From: "Marie-Anne Delahaut" <<a href="mailto:delahaut.marie-anne@institut-destree.eu" target="_blank">delahaut.marie-anne@institut-destree.eu</a>><br><div class="gmail_quote"><font color="#244061" face="Verdana" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#244061"> </span></font><div link="blue" vlink="purple" lang="FR-BE">

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<font color="#244061" face="Verdana" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#244061" lang="EN-US">Gender Equality and Development looks at the facts and trends surrounding the various dimensions of gender equality in the context of the development process: although many women around the world continue to struggle with gender-based disadvantages, much has changed for the better and at a more rapid pace than ever before. But that progress needs to be expanded, protected, and deepened. <u></u><u></u></span></font></p>

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<font color="#244061" face="Verdana" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#244061" lang="EN-US">While development has closed some gender gaps—in educational enrollment, life expectancy, and labor force participation—other gaps persist, including excess deaths of girls and women, disparities in girls’ schooling, unequal access to economic opportunities, and differences in voice in households and society. <u></u><u></u></span></font></p>

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<font color="#244061" face="Verdana" size="1"><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:rgb(36,64,97)" lang="EN-US">The report argues that gender equality is a core development objective in its own right. It is also smart economics. Greater gender equality can enhance productivity, improve development outcomes for the next generation, and make institutions more representative. For more information about this landmark report, visit <a href="http://worldbank.org/wdr2012" target="_blank">worldbank.org/wdr2012</a>. <br>
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<div><font color="#407f00" face="verdana, helvetica, sans-serif"><b><em>La sociedad respeta</em></b></font></div><div><font color="#407f00" face="verdana, helvetica, sans-serif"><b><em>El estado garantiza</em></b></font></div>
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<font color="#244061" face="Verdana" size="1"><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:rgb(36,64,97)" lang="EN-US"><br></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font color="#244061" face="Verdana" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#244061" lang="EN-US">For more data, visit the World Bank Data on Gender site.<u></u><u></u></span></font></p>

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<font color="#244061" face="Verdana" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#244061" lang="EN-US">This World Bank eAtlas of Gender, the latest in a suite of user-friendly, interactive electronic atlases, allows users to map and graph dozens of gender indicators over time and across countries. Watch our short video for a quick overview!<u></u><u></u></span></font></p>

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<font color="#244061" face="Verdana" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#244061" lang="EN-US">It allows users to see how a country fares on several dimensions of well-being and empowerment by clicking on an indicator after a keyword search. When the indicator is selected, a world map appears, showing the latest data for more than 200 economies.<u></u><u></u></span></font></p>

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<font color="#244061" face="Verdana" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#244061" lang="EN-US">Map more than 80 World Bank indicators worldwide <u></u><u></u></span></font></p>

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<font color="#244061" face="Verdana" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#244061" lang="EN-US">Use the search box at top right if you know what kind of indicator you want to map, such as “malnutrition.”<u></u><u></u></span></font></p>

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<font color="#244061" face="Verdana" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#244061" lang="EN-US">Comments are welcome at <a href="mailto:onlineresources@worldbank.org" target="_blank">onlineresources@worldbank.org</a> . The URL for this eAtlas is <a href="http://data.worldbank.org/atlas-gender" target="_blank">data.worldbank.org/atlas-gender</a>.<u></u><u></u></span></font></p>

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