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Fairness for Children

A League Table of Inequality in Child Well-being in Rich Countries

Series: Innocenti Report Card
( Print: May 2016, PDF: April 2016 )

This Report Card presents an overview of inequalities in child well-being in 41 countries of the European Union (EU) and the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). It focuses...

This Report Card presents an overview of inequalities in child well-being in 41 countries of the European Union (EU) and the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). It focuses...


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Equidad para los Ninos

Una tabla clasificatoria de la desigualdad respecto al bienestar infantil en los países ricos

Series: Report card de Innocenti
( PDF: April 2016 )

En este Report Card se describen las desigualdades en el bienestar infantil en 41 países de la Unión Europea (UE) y la Organización de Cooperación y Desarrollo Económicos (OCDE). Se examina la...

En este Report Card se describen las desigualdades en el bienestar infantil en 41 países de la Unión Europea (UE) y la Organización de Cooperación y Desarrollo Económicos (OCDE). Se examina la...


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Équité entre les enfants

Tableau de classement des inégalités de bien-être entre les enfants des pays riches

Series: Bilan innocenti
( PDF: April 2016 )

Ce Bilan présente une vue d’ensemble des inégalités de bien-être entre les enfants de 41 pays de l’Union européenne (UE) et de l’Organisation de coopération et de développement économiques (OCDE). Il...

Ce Bilan présente une vue d’ensemble des inégalités de bien-être entre les enfants de 41 pays de l’Union européenne (UE) et de l’Organisation de coopération et de développement économiques (OCDE). Il...


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Equità per i bambini

Una classifica della disuguaglianza nel benessere dei bambini nei paesi ricchi

Series: Innocenti Report Card (Italian language)
( PDF: August 2016 )

This Report Card presents an overview of inequalities in child well-being in 41 countries of the European Union (EU) and the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). It focuses...

This Report Card presents an overview of inequalities in child well-being in 41 countries of the European Union (EU) and the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). It focuses...


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League Table of Educational Disadvantage in Rich Nations, A

Series: Innocenti Report Card
( Print: April 2003, PDF: April 2003 )

This publication monitors the performance of industrialized countries in meeting the needs of their children. Using data from two different surveys of students in twenty-four OECD countries, it...

This publication monitors the performance of industrialized countries in meeting the needs of their children. Using data from two different surveys of students in twenty-four OECD countries, it...


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Una classifica comparata dello svantaggio educativo nei paesi industrializzati

Series: Innocenti Report Card (Italian language)
( PDF: December 2002 )

Questa pubblicazione monitora le prestazioni dei paesi industrializzati nel soddisfare le esigenze dei loro figli. Utilizzando i dati di due diverse indagini di studenti in ventiquattro paesi dell...

Questa pubblicazione monitora le prestazioni dei paesi industrializzati nel soddisfare le esigenze dei loro figli. Utilizzando i dati di due diverse indagini di studenti in ventiquattro paesi dell...


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Trade Liberalization, Social Policy Development and Labour Market Outcomes of Chinese Women and Men...

Series: UN Women Discussion Papers
( PDF: February 2016 )

How trade liberalization affects women’s position in the labour market and what role public policy should play to make the process work better for women are among some of the most debated issues in...

How trade liberalization affects women’s position in the labour market and what role public policy should play to make the process work better for women are among some of the most debated issues in...


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The Indian Labour Market: A Gender Perspective

Series: UN Women Discussion Papers
( PDF: February 2016 )

This work provides an in-depth analysis of trends in labour outcomes of women in India based on employment-unemployment surveys. The publication brings out the gender differentials that exist in the...

This work provides an in-depth analysis of trends in labour outcomes of women in India based on employment-unemployment surveys. The publication brings out the gender differentials that exist in the...


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Investing in Gender-Equal Sustainable Development

Series: UN Women Discussion Papers
( PDF: July 2016 )

This work develops an agenda for investing in sustainable development, with particular emphasis on local priorities, poverty alleviation and gender equality. Sustainable development can take many...

This work develops an agenda for investing in sustainable development, with particular emphasis on local priorities, poverty alleviation and gender equality. Sustainable development can take many...


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Gender Equality and Sustainable Development: a Pathways Approach

Series: UN Women Discussion Papers
( PDF: July 2016 )

The challenges of building pathways to sustainability and enhancing gender equality are both urgent. This work explores why they must be addressed together, and how this might be done. It puts forward...

