Armenia Country Gender Assessment, 2016 : The State of Gender Equality in Armenia

Despite economic progress over the last decade, disparities between women and men remain salient in Armenia, especially in dimensions that are powerfully influenced by social norms. In domains like education and health, gender equality in outcomes...

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Main Author:	World Bank
Format:	Report
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2017
Subjects:	inequality gender inequality women entrepreneurs parental leave early childhood education female labor force participation skills
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spelling	okr-10986-262672021-05-25T08:58:38Z Armenia Country Gender Assessment, 2016 : The State of Gender Equality in Armenia World Bank inequality gender inequality women entrepreneurs parental leave early childhood education female labor force participation skills Despite economic progress over the last decade, disparities between women and men remain salient in Armenia, especially in dimensions that are powerfully influenced by social norms. In domains like education and health, gender equality in outcomes in Armenia are broadly comparable with those in Europe and Central Asia and better than those of lower-middle-income countries globally. However, barriers to women's access to economic opportunities persist and gender inequalities are manifest in demographic imbalances, and under-representation in leadership roles. Concerted policy efforts are required to close gender gaps that hamper growth of the overall economy. 2017-03-15T16:46:39Z 2017-03-15T16:46:39Z 2017-03 Report http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/153131489418520050/Armenia-country-gender-assessment-2016-the-state-of-gender-equality-in-Armenia http://hdl.handle.net/10986/26267 English en_US CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Economic & Sector Work :: Country Gender Assessment Economic & Sector Work Europe and Central Asia Armenia
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description	Despite economic progress over the last decade, disparities between women and men remain salient in Armenia, especially in dimensions that are powerfully influenced by social norms. In domains like education and health, gender equality in outcomes in Armenia are broadly comparable with those in Europe and Central Asia and better than those of lower-middle-income countries globally. However, barriers to women's access to economic opportunities persist and gender inequalities are manifest in demographic imbalances, and under-representation in leadership roles. Concerted policy efforts are required to close gender gaps that hamper growth of the overall economy.
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title	Armenia Country Gender Assessment, 2016 : The State of Gender Equality in Armenia
title_short	Armenia Country Gender Assessment, 2016 : The State of Gender Equality in Armenia
title_full	Armenia Country Gender Assessment, 2016 : The State of Gender Equality in Armenia
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Armenia Country Gender Assessment, 2016 : The State of Gender Equality in Armenia

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