Monthly Archives: October 2012

Global Gender Gap Report 2012 – fragile progress for women’s political empowerment

The Global Gender Gap Report 2012 emphasizes persisting gender gap divides across and within regions. The 2012 version finds that the majority of countries have made only a slow progress on closing gender gaps. Most highly developed countries score well … Continue reading

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The Costs of Children – how Family Policies can reduce them.

In an article recently published in Population Research and Policy Review, economists Olivier Thévenon and Angela Luci discuss why and how family policies can reduce the costs of children that are beared by parents in developped countries. Image source: http://www.simpsons.wikia.comContinue reading

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Women’s Forum 2012: Objectif Croissance

Les femmes font entendre leur voix. Lieu d’échanges et d’expression, la huitième édition du « Women’s Forum for the Economy and Society » en octobre 2012 à Deauville. Deux prix Nobel de la Paix, l’Iranienne Shirin Ebadi et la Libérienne … Continue reading

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