Remarks at CARE Conference on Gender Equality, Washington, D.C., March 5, 2014

Jim Yong Kim, President of the World Bank Group, shares the good news that the governors of the World Bank Group have set ambitious goals to end extreme poverty by 2030 and to boost shared prosperity for the bottom 40 percent of the population in d...

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Main Author: Kim, Jim Yong
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Published: 2016
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spelling okr-10986-243402021-04-23T14:04:21Z Remarks at CARE Conference on Gender Equality, Washington, D.C., March 5, 2014 Kim, Jim Yong ANTHROPOLOGIST ACCESS TO HEALTH CARE JOBS COMMUNITIES ADVOCACY BENEFIT LESBIANS GAYS DOMESTIC VIOLENCE GENDER INEQUALITY ENROLLMENT RATES TEACHERS WHO RELIGION BARRIERS WOMEN IN SOCIETY WOMAN PARTICIPATION MOVEMENT LAWS POWER MOVEMENTS GENDER ENROLLMENT BIRTHS HOMES WORTH UNIVERSAL ACCESS DISCRIMINATION INDIGENOUS PEOPLE SOCIAL MOVEMENTS HEALTH CARE JOB PROPERTY FEMALE EMPLOYMENT GENDER PARITY BOYFRIENDS FORM OF VIOLENCE ROLE OF WOMEN CORRUPTION GAY CULTURAL NORMS MINORITIES ACCESS TO HEALTH INTERNATIONAL WOMEN SOCIETIES HUSBANDS ACCESS TO EDUCATION PARITY HOMOSEXUALITY CHILDREN EDUCATION GENDER GAP DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN OPPRESSION HOUSEHOLDS PRIMARY ENROLLMENT EQUAL RIGHTS EQUALITY VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN PARTNERS WIVES PRODUCTIVITY GIRLS VIOLENCE SOCIETY LEADERSHIP ADVANCEMENT OF WOMEN NORMS PRIMARY EDUCATION ACCESS FAMILIES WOMEN PRIMARY SCHOOL AIDS SCHOOL PREFERENCE FOR SONS FEMALE BENEFITS GENDER EQUALITY BLIND INEQUALITY SON PREFERENCE Jim Yong Kim, President of the World Bank Group, shares the good news that the governors of the World Bank Group have set ambitious goals to end extreme poverty by 2030 and to boost shared prosperity for the bottom 40 percent of the population in developing countries. He noted that increased economic activity among women has translated into a reduction in poverty by about 30 percent and has helped insulate their households from the recent financial shocks. We need to address our blind spots. We need to draw more attention to the major constraints for women and girls that are right in front of us. Discrimination and prejudice destroy economic opportunity. He reminds us that Malala Yousafzai started a social movement around education for girls first in Pakistan, and then around the world. If we can even begin to move together with that kind of resolve, the world will be more peaceful, more prosperous, more just and worthy of the mothers who gave birth to us. 2016-05-24T19:32:16Z 2016-05-24T19:32:16Z 2014-03-05 Speech http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2016/02/25872411/remarks-world-bank-group-president-jim-yong-kim-care-conference-gender-equality http://hdl.handle.net/10986/24340 English en_US CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank Speech
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topic ANTHROPOLOGIST
ACCESS TO HEALTH CARE
JOBS
COMMUNITIES
ADVOCACY
BENEFIT
LESBIANS
GAYS
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
GENDER INEQUALITY
ENROLLMENT RATES
TEACHERS
WHO
RELIGION
BARRIERS
WOMEN IN SOCIETY
WOMAN
PARTICIPATION
MOVEMENT
LAWS
POWER
MOVEMENTS
GENDER
ENROLLMENT
BIRTHS
HOMES
WORTH
UNIVERSAL ACCESS
DISCRIMINATION
INDIGENOUS PEOPLE
SOCIAL MOVEMENTS
HEALTH CARE
JOB
PROPERTY
FEMALE EMPLOYMENT
GENDER PARITY
BOYFRIENDS
FORM OF VIOLENCE
ROLE OF WOMEN
CORRUPTION
GAY
