Gender Bond Newsletter: Investor Brief Update

Abstract

The challenges facing the region require urgent attention so that improvements in gender equality will not be reversed. Accelerating progress in gender equality is one of the seven operational priorities of ADB’s new corporate Strategy 2030 which commits to scale up operations and design and implement projects to empower women and girls. ADB support will focus on and capture gender equality results in five areas: (i) women’s economic empowerment; (ii) gender equality in human development; (iii) gender equality in decision-making and leadership; (iv) reduced time poverty of women; and (v) women’s resilience to external shocks, including climate change and disaster risks.