Voice and agency: empowering women and girls for shared prosperity

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Twenty Years after Beijing: Can Promises be Turned into Progress?

Woodroffe

2015

IDS Bulletin

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Twenty years since the landmark women's conference at Beijing, and as the post-2015 agenda is concluded, it is clear that there has been a significant increase in rhetoric from governments and even some notable achievements in the field of women's equality and rights. But a failure to tackle underlying causes -particularly the persistent unequal power relations between women and men -has thwarted real, sustainable progress. A report by the Gender and Development Network has identified four areas in need of far greater political focus and resources: working with marginalised women to build their own agency; supporting women's collective action; promoting positive social norms; and reassessing macroeconomic policies and the role of the care economy.

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Twenty Years after Beijing: Can Promises be Turned into Progress?

Woodroffe

2015

IDS Bulletin

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Whose Foot is in the Tight Shoe?

Kitson

2016

Int J Child Rights

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The lack of synergy between existing child marriage prevention initiatives and a systems approach to child protection limits children’s access to holistic services that can help reduce their vulnerability to early marriage. From an integrated feminist and child rights standpoint, culture, religious traditions and poverty do not justify the sexual exploitation of female children, nor fixation on “soft” interventions as a strategy for eradicating child marriage. The slow pace of change in behaviours and attitudes towards child marriage in West Africa necessitates a rethinking of the nuances of community resistance to change, and the implementation of more vigorous actions to ensure just treatment of children. Initiatives to prevent and eradicate child marriage must be cognizant of the strength of multisectoral partnerships and the overarching legal frameworks for the protection of children. State parties need to ensure that the pathways for change reflect the interplay of robust child protection legislations, well-resourced child protection systems, viable local community resources, investments in research on child marriage, and state leadership in holding child marriage perpetrators accountable for their actions.

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Intergenerational Education Mobility in Africa: Has Progress been Inclusive?

Azomahou

Yitbarek

2016

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The Policy Research Working Paper Series disseminates the findings of work in progress to encourage the exchange of ideas about development issues. An objective of the series is to get the findings out quickly, even if the presentations are less than fully polished. The papers carry the names of the authors and should be cited accordingly. The findings, interpretations, and conclusions expressed in this paper are entirely those of the authors. They do not necessarily represent the views of the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development/World Bank and its affiliated organizations, or those of the Executive Directors of the World Bank or the governments they represent.

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Voice and agency: empowering women and girls for shared prosperity

Cited by 11 publications

References 11 publications

Twenty Years after Beijing: Can Promises be Turned into Progress?

Twenty Years after Beijing: Can Promises be Turned into Progress?

Whose Foot is in the Tight Shoe?

Intergenerational Education Mobility in Africa: Has Progress been Inclusive?

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