Latest items for ERBG-PRACTICE-4
May 1, 2025, 5:12 p.m.
Countries: United States
Variables: ERBG-PRACTICE-4
"Entrepreneurship, which has been viewed as the path to unlocking higher earning potential for Native American women, could be the answer, but many Pueblo communities in rural pockets of the country can’t pursue it due to limited Internet and broadband access" (par. 21). "In Navajo Nation, Roanhorse, who is a Diné citizen, said many of those hurdles to business ownership are also bureaucratic. The application for business registration alone requires applicants to prove they’re Navajo citizens and they must work with a Regional Business Development Office, but there are only five of those offices across the entire Nation, which is the size of West Virginia. Old infrastructure and limited staffing...more
Variables: ERBG-PRACTICE-4
"Entrepreneurship, which has been viewed as the path to unlocking higher earning potential for Native American women, could be the answer, but many Pueblo communities in rural pockets of the country can’t pursue it due to limited Internet and broadband access" (par. 21). "In Navajo Nation, Roanhorse, who is a Diné citizen, said many of those hurdles to business ownership are also bureaucratic. The application for business registration alone requires applicants to prove they’re Navajo citizens and they must work with a Regional Business Development Office, but there are only five of those offices across the entire Nation, which is the size of West Virginia. Old infrastructure and limited staffing...more
April 11, 2025, 3:49 p.m.
Countries: Indonesia
Variables: ERBG-PRACTICE-4
"The pandemic has also triggered women in Micro-Small Businesses (MSBs) especially in food related business, around 30 million women facing drops in revenue. Most businesses fortunately informal women-owned microbusinesses are faring slightly better as they already engaged in digital businesses platforms before the pandemic and faster to access a wider customed base" (27).
Variables: ERBG-PRACTICE-4
"The pandemic has also triggered women in Micro-Small Businesses (MSBs) especially in food related business, around 30 million women facing drops in revenue. Most businesses fortunately informal women-owned microbusinesses are faring slightly better as they already engaged in digital businesses platforms before the pandemic and faster to access a wider customed base" (27).
April 4, 2025, 9:14 a.m.
Countries: El Salvador
Variables: ERBG-PRACTICE-4
"Article 5 of the Act on the Promotion, Protection and Development of Microenterprises and Small Businesses establishes that the central Government and the municipal authorities must provide support to new and existing microenterprises and small businesses, encourage private investment in such businesses and promote a range of business and financial services under conditions of gender equity" (22). "In 2018, the Social Housing Fund launched the Homes for Women Programme, which offers special conditions for single women, female heads of household, single mothers and widows who wish to own their own home and whose household income is below two and a half times the minimum wage, which is equivalent to $760.43....more
Variables: ERBG-PRACTICE-4
"Article 5 of the Act on the Promotion, Protection and Development of Microenterprises and Small Businesses establishes that the central Government and the municipal authorities must provide support to new and existing microenterprises and small businesses, encourage private investment in such businesses and promote a range of business and financial services under conditions of gender equity" (22). "In 2018, the Social Housing Fund launched the Homes for Women Programme, which offers special conditions for single women, female heads of household, single mothers and widows who wish to own their own home and whose household income is below two and a half times the minimum wage, which is equivalent to $760.43....more
March 26, 2025, 4:56 p.m.
Countries: D R Congo
Variables: ERBG-PRACTICE-4
"'Peace is at the center of our work because it is always in the minds of women. Even when we work on entrepreneurship we always think about peace and security because in order to be able to sell, women who bring food and produce from the forests and from the fields must be able to use a road that is safe and where there are no armed groups.' Josephine Malimukono, peace activist" (para 47).
Variables: ERBG-PRACTICE-4
"'Peace is at the center of our work because it is always in the minds of women. Even when we work on entrepreneurship we always think about peace and security because in order to be able to sell, women who bring food and produce from the forests and from the fields must be able to use a road that is safe and where there are no armed groups.' Josephine Malimukono, peace activist" (para 47).