The challenges of building pathways to sustainability and enhancing gender equality are both urgent. This work explores why they must be addressed together, and how this might be done. It puts forward...


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Financing for Gender Equality in the Context of the Sustainable Development Goals

Series: UN Women Discussion Papers
( PDF: March 2016 )

This publication identifies a series of macro-level tools to create a supportive environment and generate the resources to promote Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) related to gender equality. A...

This publication identifies a series of macro-level tools to create a supportive environment and generate the resources to promote Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) related to gender equality. A...


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Delivering Development Justice?

Financing the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development

Series: UN Women Discussion Papers
( PDF: March 2016 )

The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development includes a goal to achieve gender equality for all women and girls and a re-commitment to governments’ human rights obligations. At the same time...

The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development includes a goal to achieve gender equality for all women and girls and a re-commitment to governments’ human rights obligations. At the same time...


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Are Governments Catching Up?

Work-Family Policy and Inequality in Latin America

Series: UN Women Discussion Papers
( PDF: August 2015 )

This publication examines government policies toward the crucial nexus of work-family reconciliation, focusing on employment-based leaves and early childhood education and care (ECEC) services. It...

This publication examines government policies toward the crucial nexus of work-family reconciliation, focusing on employment-based leaves and early childhood education and care (ECEC) services. It...


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Economic Growth and Social Reproduction

Gender Inequality as Cause and Consequence

Series: UN Women Discussion Papers
( PDF: August 2015 )

This work develops a set of regimes that link structures of economic growth with those of social reproduction. These regimes are then linked to groups of countries organized by economic structure and...

This work develops a set of regimes that link structures of economic growth with those of social reproduction. These regimes are then linked to groups of countries organized by economic structure and...


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The Gender Dimensions of Pension Systems

Policies and Constraints for the Protection of Older Women

Series: UN Women Discussion Papers
( PDF: July 2015 )

Gender equality is one of the key challenges confronted by pension systems around the world. In a context of gendered labour markets, contributory pension systems face several constraints to guarantee...

Gender equality is one of the key challenges confronted by pension systems around the world. In a context of gendered labour markets, contributory pension systems face several constraints to guarantee...


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Expanding Health-Care Access in the United States

Gender and the Patchwork ‘Universalism’ of the Affordable Care Act

Series: UN Women Discussion Papers
( PDF: August 2015 )

The United States has never assured the human right to health, including the right to the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health and access to all medical services. While there is...

The United States has never assured the human right to health, including the right to the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health and access to all medical services. While there is...


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Child-Related Financial Transfers and Early Childhood Education and Care

A Review of Key Developments, Impacts and Influences in Child-Related Support to Families

Series: UN Women Discussion Papers
( PDF: August 2015 )

This publication examines policies for the support of families with children, in particular child-related financial transfers and early childhood education and care (ECEC) services. The analysis is...

This publication examines policies for the support of families with children, in particular child-related financial transfers and early childhood education and care (ECEC) services. The analysis is...


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Gender Equality and Human Rights

Series: UN Women Discussion Papers
( PDF: August 2015 )

There is a strong commitment to equality between women and men in international human rights law. The various actors within the treaty system who are tasked with elaborating on the meaning of human...

There is a strong commitment to equality between women and men in international human rights law. The various actors within the treaty system who are tasked with elaborating on the meaning of human...


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Gender and Land Dispossession

A Comparative Analysis

Series: UN Women Discussion Papers
( PDF: July 2017 )

This paper seeks to advance our understanding of the gendered implications of rural land dispossession. It does so through a comparative analysis of five cases of dispossession that were driven by...

This paper seeks to advance our understanding of the gendered implications of rural land dispossession. It does so through a comparative analysis of five cases of dispossession that were driven by...


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Gender Analysis of Labour Market Outcomes in Sub-Saharan Africa

Recent Evidence from Cameroon and Mali

Series: UN Women Discussion Papers
( PDF: July 2017 )

Using micro data from two recent labour force surveys collected in Cameroon and Mali, this paper explores gender differentials in labour market outcomes covering key areas such as occupational...

Using micro data from two recent labour force surveys collected in Cameroon and Mali, this paper explores gender differentials in labour market outcomes covering key areas such as occupational...