Achieving gender equality and empowering all women and girls

Daniel Jeongdae Lee and Sonam Choden Wangdi
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Daniel Jeongdae Lee: Macroeconomic Policy and Financing for Development Division, ESCAP
Sonam Choden Wangdi: Macroeconomic Policy and Financing for Development Division, ESCAP

No PB87, MPDD Policy Briefs from United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP)

Abstract: Achieving Goal 5 on gender equality will require mainstreaming of gender aspects across all investment areas, including health and education, through such initiatives as gender budgeting. Moreover, behavioural and legislative changes are needed to address gender- related discrimination and violence and to enhance women’s economic participation.

Date: 2019-04
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