March 19, 2025, 10:12 p.m.
Countries: Iraq
Variables: ERBG-PRACTICE-4
"Despite the information provided by the GoI [Government of Iraq] about loans granted to widows, the figures are extremely low compared to the number of widows and female-headed households impacted by the conflict" (6).
Variables: ERBG-PRACTICE-4
"Despite the information provided by the GoI [Government of Iraq] about loans granted to widows, the figures are extremely low compared to the number of widows and female-headed households impacted by the conflict" (6).
March 15, 2025, 11:45 a.m.
Countries: Lebanon
Variables: ERBG-PRACTICE-4, LO-PRACTICE-1
"Women have only limited access to loans and other forms of financial credit, as well as to property and inheritance rights" (12).
Variables: ERBG-PRACTICE-4, LO-PRACTICE-1
"Women have only limited access to loans and other forms of financial credit, as well as to property and inheritance rights" (12).
March 14, 2025, 4:48 p.m.
Countries: Venezuela
Variables: ERBG-PRACTICE-4
"Between 2014 and 2020, women’s access to credit was expanded both by private and by public banks. Since 2017, at least 45 per cent of loans extended by public banks were reserved for female entrepreneurs. As a result of the policies adopted, women now form the majority of recipients of loans for small and medium-sized industries from public banks. The unilateral coercive measures have impacted credit, causing a decline in the absolute volume of loans that started in 1918 and mainly affected private banks" (27). Table 3, titled “Loans for men and women, by year: Private banks” shows that the number of women receiving loans from private banks increased from...more
Variables: ERBG-PRACTICE-4
"Between 2014 and 2020, women’s access to credit was expanded both by private and by public banks. Since 2017, at least 45 per cent of loans extended by public banks were reserved for female entrepreneurs. As a result of the policies adopted, women now form the majority of recipients of loans for small and medium-sized industries from public banks. The unilateral coercive measures have impacted credit, causing a decline in the absolute volume of loans that started in 1918 and mainly affected private banks" (27). Table 3, titled “Loans for men and women, by year: Private banks” shows that the number of women receiving loans from private banks increased from...more
March 13, 2025, 10:21 p.m.
Countries: Namibia
Variables: ERBG-PRACTICE-4
"There are no financial institutions where we can get help if we want to start our own businesses because who will borrow money to an unemployed young San woman?" (14).
Variables: ERBG-PRACTICE-4
"There are no financial institutions where we can get help if we want to start our own businesses because who will borrow money to an unemployed young San woman?" (14).
March 5, 2025, 8:35 p.m.
Countries: Ecuador
Variables: ERBG-PRACTICE-4
"In 2019, the Ministry of Economic and Social Inclusion granted 31,310 human development loans to women, amounting to a value of $32,252,710. Of the women receiving these loans, 49 per cent were mestizo women, 19 per cent were indigenous women and 11 per cent were Montubio women. In addition, 68.8 per cent were engaged in agricultural work and 55.6 per cent were aged between 30 and 45 years. Furthermore, 36,978 women gained access to training through the Economic Inclusion Schools in order to initiate or strengthen their productive entrepreneurship. In 2019, the Bank of the Ecuadorian Social Security Institute ran two campaigns to boost lending to women: 'Para ti Mujer'...more
Variables: ERBG-PRACTICE-4
"In 2019, the Ministry of Economic and Social Inclusion granted 31,310 human development loans to women, amounting to a value of $32,252,710. Of the women receiving these loans, 49 per cent were mestizo women, 19 per cent were indigenous women and 11 per cent were Montubio women. In addition, 68.8 per cent were engaged in agricultural work and 55.6 per cent were aged between 30 and 45 years. Furthermore, 36,978 women gained access to training through the Economic Inclusion Schools in order to initiate or strengthen their productive entrepreneurship. In 2019, the Bank of the Ecuadorian Social Security Institute ran two campaigns to boost lending to women: 'Para ti Mujer'...more
March 3, 2025, 9:03 p.m.
