World survey on the role of women in development

The “World survey on the role of women in development” comes out every five years and is presented to the Second Committee of the United Nations General Assembly, which deals with economic and financial issues. The “World survey” brings a gender perspective into economic and development issues.

Editions available

• Why addressing women’s income and time poverty matters for sustainable development (2019)
• Gender equality and sustainable development (2014)
• Women’s control over economic resources and access to financial resources, including microfinance (2009)
• Women and international migration (2004)
• Globalization and its impacts on gender and work (1999)
• Women in a changing global economy (1994)
• 1989 world survey on the role of women in development
• 1984 world survey on the role of women in development