Gender Case Studies
The gender results provide an overview of gender issues, design features, and implementation arrangements that contribute to achieving gender-related targets in ADB projects.
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In India, Communities Manage Water Resources, Empower Women
Community-based associations that put Indian farmers in control of water for irrigation—the heart of their livelihoods—nearly foundered until an ADB-supported project stepped in, engaging farming families. -
Improving Maternal and Child Health in the Kyrgyz Republic
A community-based early childhood development project has helped improve women's and children's health in rural communities of the Kyrgyz Republic. -
Nepal Education: Providing a Brighter Future for Poor Girls
For many poor girls and their families in rural and remote areas of Nepal, a secondary education support project has put them on the right path to realizing their "dreams of a better future". -
Uzbekistan Water: Bringing New Opportunities to Rural Women
Bringing potable water and better sanitation to rural communities in Uzbekistan improves people's lives and empowers women to take charge of their lives. -
Lao PDR: Community-managed Irrigation Reduces Poverty and Raises Food Security for Women Farmers - 2012
More active participation by women in irrigation and food production reduces poverty and raises food security in Lao PDR. -
把工作机会带回村里
在福建省实施的100多个子项目将众多因在外地工作而分开的家庭重聚在一起，并缩小了收入差距 - - 促进了各种商业领域的信息流通、合作和基础设施建设。 -
War, Conflict and Water in Eastern Sri Lanka
A regular supply of clean, potable water is making all the difference to a town in eastern Sri Lanka still recovering from the recently ended civil war. -
Sri Lanka Natural Resources: Freshwater Fishing in Rural Areas Boosts Development
A community-based program to revive fresh-water fishing in rural Sri Lanka has helped the poor achieve self-sufficiency, while providing them with useful skills and knowledge-based training. -
赋权之路
在中华人民共和国（中国）偏远的少数民族地区，妇女养路队员们不仅把道路维护的井然有序，她们还团结在一起，在自己的地区发挥着更大的作用。 -
Empowering Women in Yunnan Province, People's Republic of China
In a remote minority region of the People’s Republic of China (PRC), all-female maintenance crews are doing more than keeping the roads in order—they are banding together and taking on bigger roles in their communities.