Countries: China
Variables: ERBG-PRACTICE-4
"It notes with concern, however, that women are concentrated in service-sector jobs or work in rural areas for low pay" (Page 13).
Variables: ERBG-PRACTICE-4
"It notes with concern, however, that women are concentrated in service-sector jobs or work in rural areas for low pay" (Page 13).
Feb. 26, 2025, 8:27 p.m.
Countries: Dominican Republic
Variables: ERBG-PRACTICE-4
"Strengthening of economic empowerment and overcoming of poverty among women: Establishment of a specialized solidarity-based banking programme, through which 67 per cent of credit is granted to women who own micro- and small enterprises, and financial advice and training are provided; Provision of training to more than 3,500 women entrepreneurs and owners of micro- and small enterprises through Banco ADOPEM, the savings and loans bank of the women’s development association Asociación Dominicana para el Desarrollo de la Mujer; Provision of training to 1,755 people in the provinces of Azua, Monte Cristi and Valverde through a project for strengthening the banana value chain; Establishment of a registry of women suppliers to...more
Variables: ERBG-PRACTICE-4
"Strengthening of economic empowerment and overcoming of poverty among women: Establishment of a specialized solidarity-based banking programme, through which 67 per cent of credit is granted to women who own micro- and small enterprises, and financial advice and training are provided; Provision of training to more than 3,500 women entrepreneurs and owners of micro- and small enterprises through Banco ADOPEM, the savings and loans bank of the women’s development association Asociación Dominicana para el Desarrollo de la Mujer; Provision of training to 1,755 people in the provinces of Azua, Monte Cristi and Valverde through a project for strengthening the banana value chain; Establishment of a registry of women suppliers to...more
Feb. 8, 2025, 12:18 p.m.
Countries: Afghanistan
Variables: ERBG-PRACTICE-4
"Another salon manager said she employed 25 women who were all breadwinners for their families. 'All of them are heartbroken... what should they do?' she said" (par. 16). ""Raha, a 24-year-old student until she was barred from university last year, was visiting a salon Tuesday for a makeover before an engagement party. 'This place was the only place left for women to earn for themselves and they want to take it, too,' she said" (par. 23-24).
Variables: ERBG-PRACTICE-4
"Another salon manager said she employed 25 women who were all breadwinners for their families. 'All of them are heartbroken... what should they do?' she said" (par. 16). ""Raha, a 24-year-old student until she was barred from university last year, was visiting a salon Tuesday for a makeover before an engagement party. 'This place was the only place left for women to earn for themselves and they want to take it, too,' she said" (par. 23-24).
Feb. 6, 2025, 7:05 p.m.
Countries: Morocco
Variables: ERBG-PRACTICE-4
"A series of awareness measures have been taken in the textile and clothing companies, which hire the most women, under the “Fibre Citoyenne” code adopted by the Moroccan textile and clothing industry association" (27). Since these industries employ the most women, they could be considered as industries that are "for women" (CEC2 - CODER COMMENT). "In August 2016, the Ministry of Family, Solidarity, Equality and Social Development signed a partnership agreement with the Association of Women Entrepreneurs in Morocco (AFEM) on the project to develop women’s entrepreneurship in urban, semi-urban and rural settings through accelerators and incubators for businesses in three regions of Morocco" (38).
Variables: ERBG-PRACTICE-4
"A series of awareness measures have been taken in the textile and clothing companies, which hire the most women, under the “Fibre Citoyenne” code adopted by the Moroccan textile and clothing industry association" (27). Since these industries employ the most women, they could be considered as industries that are "for women" (CEC2 - CODER COMMENT). "In August 2016, the Ministry of Family, Solidarity, Equality and Social Development signed a partnership agreement with the Association of Women Entrepreneurs in Morocco (AFEM) on the project to develop women’s entrepreneurship in urban, semi-urban and rural settings through accelerators and incubators for businesses in three regions of Morocco" (38).
Feb. 3, 2025, 5:49 p.m.
