Background: Over the past decade gender mainstreaming has gained visibility at global health organisations. The World Bank, one of the largest funders of global health activities, released two World Development Reports showcasing its gender policies, and recently announced a $1 billion initiative for women’s entrepreneurship. We summarise the development of the Bank’s gender policies and analyse its financing of gender projects in the health sector. This article is intended to provide background for future research on the Bank’s gender and global health portfolio. Methods: First, we constructed a timeline of the Bank’s gender policy development, through a review of published articles, grey literature, and Bank documents and reports. Second,...
In contrast to the concrete problems women face worldwide, of discrimination in family and society, ...
The focus on gender equality has significantly altered the work of international institutions. The U...
BACKGROUND: In the nearly half century since it began lending for population projects, the World Ban...
Background: Over the past decade gender mainstreaming has gained visibility at global health organis...
In the mid-2000s, the gender work of the World Bank took a different turn with a new Gender Action P...
BACKGROUND: In the nearly half century since it began lending for population projects, the World Ban...
The World Bank is the most powerful global development institution in the world, both in terms of th...
Historically, men, as a population group, have been largely absent at global and national health pol...
Background: The Global Public Private Partnerships for Health (GPPPH) constitute an increasingly cen...
textabstractIn contrast to the concrete problems women face worldwide, of discrimination in family a...
Since the 1970s, Gender in development has emerged as an issue of concern for development agencies, ...
This paper explores some of the opportunities and challenges that the increasing move towards sector...
International audienceAbstract Background In the nearly half century since it began lending for popu...
There has been a significant increase in funding for health programmes in development over the last ...
‘Gender and Development’ (GAD) is currently seen as the dominant theoretical model within internatio...
In contrast to the concrete problems women face worldwide, of discrimination in family and society, ...
The focus on gender equality has significantly altered the work of international institutions. The U...
BACKGROUND: In the nearly half century since it began lending for population projects, the World Ban...
Background: Over the past decade gender mainstreaming has gained visibility at global health organis...
In the mid-2000s, the gender work of the World Bank took a different turn with a new Gender Action P...
BACKGROUND: In the nearly half century since it began lending for population projects, the World Ban...
The World Bank is the most powerful global development institution in the world, both in terms of th...
Historically, men, as a population group, have been largely absent at global and national health pol...
Background: The Global Public Private Partnerships for Health (GPPPH) constitute an increasingly cen...
textabstractIn contrast to the concrete problems women face worldwide, of discrimination in family a...
Since the 1970s, Gender in development has emerged as an issue of concern for development agencies, ...
This paper explores some of the opportunities and challenges that the increasing move towards sector...
International audienceAbstract Background In the nearly half century since it began lending for popu...
There has been a significant increase in funding for health programmes in development over the last ...
‘Gender and Development’ (GAD) is currently seen as the dominant theoretical model within internatio...
In contrast to the concrete problems women face worldwide, of discrimination in family and society, ...
The focus on gender equality has significantly altered the work of international institutions. The U...
BACKGROUND: In the nearly half century since it began lending for population projects, the World Ban...