World Vision Asia-Pacific - Gender and development

Briefing Kit

Spokespeople

Factsheets
Asia-Pacific Overview

Just Published

Because I am a Girl
Plan International, 2007

Sri Lanka: Violence against women on the rise
IRIN Asia, 2008

Gender Information Centre

Why gender development is the key
Education for all
Women as decision-makers
Women's value
World Vision's response

Watch: Bhagyalakshmi's story, India
Women and girls across the world are disproportionately affected by HIV/AIDS. Bhagyalakshmi was thrown out of her home by her brothers on the day of her husband’s funeral.

External links

UNIFEM Asia-Pacific
UNDP on women's empowerment
Asia Foundation - Women's Empowerment
UNICEF on gender

News and features

Photo gallery: Women in Asia - bearing a disproportionate burden of poverty

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Women in Asia - bearing a disproportionate burden of poverty
International Women’s Day is celebrated on March 8, but across much of Asia women still face diverse challenges and threats, often as a direct result of poverty.

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Bangladesh: The bright side of women's participation

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Bangladesh: The bright side of women's participation
Communities acknowledge the importance of women: girls attend school, wives earn and save money, and men have begun to pay attention.

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Nepal: Education for girls

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Nepal: Education for girls
Education awareness-raising challenges a cultural belief system that girls are temporary property of their birth families, and educating daughters is as a bad investment.

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Bangladesh: The touch of a dream

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Bangladesh: The touch of a dream
How did an illiterate woman with a crippled husband become one of the most successful business entrepreneurs in Patenga?

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