging the issue of power relations
Jannemiek Evelo | 08 July 2016When studying the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), the first question we must ask ourselves is ‘What is development?’ The problem is, we still tend to think of development in economic terms, the SDGs being no exception (despite putting the wo...
▶Small but powerful
Josefine Ulbrich | March 09, 2015Although 90% of businesses in Sub-Saharan Africa’s markets are small and medium enterprises (SMEs), they do not play a significant role in current GDP growth. However, SMEs can lead a much-needed economic diversification, explore new sectors and b...
▶Breaking the metal ceiling, one enterprise at a time
Francisco Campos | 28 January 2015Female participation in entrepreneurial activities is higher in Sub-Saharan Africa than in any other region. But is this a success story for the integration of women in the labour market?
▶The bumpy road to improve women entrepreneurship
Alia El Mahdi | 07 October 2014Egypt has invested in its female labour force since the 1960s. Yet women-led businesses remain rare. Alia El Mahdi provides insight into the underlying challenges and gives policy recommendations for the effective promotion of female entrepreneurs.
▶Creating more decent work for women
Sher Verick | 17 March 2014Employment is a critical path to women’s economic empowerment, but it is by no means a simple relationship.
▶Fragile employment
Annemarie van de Vijsel, Vanessa Nigten | March 12, 2014Over 200 million people worldwide are officially unemployed and looking for work. A much larger number of people, however, has a job, but one that is uncertain, unstable and precarious and does not help them out of poverty. Rising economic growth...
▶A gender lens on the social change industry
Daniëlle de Winter | February 25, 2014Women seem to be more attracted to start or participate in social enterprises (SEs) than in ‘regular’ business practices. While gender inequality persists in traditional entrepreneurship, SEs appear to experience fewer discrepancies between men an...
▶Midwives Make a Difference
Frances Ganges | 12 February 2014Midwives play a vital role in development, especially with regard to the Millennium Development Goals.
▶A renewed global partnership for Africa
Carlos Lopes | 12 August 2013A new global partnership can provide the impetus for tackling the development challenges that Africa is facing. It must therefore be mutually beneficial, promote the autonomy of its states and address its developmental priorities.
▶A renewed global partnership for Africa
Carlos Lopes | 12 August 2013A new global partnership can provide the impetus for tackling the development challenges that Africa is facing. It must therefore be mutually beneficial, promote the autonomy of its states and address its developmental priorities.
▶Spurring economic transition
May 14, 2013How can we create a more inclusive economy and what obstacles lie in the way? This debate seeks answers.
▶Food for thought
Karlijn Muiderman, Evert-jan Quak | February 21, 2013In the four weeks since the food security debate started, international researchers, politicians, practitioners and entrepreneurs have fed the debate from many angles. They have shed light on what should be key strategies, and what should not be o...
▶Dealing with sexual and reproductive health
Hilde Kroes | 19 February 2013The post-2015 agenda needs to be adapted to address the inequalities, social exclusion and root causes of poverty that people are facing. If the principles of social equity, equality and human rights are not included, we will again fail to ac...
▶Water, gender and food security
Vivienne Bennett | 12 February 2013It is crucial to be aware of deeply-rooted gender structures and to create gender-equity in land tenure, in order to guarentee both water and food security.
▶Water, gender and food security
Vivienne Bennett | 12 February 2013It is crucial to be aware of deeply-rooted gender structures and to create gender-equity in land tenure, in order to guarentee both water and food security.
▶Focus on child sensitive social protection
Tanja van de Linde | 18 January 2013The focus of the inequality debate seems to be more and more on economic growth without acknowledging that human development is a prerequisite for poverty reduction. Also, human development is a basic human right.
▶Towards a food secure world
January 10, 2013Experts will debate tough questions on how to feed the world’s population. It shed light on how effectively global knowledge and expertise on food security are being used.
▶Body politics
Deborah Eade | June 10, 2011Deborah Eade reviews four publications in search of answers to the question why the field of development has been unable to understand human sexuality and body politics.
▶Responsibility to protect
Annette Jansen | April 13, 2010Annette Jansen interviews Doris Mpoumou of the International Coalition for the Responsibility to Protect
▶Advancing women’s rights agendas
Ellen Lammers | February 02, 2009Attaining women’s rights is central to addressing broader issues, such as ending poverty. Shareen Gokal of the Association for Women's Rights in Development (AWID) talks about the negative impact a rise in religious fundamentalism is having on wom...
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