Voice and Agency: Empowering Women and Girls for Shared Prosperity

Empowering Women and Girls for a Brighter Future. This groundbreaking report analyzes vast data and studies to illuminate the pervasive deprivations that limit the voice and agency of women and girls worldwide, and the costs for individuals, communities, and global development. This volume presents major new findings about the patterns of constraints and overlapping deprivations, focusing on key areas of women's empowerment: Freedom from violenceSexual and reproductive health and rightsOwnership of land and housingVoice and collective actionDiscover promising reforms and interventions and an urgent agenda for governments, civil society, and development agencies. This report is for policymakers, development practitioners, researchers, and anyone interested in women's rights and global development. Shine a light on the path to shared prosperity. Read more