Country Gender Assessment : Georgia
This Country Gender Assessment (CGA) provides empirical evidence and analyses equality between the women and men of Georgia. Methodologically, the report adopts the Gender Assessment framework proposed by the World Development Report on Gender Equa...
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World Bank, Washington, DC
2021
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/407151616738297662/Georgia-Country-Gender-Assessment http://hdl.handle.net/10986/35366 |
| Summary: | This Country Gender Assessment (CGA)
provides empirical evidence and analyses equality between
the women and men of Georgia. Methodologically, the report
adopts the Gender Assessment framework proposed by the World
Development Report on Gender Equality and Development (WDR
2012) to analyze recent progress and pending challenges in
gender equity, across three key dimensions: (a) endowments,
(b) economic opportunities, and (c) agency and Voice. Based
on this framework, extensive research was conducted to
identify available data sources and empirical evidence, on
indicators such as poverty, health, education, perceptions,
and wellbeing, among others affecting gender equity in
Georgia. In addition to its intrinsic value, promoting
gender equality is a central priority to reduce poverty,
boost shared prosperity, and advance the aspirations of the
middle class. Georgia’s development challenges entail
adjusting and refining the country’s growth paradigm, and
translating economic growth to more rapid, sustainable
poverty reductions (World Bank 2018a). However, sustained
growth, poverty reduction, and shared prosperity require
that economic gains improve welfare among all communities,
households, and individuals (World Bank 2019). Promoting
women’s economic opportunities, access to endowments, and
voice and agency is fundamental in tackling some of
Georgia’s main policy challenges, including raising labor
productivity, integrating with the global economy, and
invigorating stagnant rural areas (World Bank 2018a).
Moreover, the socioeconomic impacts derived from the
COVID-19 pandemic present countries with an inflexion point,
to either enhance gender equality and benefit from its
long-term benefits, or to risk losing fundamental progress
in gender issues, and forego development opportunities in
the future. |
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