Countries: United Kingdom
Variables: ERBG-PRACTICE-4
"Half of female entrepreneurs have been turned down for a loan to fund their new business - putting pressure on the Government's ambitions to boost Britain's economy, according to new research. Some women business owners called out being viewed as 'part-timers' because they have children or perceived as less serious professionals than their male counterparts. Some 53% of women across the UK admitted that having limited access to finance has made it challenging to start their own firms, financial platform Tide found in a survey of its members." (Para 1-3). "Some women business owners called out being viewed as 'part-timers' because they have children or perceived as less serious professionals...more
Variables: ERBG-PRACTICE-4
"Half of female entrepreneurs have been turned down for a loan to fund their new business - putting pressure on the Government's ambitions to boost Britain's economy, according to new research. Some women business owners called out being viewed as 'part-timers' because they have children or perceived as less serious professionals than their male counterparts. Some 53% of women across the UK admitted that having limited access to finance has made it challenging to start their own firms, financial platform Tide found in a survey of its members." (Para 1-3). "Some women business owners called out being viewed as 'part-timers' because they have children or perceived as less serious professionals...more
Jan. 30, 2025, 7:52 p.m.
Countries: Honduras
Variables: ERBG-PRACTICE-4
"The Committee welcomes the progress achieved since the consideration in 2016 of the State party’s combined seventh and eighth periodic reports in undertaking legislative reforms, in particular the adoption of the following: (a) Regulations for the National Solidarity Credit Programme for Rural Women Act, in 2018" (1).
Variables: ERBG-PRACTICE-4
"The Committee welcomes the progress achieved since the consideration in 2016 of the State party’s combined seventh and eighth periodic reports in undertaking legislative reforms, in particular the adoption of the following: (a) Regulations for the National Solidarity Credit Programme for Rural Women Act, in 2018" (1).
Jan. 28, 2025, 7:59 p.m.
Countries: Costa Rica
Variables: ERBG-PRACTICE-4
"With regard to support for women’s business activity and entrepreneurship, through the Emprende project coordinated by the National Institute for Women with support from the European Union, in the period from 2012 to 2018, technical advice and support was provided to strengthen women’s entrepreneurial capacities to a total of 996 micro- and small enterprises run by women. For its part, in the period from 2017 to 2020, the National Institute for Women’s Fomujeres fund benefited a total of 444 women’s projects, with an investment of 1,046,866,247 colones ($1,707,775.28)" (20).
Variables: ERBG-PRACTICE-4
"With regard to support for women’s business activity and entrepreneurship, through the Emprende project coordinated by the National Institute for Women with support from the European Union, in the period from 2012 to 2018, technical advice and support was provided to strengthen women’s entrepreneurial capacities to a total of 996 micro- and small enterprises run by women. For its part, in the period from 2017 to 2020, the National Institute for Women’s Fomujeres fund benefited a total of 444 women’s projects, with an investment of 1,046,866,247 colones ($1,707,775.28)" (20).
Jan. 18, 2025, 12:52 p.m.
Countries: Afghanistan
Variables: ERBG-PRACTICE-4
"Being barred from school now means they [women and girls] have to try to find a job or get married, like the young women in one province who spend their days sewing school uniforms for the young girls still allowed into the primary classroom" (para 13).
Variables: ERBG-PRACTICE-4
"Being barred from school now means they [women and girls] have to try to find a job or get married, like the young women in one province who spend their days sewing school uniforms for the young girls still allowed into the primary classroom" (para 13).
Jan. 16, 2025, 10:50 a.m.
