IMFBlog2019-03-14T13:18:44-04:00April 2, 2018|
By IMFBlog
April 2, 2018
Version in baˈhasa indoneˈsia (Indonesian)
Four students walk past a bank in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia: Policies like improving the quality of education can help the country increase the number of women in the workforce (photo: John Mulligan/iStock by Getty Images).
Malaysia, a country well on its way to achieving high income status, can increase the number of women in the labor force by implementing […]
IMFBlog2019-03-25T16:07:34-04:00May 13, 2017|
May 13, 2017
Versions in عربي (Arabic), 中文 (Chinese), Français (French), 本語 (Japanese), Русский (Russian), and Español (Spanish)
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 […]
IMFBlog2019-03-27T14:39:18-04:00October 22, 2015|
By Sonali Jain-Chandra, Kalpana Kochhar, and Monique Newiak
(Versions in عربي, 中文, Français, 日本語, Русский, and Español)
Despite progress, wide gaps between women and men’s economic empowerment and opportunity remain, which policymakers need to tackle urgently. In most countries, more men than women work, and they get paid more for similar work. Also, there are considerable gender gaps in access to education, health and finance in a number of countries. There is mounting evidence that the lack of gender equity imposes large economic costs as it hampers productivity and […]
