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October 25, 2016

Gender
A Conversation With Shauna Olney

Women’s economic advancement is a primary driver of economic growth and development. In this roundtable, Shauna Olney addresses gender inequalities across a variety of labor market indicators, includ…

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October 24, 2016

Economics
Unpaid Care Work: The Overlooked Barrier to Female Labor Force Participation

This post is co-authored by Becky Allen, a research associate in the Women and Foreign Policy program at the Council on Foreign Relations. First Deputy Managing Director of the IMF David Lipton se…

People collect water from shallow wells dug along the Shabelle River bed, which is dry due to drought in Somalia's Shabelle region

March 8, 2017

Development
International Women’s Day

This post is co-authored by Anne Connell, assistant director of the Women and Foreign Policy program at the Council on Foreign Relations. Wednesday, March 8 marks International Women’s Day, an int…

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