Publication: South Asia Second Regional Gender Action Plan (RGAP) II, 2023–2028
Date
2023-03-16
ISSN
Published
2023-03-16
Author(s)
World Bank Group
Abstract
The focus and approach of South Asia
Second Regional Gender Action Plan (SAR RGAP) are based on
an analysis of regional trends in key gender outcomes in
South Asia, an assessment of SAR RGAP, and an extensive set
of consultations, including country-level consultations
conducted across the WBG. Implementation of SAR RGAP will
take place in the context of the WBG’s broader strategy for
gender and the latest International Development Association
(IDA) commitments. The World Bank Group Gender Strategy
prioritizes four domains of gender equality: (a) improving
human endowments, (b) more and better jobs for men and
women, (c) women’s access to productive assets, and (d)
improving women’s voice and agency and engaging men and boys
(WBG 2015). An update of the Gender Strategy is currently
under preparation, with completion expected in 2024. SAR
RGAP aligns with this broader strategy but is also selective
and therefore focuses on the most pressing gender gaps in
the region. SAR RGAP also follows the December 2021 IDA
replenishment, aligning with all eight of its policy
commitments for gender: (i) investing in women’s
empowerment, (ii) scaling up productive economic inclusion,
(iii) expanding childcare, (iv) supporting medium, and
high-skilled employment opportunities for women, (v) closing
the gap in digital technology, (vi) strengthening women’s
land rights, (vii) increasing support for prevention of and
response to GBV, and (viii) implementing fiscal policy and
budget systems to close gender gaps.
Citation
“World Bank Group. 2023. South Asia Second Regional Gender Action Plan (RGAP) II, 2023–2028. © World Bank, Washington, DC. http://hdl.handle.net/10986/39552 License: CC BY-NC 3.0 IGO.”