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Women, Business and the Law 2010 : Measuring Legal Gender Parity for Entrepreneurs and Workers in 128 EconomiesThis report presents indicators based on laws and regulations affecting women's prospects as entrepreneurs and employees. Several of these indicators draw on the Gender Law Library, a collection of over 2,000 legal provisions impacting women's economic status. Both resources can inform research and policy discussions on how to improve women's economic opportunities and outcomes. The six indicators of gender differences in formal laws and institutions established in this report include: 1) accessing institutions, 2 ) using prpoerty, 3) getting a job, 4) dealing with taxes, 5) building credit, and 6) going to court. The first 3 indicators (accessing institutions, using property, and getting a job) capture laws that have direct gender dimensions and are based on a reading of such laws from the perspective of individual women. The 4th indicator (dealing with taxes) examines the direct and indirect gender implications of tax policy from the perspective of 4 standardized families with varying tax liabilities. The last 2 indicators (building credit and going to court) examine the ease of access to credit bureaus and courts to examine the indirect effects that microfinance institutions and dispute resolution have on women, who are more likely to rely on nontraditional financial services.
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Voice and Agency : Empowering Women and Girls for Shared ProsperityThe 2012 World Development Report recognized that
 expanding women's agency - their ability to make
 decisions and take advantage of opportunities is key to
 improving their lives as well as the world. This report
 represents a major advance in global knowledge on this
 critical front. The vast data and thousands of surveys
 distilled in this report cast important light on the nature
 of constraints women and girls continue to face globally.
 This report identifies promising opportunities and entry
 points for lasting transformation, such as interventions
 that reach across sectors and include life-skills training,
 sexual and reproductive health education, conditional cash
 transfers, and mentoring. It finds that addressing what the
 World Health Organization has identified as an epidemic of
 violence against women means sharply scaling up engagement
 with men and boys. The report also underlines the vital role
 information and communication technologies can play in
 amplifying women's voices, expanding their economic and
 learning opportunities, and broadening their views and
 aspirations. The World Bank Group's twin goals of
 ending extreme poverty and boosting shared prosperity demand
 no less than the full and equal participation of women and
 men, girls and boys, around the world.
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Gender-Sensitive Approaches for the Extractive Industry in Peru : Improving the Impact on Women in Poverty and Their Families - Guide for Improving PracticeIn the companion report to this guide, gender-sensitive approaches to the extractive industry in Peru: improving impacts on women in poverty and their families, ward and strongman present solid, evidence-based arguments leading to the conclusion that Extractive Industry (EI) companies could significantly improve their sustainable development impact on women and families by making some practical and simple changes in their working practices. The report also provides extensive evidence of weaknesses in company and government policies and practices that contribute to a previously under recognized issue: men are capturing more of the benefits of EI projects, which are not necessarily reaching the wider family; while women and children experience more of the risks that arise from EI projects.