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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:14.0pt">OECD Development Centre’s Gender Programme<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">Over the past decade, </span><a href="https://www.genderindex.org/"><span lang="EN-GB">the Social Institutions and Gender Index (SIGI</span></a><span lang="EN-GB">) has consistently shown that governments need to look
at discriminatory laws, social norms and practices to achieve gender equality and promote women’s empowerment. This 2019 global report provides an overview of the main outcomes of the SIGI in relation to women and the family, their physical integrity, access
to productive and financial resources and their civic rights. Building on these outcomes, this report provides a set of policy recommendations to enhance governments’ efforts to deliver their gender-equality commitments through a three-pronged approach: starting
with legal reforms and transformative gender policies, enforcing laws through community mobilisation and empowerment, and learning about the efficiency of policy through monitoring.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Direct Link to full 234-Page OECD Gender 2019 Report:<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://read.oecd-ilibrary.org/development/sigi-2019-global-report_bc56d212-en#page1"><span style="color:blue">https://read.oecd-ilibrary.org/development/sigi-2019-global-report_bc56d212-en#page1</span></a><o:p></o:p></p>
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