Addressing the Gender Gap in Europe and Central Asia

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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Main Author:	Sattar, Sarosh
Format:	Brief
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2014
Subjects:	AGING ALCOHOLISM BIRTHS DEMOGRAPHIC CHANGES DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DIET DISCRIMINATION ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES EDUCATED WOMEN EDUCATION POLICIES ELDERLY EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES FOR WOMEN ENROLLMENT ENROLLMENT RATE ENROLLMENT RATES EQUAL OPPORTUNITY FAMILY MEMBERS FEMALE FERTILITY FERTILITY RATES FEWER CHILDREN GENDER GENDER EQUALITY GENDER GAP GENDER GAPS GENDER IMBALANCES GENDER INEQUALITIES GENDER INEQUALITY GENDER PERSPECTIVE GIRLS GROSS ENROLLMENT GROSS ENROLLMENT RATES HUMAN CAPITAL INFANT LABOR FORCE LABOR FORCE PARTICIPATION LABOR MARKET LABOR MARKETS LEVELS OF EDUCATION LIFE EXPECTANCY LIFESTYLE CHOICES LOW-INCOME COUNTRIES MATERNAL MORTALITY MATERNAL MORTALITY RATES MINORITY OLD AGE OPPORTUNITIES FOR WOMEN PARTICIPATION RATES PENSION PENSIONS POLICY MAKERS POOR HEALTH PRIMARY ENROLLMENT PRODUCTIVITY PROGRESS PROGRESS TOWARDS GENDER EQUALITY RETURNS TO EDUCATION RURAL AREAS SAFETY NETS SECONDARY EDUCATION SECONDARY SCHOOL SEX SEX RATIO TERTIARY EDUCATION TERTIARY LEVEL TERTIARY LEVELS UNITED NATIONS VIOLENCE VULNERABILITY VULNERABILITY OF WOMEN WAGE GAP WDR WILL WOMAN WORLD POPULATION YOUNG POPULATIONS
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2012/06/16579650/addressing-gender-gap-europe-central-asia http://hdl.handle.net/10986/17102

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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2012/06/16579650/addressing-gender-gap-europe-central-asia
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/17102