Gender inequality severely restricts opportunities for girls and women in the poorest countries. Empowering women and girls is crucial for combating poverty, hunger, and disease, and for fostering

Gender inequality severely restricts opportunities for girls and women in the poorest countries. Empowering women and girls is crucial for combating poverty, hunger, and disease, and for fostering sustainable development.

IDA, the World Bank's Fund for the Poorest, actively expands girls' access to education and creates empowerment opportunities. As the largest source of concessional finance for low-income countries, IDA critically invests in women's health, education, and equal economic access, demonstrating tangible impact.

Breaking down barriers to gender equality in education, employment, and entrepreneurship would create new sources of economic growth.

For more information, visit the Organization for

Breaking down barriers to gender equality in education, employment, and entrepreneurship would create new sources of economic growth.

For more information, visit the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) gender site.

Arvind Ganesan of Human Rights Watch presented at the BSR Conference 2013.

He discussed the importance of building understanding, fostering collaboration on shared objectives, and

Arvind Ganesan of Human Rights Watch presented at the BSR Conference 2013.

He discussed the importance of building understanding, fostering collaboration on shared objectives, and developing new standards.