female empowerment

Childcare can contribute to a ‘triple social and economic dividend,’ by improving early childhood development outcomes, increasing women’s participation in the labour market, and creating new jobs and businesses.

Increasing women’s use of a digital financial service in Tanzania, mobile money, empowered women and led to improvements in women’s control over their finances.

Greater female participation in political leadership roles is associated with a decline in violence against women in Brazil

A cash grant and training programme had a range of benefits for women in Tunisia, but only improved participation in income-generating activities for women who attended training without their partner

Promoting women at work increases female bargaining power in the household, both for new female managers and female staff exposed to them as role models

Expanding professional networks for growth-oriented female entrepreneurs improved business outcomes such as innovation, business practices, and profits

The large-scale construction of public universities in Egypt improved education, labour and marriage outcomes, particularly for women

Providing access to childcare can help women achieve greater economic parity and enhance their agency, and could also lead to a substantial boost to the global economy