CULTURAL NORMS
MINORITIES
ACCESS TO HEALTH
INTERNATIONAL WOMEN
SOCIETIES
HUSBANDS
ACCESS TO EDUCATION
PARITY
HOMOSEXUALITY
CHILDREN
EDUCATION
GENDER GAP
DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN
OPPRESSION
HOUSEHOLDS
PRIMARY ENROLLMENT
EQUAL RIGHTS
EQUALITY
VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN
PARTNERS
WIVES
PRODUCTIVITY
GIRLS
VIOLENCE
SOCIETY
LEADERSHIP
ADVANCEMENT OF WOMEN
NORMS
PRIMARY EDUCATION
ACCESS
FAMILIES
WOMEN
PRIMARY SCHOOL
AIDS
SCHOOL
PREFERENCE FOR SONS
FEMALE
BENEFITS
GENDER EQUALITY
BLIND
INEQUALITY
SON PREFERENCE
spellingShingle ANTHROPOLOGIST
ACCESS TO HEALTH CARE
JOBS
COMMUNITIES
ADVOCACY
BENEFIT
LESBIANS
GAYS
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
GENDER INEQUALITY
ENROLLMENT RATES
TEACHERS
WHO
RELIGION
BARRIERS
WOMEN IN SOCIETY
WOMAN
PARTICIPATION
MOVEMENT
LAWS
POWER
MOVEMENTS
GENDER
ENROLLMENT
BIRTHS
HOMES
WORTH
UNIVERSAL ACCESS
DISCRIMINATION
INDIGENOUS PEOPLE
SOCIAL MOVEMENTS
HEALTH CARE
JOB
PROPERTY
FEMALE EMPLOYMENT
GENDER PARITY
BOYFRIENDS
FORM OF VIOLENCE
ROLE OF WOMEN
CORRUPTION
GAY
CULTURAL NORMS
MINORITIES
ACCESS TO HEALTH
INTERNATIONAL WOMEN
SOCIETIES
HUSBANDS
ACCESS TO EDUCATION
PARITY
HOMOSEXUALITY
CHILDREN
EDUCATION
GENDER GAP
DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN
OPPRESSION
HOUSEHOLDS
PRIMARY ENROLLMENT
EQUAL RIGHTS
EQUALITY
VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN
PARTNERS
WIVES
PRODUCTIVITY
GIRLS
VIOLENCE
SOCIETY
LEADERSHIP
ADVANCEMENT OF WOMEN
NORMS
PRIMARY EDUCATION
ACCESS
FAMILIES
WOMEN
PRIMARY SCHOOL
AIDS
SCHOOL
PREFERENCE FOR SONS
FEMALE
BENEFITS
GENDER EQUALITY
BLIND
INEQUALITY
SON PREFERENCE
Kim, Jim Yong
Remarks at CARE Conference on Gender Equality, Washington, D.C., March 5, 2014
description Jim Yong Kim, President of the World Bank Group, shares the good news that the governors of the World Bank Group have set ambitious goals to end extreme poverty by 2030 and to boost shared prosperity for the bottom 40 percent of the population in developing countries. He noted that increased economic activity among women has translated into a reduction in poverty by about 30 percent and has helped insulate their households from the recent financial shocks. We need to address our blind spots. We need to draw more attention to the major constraints for women and girls that are right in front of us. Discrimination and prejudice destroy economic opportunity. He reminds us that Malala Yousafzai started a social movement around education for girls first in Pakistan, and then around the world. If we can even begin to move together with that kind of resolve, the world will be more peaceful, more prosperous, more just and worthy of the mothers who gave birth to us.
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title Remarks at CARE Conference on Gender Equality, Washington, D.C., March 5, 2014
title_short Remarks at CARE Conference on Gender Equality, Washington, D.C., March 5, 2014
title_full Remarks at CARE Conference on Gender Equality, Washington, D.C., March 5, 2014
title_fullStr Remarks at CARE Conference on Gender Equality, Washington, D.C., March 5, 2014
title_full_unstemmed Remarks at CARE Conference on Gender Equality, Washington, D.C., March 5, 2014
title_sort remarks at care conference on gender equality, washington, d.c., march 5, 2014
publishDate 2016
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2016/02/25872411/remarks-world-bank-group-president-jim-yong-kim-care-conference-gender-equality
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