Benefits for Women in Nile Economic Development

World Bank Group

World Bank, Entebbe

关键词: EMPOWERMENT;    EQUAL OPPORTUNITY;    COMMUNITIES;    ADVOCACY;    BENEFIT;   

RP-ID  :  102255

学科分类：社会科学、人文和艺术（综合）

来源: World Bank Open Knowledge Repository

【 摘 要 】

Women and girls often risk being leftbehind in development, not being fully informed or involvedin decision making about issues that can have a real impacton their lives. Sometimes, they are already disadvantaged bycultural and legal norms that affect their rights toresources. Working together to develop the Nile resource,the 10 countries involved in the Nile Basin Initiative (NBI)are making it ‘business as usual’ to ensure gender equalityin the economic benefits emerging from their shared efforts.