Gender Month 2023: Accelerating Digital Inclusion for Women and Girls in Asia and the Pacific
This year, International Women’s Day recognizes the critical role women and girls play in innovation and technology and highlights the importance of women’s digital inclusion in building prosperous and sustainable economies. ADB is organizing various events to celebrate Gender Month. From awarding of gender champions, and discussions on the digital ecosystem for women’s empowerment, to a film about a remarkable woman and her journey in the Philippines.??Read more.
ADB and Monsoon Wind Power Company Limited signed a $ 692.55 million nonrecourse project financing package to build a 600-megawatt wind power plant in Sekong and Attapeu provinces in the southern region of the Lao PDR to export and sell power to neighboring Viet Nam. Comprising 133 wind turbines, the project will be the largest wind power plant in Southeast Asia and the first in the Lao PDR. Read more.
Improving the rural road network in Sri Lanka is crucial to the country’s economic and social development. More than 80% of the country’s population lives in rural communities. A new ADB project is improving transport efficiency and connecting rural communities with socioeconomic centers to boost agricultural productivity and economic growth in rural areas. View photo essay.
The project expands access to water and sanitation services, improves the management of water resources, promotes gender equality, contributes to environmental sustainability, builds climate resilience, and promotes food security. The facility's contributions have supported 113 ADB investment projects in 20 countries, with a cumulative $9.45 billion in water investments benefiting an expected 122.1 million people. Learn more.
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Featured Topic: Gender Equality and Development
ADB is working across Asia and the Pacific to promote gender equality and women’s empowerment, reduce poverty, and contribute to green, equitable, and inclusive development.
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Women can face discrimination in hiring and compensation and face additional barriers entering into certain sectors which are male-dominated. ADB has pledged that 75% of its operations promote gender equality and that 75% of operations support climate change mitigation and adaptation by 2030.?Visit ADB's Gender website.
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