Abbreviations and acronyms

ADB

Asian Development Bank

ASEAN

Association of Southeast Asian Nations

BPfA

Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action

CEDAW

Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women

CRC

United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child

CSE

Comprehensive sexuality education

EU

European Union

FDWL

Foreign Domestic Worker Levy Relief

FGM/C

Female genital mutilation and cutting

FPAR

Feminist Participatory Action Research

GBV

Gender-based violence

GID-DB

Gender, Institutions and Development Database

GDP

Gross domestic product

GUSO

Get Up Speak Out

ILO

International Labour Organization

IPV

Intimate-partner violence

ISIC

International Standard Industrial Classification of All Economic Activities

LAC

Latin America and the Caribbean

Lao PDR

Lao People's Democratic Republic

LFP

Labour force participation

MENA

Middle East and North Africa

MoWECP

Ministry of Women Empowerment and Child Protection

OECD

Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development

PPP

Purchasing power parity

PSL

Personal status law

SDG

Sustainable Development Goal

SEA

Southeast Asia

SIGI

Social Institutions and Gender Index

SRHR

Sexual and reproductive health and rights

TFR

Total fertility rate

UNDP

United Nations Development Programme

UNFPA

United Nations Population Fund

UNHCR

United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees

UNICEF

United Nations Children’s Fund

UN Women

United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women

VAW

Violence against women