United Nations Resolution 1325: 20 Years on, Four Faces of Women Working for Peace and Security
On 31 October 2000, the United Nations Security Council adopted Resolution 1325 on women, peace and security. This resolution recognizes the impact of armed conflicts on women and girls, and works for their protection and full participation in peace agreements. Exactly 20 years on, here are four...
AFD played an important role in publishing the French-language book L’Économie africaine 2022 (“African Economies 2022”), which appeared in bookstores on February 17. The book sheds light on the macroeconomic trends in post-Covid Africa and explains some of the major divergences between...
With hard-won victories for women's rights being reversed and gender discrimination afflicting sectors ranging from education and employment to health and wealth, AFD has redoubled its efforts to move towards gender equality, as part of a broader strategy to reinforce social cohesion.
The collapse of a factory complex in Bangladesh ten years ago, which killed more than 1100 people, was a stark reminder of the deadly conditions in which factory workers produced name-brand clothing for consumers around the world. Since then, factories have made major improvements to worker...
AFD's 100% Social Link Strategy
Supporting Senegal's skills for jobs and competitiveness program
AFD and the World Bank are supporting the implementation of the Senegalese authorities’ new national vocational training strategy.
The Interplay between Women’s Earnings and the Income Distribution: A Cross-National Analysis of Latin American and Anglophone Countries
An athlete dedicated to education
Gender disparities in Africa‘s labor market
Professionalization and Reduction of Gender Inequalities in the Ethiopian Electricity Sector
This project aims to strengthen the efficiency of the electricity sector by improving EEP's performance and services.
Labour market trajectories and conciliation efforts among female Uber drivers
On 29 and 30 October, thirty-five of the world’s major cities will be participating in “Urban 20”, the first Cities Summit organized ahead of the next G20. The event, which will be held in Buenos Aires in Argentina, marks a further step towards taking into account the development challenges of...
Agence Française de Développement continues to support responsible funding in Mauritius as it launches the third phase of its SUNREF programme, in partnership with two local banks. With a new credit line of €75 million and the support of the European Union, this part of the programme is also...
Women and Youth labor market outcomes during Covid19: evidence from Egypt and Jordan
Anda DAVID
Program for strengthening gender equality in access to economic opportunities in Albania
This program aims to support and promote more inclusive and equitable growth in Albania by acting on the factors that deprive women of economic opportunities equal to those of men. In co-financing with the World Bank, this public policy budget loan will support the Republic of Albania in...
Trends and Patterns of Women’s Entrepreneurship in Egypt
From greenhouse gas reduction, biodiversity and climate change adaptation to urban mobility, sanitation, gender equality and the private sector, Agence Française de Développement supports ambitious initiatives in this vast region through a major partnership with the Minas Gerais Development Bank...