Countries: Honduras
Variables: ERBG-PRACTICE-4
"The Honduran Bank of Production and Housing has allocated 36 per cent of its loans to women, benefited 60,290 families, generated 55,080 jobs and indirectly benefited 1.5 million people; (c) Under the Presidential Solidarity Credit Programme, 176,652 loans have been granted and 152,535 jobs have been created. Eighty per cent of those loans have been given to women, 50 per cent of whom are heads of household, 8 per cent are indigenous or Afro-Honduran and 2 percent are women with disabilities" (35). "Initiatives related to the empowerment of rural, indigenous and Afro-Honduran women include the adoption of the Act and regulations on credit for rural women; the creation by the...more
Variables: ERBG-PRACTICE-4
"The Honduran Bank of Production and Housing has allocated 36 per cent of its loans to women, benefited 60,290 families, generated 55,080 jobs and indirectly benefited 1.5 million people; (c) Under the Presidential Solidarity Credit Programme, 176,652 loans have been granted and 152,535 jobs have been created. Eighty per cent of those loans have been given to women, 50 per cent of whom are heads of household, 8 per cent are indigenous or Afro-Honduran and 2 percent are women with disabilities" (35). "Initiatives related to the empowerment of rural, indigenous and Afro-Honduran women include the adoption of the Act and regulations on credit for rural women; the creation by the...more
Jan. 10, 2025, 2:45 p.m.
Countries: Pakistan
Variables: ERBG-PRACTICE-4
"Home-based workers in Pakistan work in different industries, making garments, carpets, sacks, incense sticks, footballs, embroidery, bangles, jewelry, shoes and food. Work is done for domestic and global supply chains. These home-based workers are employed by factories or workshops through contractors or intermediaries and paid by the piece. They operate out of their homes or places near their homes. Home-based workers are treated as independent contractors or micro-businesses even though, in reality, they are disguised employees. They do not have employment contracts, enforceability of minimum wages, access to social security entitlements such as pensions, health coverage or maternity benefits, or access to dispute resolution mechanisms. They bear additional production costs...more
Variables: ERBG-PRACTICE-4
"Home-based workers in Pakistan work in different industries, making garments, carpets, sacks, incense sticks, footballs, embroidery, bangles, jewelry, shoes and food. Work is done for domestic and global supply chains. These home-based workers are employed by factories or workshops through contractors or intermediaries and paid by the piece. They operate out of their homes or places near their homes. Home-based workers are treated as independent contractors or micro-businesses even though, in reality, they are disguised employees. They do not have employment contracts, enforceability of minimum wages, access to social security entitlements such as pensions, health coverage or maternity benefits, or access to dispute resolution mechanisms. They bear additional production costs...more
Jan. 10, 2025, 2:32 p.m.
Countries: Malawi
Variables: ERBG-PRACTICE-4
"However, Friday Njaya, a director at Malawi’s Department of Fisheries, admits that the policy does not adequately consider gender as the authorities responsible for fisheries at the community level, the Beach Village Committees, are still mostly led by men. 'Women in fishing still have inferior roles, further leaving them prone to gender-based violence including sex for fish,' he said" (par. 31-32).
Variables: ERBG-PRACTICE-4
"However, Friday Njaya, a director at Malawi’s Department of Fisheries, admits that the policy does not adequately consider gender as the authorities responsible for fisheries at the community level, the Beach Village Committees, are still mostly led by men. 'Women in fishing still have inferior roles, further leaving them prone to gender-based violence including sex for fish,' he said" (par. 31-32).
Jan. 10, 2025, 2:03 p.m.
Countries: Somalia
Variables: ERBG-PRACTICE-4, MULV-PRACTICE-1
"Many Somalis do not consider journalism an acceptable job for a woman, who they believe should stay at home to cook, clean and raise children" (par. 10).
Variables: ERBG-PRACTICE-4, MULV-PRACTICE-1
"Many Somalis do not consider journalism an acceptable job for a woman, who they believe should stay at home to cook, clean and raise children" (par. 10).
Jan. 8, 2025, 3:34 p.m.
