Women’s Resilience: How Laws and Policies Promote Gender Equality in Climate Change, Environment, and Disaster Risk Management in Asia and the Pacific
Analyzing why women are disproportionately impacted by the effects of climate change and disasters, it explains how inequalities in the region are perpetuated by gender-neutral laws and policies. It explains the need for a coordinated and integrated approach that includes combatting violence, giving women a bigger role in decision making, and improving access to decent work so they equally benefit from sustainable development.
A Tool Kit for Promoting Gender Equality in Public-Private Partnerships
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has various tools to support gender mainstreaming, but these tools are not tailored to public–private partnerships (PPPs). ADB developed this tool kit for anyone engaged in PPP operations to integrate gender considerations in PPP projects throughout the development cycle.
Enhancing Gender Equality in Infrastructure Development: Theories of Change, Indicators, and Sector Strategies
Underlining why gender equality is a core component of sustainable infrastructure design, this report considers four key ADB investment sectors in Asia and the Pacific and sets out ways to evaluate gender-enhanced project outcomes.
Steps for Integrating Sex-Disaggregated Data in a Financial Institution
Read our guidance note to learn how financial institutions can integrate sex-disaggregated data to evaluate women’s creditworthiness and make lending decisions.
Women, Business and the Law 2023
Accelerate, activate, advance: Advancing gender parity across the UN system
Gender equality and women’s economic empowerment – Overview 2023
Operational Priority 2: Accelerating Progress in Gender Equality
Taxation and Gender in Asia and the Pacific: A Review of Gender Equality Provisions in Fiscal Legal Frameworks
Tax systems and policies in the Asia and Pacific region contribute to—or hinder—gender equality in several socioeconomic dimensions, including labor force participation and the distribution of income and household unpaid care.