Addressing the Gender Gap in Europe and Central Asia
The Europe and Central Asia (ECA) region's relative advantage in gender equality compared to other regions eroded in the 1999-2009 period. As a result, the region now looks more similar to the rest of the world in terms of women's educati...
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| Format: | Brief |
| Language: | English en_US |
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World Bank, Washington, DC
2014
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2012/06/16579650/addressing-gender-gap-europe-central-asia http://hdl.handle.net/10986/17102 |
| Summary: | The Europe and Central Asia (ECA)
region's relative advantage in gender equality compared
to other regions eroded in the 1999-2009 period. As a
result, the region now looks more similar to the rest of the
world in terms of women's education and labor force
participation. Moreover, gender gaps continue to exist in
some minority communities and in poor rural areas.
Structural changes in the economies of the region have both
opened up economic and employment opportunities for women
and reduced some avenues of prosperity for men. However,
women's gains from such opportunities are limited as
occupational segregation and wage gaps persist, despite
comparable human capital endowments. The dramatic
demographic changes affecting the ECA region, such as aging,
have different implications for men and women. In
particular, (i) old age poverty will especially affect
women, and (ii) the shrinking labor force will make it
necessary to stimulate the labor participation rate of women. |
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