<p>This report covers a regional overview of integrating gender concerns into macroeconomic and social policies, social mobilization for collective empowerment of women in extreme poverty, and effective empowerment mechanisma. ...

The present profile on women in Sri Lanka attempts to bring together available data and information collected by various agencies,or provided through research studies, to give as comprehensive a picture as possible of the ...

Urbanization and industrialization in the Asian and Pacific region have promoted the involvement of women in development. Females comprise increas? ing proportions of the number of migrants from rural to urban areas and ...

Discusses the factors contributing to the entry of young women into prostitution and related occupations, and the failure of the rehabilitation schemes, unless the government is prepared to provide adequate financial ...

The present document contains a summary of the identified achievements, challenges, and key actions taken by the ESCAP members and associate members of the South and South West Asia sub-region to advance gender equality ...

<p>Proceedings of the workshop with country papers and case studies from the Philippines, Indonesia, Sri Lanka, and Thailand discussing women and upland agricultural production and farming system.</p> <p>The study Women ...

<p>The "Socio-Economic Profile of SAARC Countries: A Statistical Analysis" is the first of a series of studies that the ESCAP secretariat plans to undertake in order to provide detailed and up-to-date information relating ...