Countries: Tajikistan
Variables: ERBG-PRACTICE-4
"The website of the Statistics Agency under the Office of the President contains a database on gender statistics (compendium on men and women, 2021, and analysis of statistical data on the Sustainable Development Goals and the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women), which is updated annually. Monthly data are also posted on the number of women entrepreneurs entered in the gender database of the Statistics Agency (https://www.stat.tj/en/gender-database). Statistics Agency specialists participate regularly in international and regional workshops and training sessions on gender statistics (p. 5). This suggests that women are permitted to be entreprenuers (IME - CODER COMMENT). "In 2021, the Committee on Women and...more
Variables: ERBG-PRACTICE-4
"The website of the Statistics Agency under the Office of the President contains a database on gender statistics (compendium on men and women, 2021, and analysis of statistical data on the Sustainable Development Goals and the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women), which is updated annually. Monthly data are also posted on the number of women entrepreneurs entered in the gender database of the Statistics Agency (https://www.stat.tj/en/gender-database). Statistics Agency specialists participate regularly in international and regional workshops and training sessions on gender statistics (p. 5). This suggests that women are permitted to be entreprenuers (IME - CODER COMMENT). "In 2021, the Committee on Women and...more
Jan. 3, 2025, 2:39 p.m.
Countries: United States
Variables: ERBG-PRACTICE-4
"While engineering is one college discipline in which men continue to outnumber women, Northeastern has since 2022 been admitting slightly more female than male first-year engineering students" (par. 11). "For one thing, many of the rest of the degrees that women earn are disproportionately in lower-paying fields, such as social work (89% women) and teaching (83% women)" (par. 12).
Variables: ERBG-PRACTICE-4
"While engineering is one college discipline in which men continue to outnumber women, Northeastern has since 2022 been admitting slightly more female than male first-year engineering students" (par. 11). "For one thing, many of the rest of the degrees that women earn are disproportionately in lower-paying fields, such as social work (89% women) and teaching (83% women)" (par. 12).
Dec. 30, 2024, 11:27 a.m.
Countries: Burma/Myanmar
Variables: ERBG-PRACTICE-4
"Garment factories were once a lifeline for women from Myanmar’s villages and were projected to employ 1.6 million workers by 2026. Many of these are now shut and their companies have pulled out of Myanmar after the coup" (par. 25).
Variables: ERBG-PRACTICE-4
"Garment factories were once a lifeline for women from Myanmar’s villages and were projected to employ 1.6 million workers by 2026. Many of these are now shut and their companies have pulled out of Myanmar after the coup" (par. 25).
Dec. 6, 2024, 8:40 p.m.
Countries: Nigeria
Variables: ERBG-PRACTICE-4
"'My friends were amazed when I decided to become a tricycle rider last year. They questioned why I would even consider taking up a job typically seen as meant for men. Some even laughed at me, thinking it was a joke,' she says. A growing number of Nigerian women, such as Adewale, are moving into traditionally male-dominated roles as the country battles with increasing unemployment, a high cost of living and soaring inflation that has plunged more than 133 million people below the poverty line" (para 4-5). "'The first day I picked up a customer, I felt nervous. In fact a couple I picked up that day was shocked to...more
Variables: ERBG-PRACTICE-4
"'My friends were amazed when I decided to become a tricycle rider last year. They questioned why I would even consider taking up a job typically seen as meant for men. Some even laughed at me, thinking it was a joke,' she says. A growing number of Nigerian women, such as Adewale, are moving into traditionally male-dominated roles as the country battles with increasing unemployment, a high cost of living and soaring inflation that has plunged more than 133 million people below the poverty line" (para 4-5). "'The first day I picked up a customer, I felt nervous. In fact a couple I picked up that day was shocked to...more
Dec. 5, 2024, 6:08 p.m.
Countries: Tajikistan
Variables: ERBG-PRACTICE-4
"Unwilling to live alone and in poverty, Amina agreed to become the third wife of a 46-year-old man who would "lovingly take care" of her and help her get back on her feet. He bought her an apartment and a car, and also helped her to start her own business. Now Amina owns a beauty salon and a clothing store. The support of her second husband makes her very happy, she said" (para 14-15).
Variables: ERBG-PRACTICE-4
"Unwilling to live alone and in poverty, Amina agreed to become the third wife of a 46-year-old man who would "lovingly take care" of her and help her get back on her feet. He bought her an apartment and a car, and also helped her to start her own business. Now Amina owns a beauty salon and a clothing store. The support of her second husband makes her very happy, she said" (para 14-15).
