May 1, 2023GEM Digest of the Month - Published monthly since December 2009 Contents

Governments in low-income countries currently only cover 38% of the total cost of the programs and this percentage falls to 33% in Eastern and Western Africa and only 3% in Central Africa. [...] Renewed funding for Canada’s flagship Women’s Voice and Leadership Program responds directly to the needs of local women’s organizations and movements in developing countries working to advance the rights of women and girls and promote gender equality. [...] We analyze the evolution in women’s access to these complementary factors since 2011 and describe the potential benefits of reducing constraints and thus closing the gap in access to complementary resources. [...] The new figures, the first systematic and documented global estimate of its kind, derive from a range of sources and incorporate the widespread use of part-time or seasonal employment in the sector. [...] The issue of access to finance was raised several times by the women and youth participants, but the intervention of one of the participants in the panel did not fail to leave its mark..