On Our Radar: December 2023

This COP28 policy brief, created in partnership with Data2X, United Nations Foundation, International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD), International Union For Conservation Of Nature (IUCN), and Women's Environment & Development Organization (WEDO), outlines why gender data matters for COP28 and how Parties can strengthen gender data for climate action beyond COP28.

In this report, Data2X update their 2019 assessment to highlight where progress has been made toward filling gender and environment data gaps, what new data gaps have emerged as new issues have assumed greater attention or importance, and where key sources of gender and environment data can be found. The gender data gaps presented within the report explore different aspects of the environment and climate change, including: access to and control over environmental resources; responses to climate change; and the gendered impacts of climate change.

Of the nearly 600 million young women ages 15-24 in the world today, approximately 520 million live in developing economies. Their access to financial services diverges markedly from young men’s around the age of majority, and this gender gap persists across age. This new CGAP working paper, shares how funders, financial service providers, and policy makers can better support young women at this critical stage of life.

Women Entrepreneurs around the globe create jobs, drive prosperity in their communities, strengthen industries, and fuel innovation. This toolkit provides an updated conceptual foundation for addressing the financing needs of women-led businesses, touching on definitional challenges as well as myths and gender norms affecting women entrepreneurs, together with actionable solutions for practitioners wanting to move the needle on women's economic empowerment.

Gender-neutral or gender-blind financial sector regulations often do not have the desired effect on women's financial inclusion due to gender norms at play. Better understanding on how these norms affect behaviors of regulators, financial services providers and women themselves will help to develop solutions and regulatory approaches that allow women to benefit from financial services offered. In this blog, Yasmin Bin-Humam offers guidance for financial regulators on applying gender-intentional approaches.