Dec. 4, 2024, 4:20 p.m.
Countries: Bolivia
Variables: ERBG-PRACTICE-4
"With three friends, she decided to set up a taxi service staffed by women for other women, children and older people. She worked as an Uber driver for a couple of months for research and refined her business plan. She then posted about her new business on Facebook. 'It boomed,' she says. 'People started to repost, repost, repost. It was crazy. I couldn’t believe it'" (par. 8). "Seven years on from its inception, 38 women and seven men work as drivers for Mujeres al Volante. The male drivers are used for jobs that require heavy lifting, for example, if a client uses a wheelchair. The company has won awards, and...more
Variables: ERBG-PRACTICE-4
"With three friends, she decided to set up a taxi service staffed by women for other women, children and older people. She worked as an Uber driver for a couple of months for research and refined her business plan. She then posted about her new business on Facebook. 'It boomed,' she says. 'People started to repost, repost, repost. It was crazy. I couldn’t believe it'" (par. 8). "Seven years on from its inception, 38 women and seven men work as drivers for Mujeres al Volante. The male drivers are used for jobs that require heavy lifting, for example, if a client uses a wheelchair. The company has won awards, and...more
Nov. 16, 2024, 3:40 p.m.
Countries: Afghanistan
Variables: ERBG-PRACTICE-2, ERBG-PRACTICE-4
"Previously [before the Taliban takeover] about 10% of educated women in Afghanistan worked in national or international organisations to support their children. If less educated, they had a range of formal and informal jobs including working as housemaids, baking bread, washing clothes, cleaning bathrooms and babysitting, and in rural communities rearing small livestock and growing wheat, maize and vegetables" (para 6). 10% of educated women means that there are far more educated women who do not work, implying a societal norm of men working rather than women (CEC - CODER COMMENT).
Variables: ERBG-PRACTICE-2, ERBG-PRACTICE-4
"Previously [before the Taliban takeover] about 10% of educated women in Afghanistan worked in national or international organisations to support their children. If less educated, they had a range of formal and informal jobs including working as housemaids, baking bread, washing clothes, cleaning bathrooms and babysitting, and in rural communities rearing small livestock and growing wheat, maize and vegetables" (para 6). 10% of educated women means that there are far more educated women who do not work, implying a societal norm of men working rather than women (CEC - CODER COMMENT).
Nov. 12, 2024, 1:32 p.m.
Countries: Latvia
Variables: ERBG-PRACTICE-4
"The Committee [is] concerned about the following: the persistent gender pay gap, which also results in lower pension benefits, in traditionally female-dominated occupations [and] the ongoing vertical and horizontal gender occupational segregation" (11).
Variables: ERBG-PRACTICE-4
"The Committee [is] concerned about the following: the persistent gender pay gap, which also results in lower pension benefits, in traditionally female-dominated occupations [and] the ongoing vertical and horizontal gender occupational segregation" (11).
Oct. 22, 2024, 11:02 a.m.
Countries: Iraq
Variables: ERBG-PRACTICE-4
"In 2004, a study published by the Iraqi education ministry and Unicef found the education system lacked the basics necessary to provide children with adequate education, especially girls, whose enrolment was lower than boys across all grades. It has not improved over the past two decades. Only 6% of the state budget has been allocated to education despite its importance for economic growth. For girls, education opens up new possibilities through career development or entrepreneurship, as well as the potential for them to create more economic opportunities for others" (para 8-9).
Variables: ERBG-PRACTICE-4
"In 2004, a study published by the Iraqi education ministry and Unicef found the education system lacked the basics necessary to provide children with adequate education, especially girls, whose enrolment was lower than boys across all grades. It has not improved over the past two decades. Only 6% of the state budget has been allocated to education despite its importance for economic growth. For girls, education opens up new possibilities through career development or entrepreneurship, as well as the potential for them to create more economic opportunities for others" (para 8-9).