IMFBlog2021-05-13T12:50:15-04:00March 5, 2021|
By Antoinette Sayeh, Jiro Honda, Carolina Renteria, Vincent Tang
عربي, 中文, Español, Français, 日本語, Русский
International Women’s Day, March 8, marks a year from the start of widespread lockdowns in response to COVID-19. As an IMF blog warned back in July, women have borne the economic and social brunt of the pandemic. […]
IMFBlog2021-05-13T12:56:13-04:00January 7, 2020|
IMFBlog2019-03-06T16:04:18-05:00March 6, 2019|
Every day, women around the world experience less opportunity than men in education and employment, and less political representation. […]
IMFBlog2021-07-12T17:27:50-04:00July 26, 2018|
By Tony Annett and Chris Lane
July 26, 2018
Version in عربي , 中文, Español, Baˈhasa indoneˈsia, 日本語, Português, Русский
The global economic juggernaut is bumping into the boundaries of environmental safety (photo: Infogram).
Although we live in an age of unparalleled wealth and technological achievement, billions of people are still suffering from poverty, hunger, exclusion, and conflict. […]
IMFBlog2019-03-15T13:27:28-04:00November 22, 2017|
Woman engineer at work: The IMF’s research shows that countries can reap benefits from closing gender gaps (photo: nimis69/iStock by Getty Images)
By IMFBlog
November 22, 2017
Versions in عربي (Arabic), 中文(Chinese); Español (Spanish); Français (French); 日本語 (Japanese); Русский (Russian)
Women count. They contribute to society in every way, including as a crucial part of their countries’ economic growth and prosperity.
Not long ago, few people would have expected […]
IMFBlog2019-03-25T16:07:34-04:00May 13, 2017|
May 13, 2017
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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.
Women’s economic empowerment has long been an international priority, of course. The G6—as it was then—was first created in 1975, a year named “International Women’s Year” by the United Nations to help […]
