Supporting Legislative Reforms and Access to Justice: ADB's Experiences Read more about Supporting Legislative Reforms and Access to Justice: ADB's Experiences This presentation discusses ADB's programs and policy-based loans to support legal reforms and access to justice for women, particularly in Pakistan and the Philippines. It also features other policy/program loans and regional technical assistance programs like the ones implemented in Cambodia, Georgia, Nepal, Mongolia, Fiji, Vietnam, Bangladesh, and Maldives, among others.
Enhancing Women’s Economic Empowerment in European Bank for Reconstruction and Development’s Operations: Women's Voice, Agency, and Participation Read more about Enhancing Women’s Economic Empowerment in European Bank for Reconstruction and Development’s Operations: Women's Voice, Agency, and Participation This presentation gives an overview of the study on Enhancing Women’s Economic Empowerment in European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD)'s operations. It also discusses the study's objectives, methodology, preliminary findings, recommendations for EBRD, and conclusions.
Strategies for Legislative Reform for Women's Increased Participation in Politics Read more about Strategies for Legislative Reform for Women's Increased Participation in Politics This presentation notes positive and negative global gender trends in legislative reform, with a recommendation to remove women’s exclusion. It focuses on women's participation and representation in the Pakistan government and the progress achieved under the Devolution of Power Plan. It also emphasizes the need for networking and capacity building.
Social Norms and Transformative Change: Lessons Learned from the Social Institution and Gender Index (SIGI) 2012 and Next Steps for SIGI 2014 Read more about Social Norms and Transformative Change: Lessons Learned from the Social Institution and Gender Index (SIGI) 2012 and Next Steps for SIGI 2014 This presentation examines the drivers of discriminatory social institutions. It discusses the Social Institutions and Gender Index Framework developed in 2012 and 2014. It also explains how social norms can be used as a tool to measure women's empowerment and social transformation in the post-2015 agenda.
Opening Remarks - Gender, Voice, and Agency Workshop Read more about Opening Remarks - Gender, Voice, and Agency Workshop While Asia and the Pacific region has made impressive strides in improving the lives of women and girls over the last decade, much remains to be done. Paving the way for women and girls to express "voice and choice" over their lives should be at the core of development efforts.
Gender, Voice, and Agency: Multilateral Development Bank-Sponsored Workshop Read more about Gender, Voice, and Agency: Multilateral Development Bank-Sponsored Workshop This workshop focused on women's and girls' "agency"—the ability to make decisions about their life, voice out their needs, and act upon them. It discussed and shared key conceptual frameworks, research findings, and promising approaches in the following five expressions of voice and agency:
Sonomi Tanaka Keywords gender gender quality Read more about Sonomi Tanaka She is Chief of the Gender Equity Thematic Group, responsible for overseeing and providing advice on ADB-wide operations in support of gender equality and women’s empowerment. She facilitates knowledge management on gender and development in ADB and coordinates gender mainstreaming initiatives across different departments and through different sector and thematic groups.