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What is Workplace Gender Equality?
Achieving Workplace Gender Equality (WGE) leads to significant benefits for both organisations and employees. This video and other WGE resources provide insights on why companies need to advance gender equality in the workplace.
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The Advance of Impact Investing in South East Asia
This report presents insights from impact investments and gender lens investments across South East Asia between 2017 and 2019, with focus on Indonesia, the Philippines and Vietnam. It aims to assess impact investing and Gender Lens Investing activity in the region and evaluate the impact of COVID-19 on the space going forward.
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The case for workplace gender equality: evidence from Asia-Pacific region
This report on Workplace Gender Equality (WGE) provides evidence on better business outcomes reported by businesses when they implement initiatives to improve WGE. In the context of COVID-19, it is more important than ever to maintain the momentum of WGE.
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empowering women economically is not
only the right thing to do — it’s the smart
thing to do.The evidence is clear — women’s economic empowerment is critical to
economic growth. One of the best ways to grow economies and achieve
stronger communities is to empower women and improve their economic
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Influencing Gender Norms
We work with partners to positively shift attitudes and practices to support women in the world of work.
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Workplace Gender Equality
We support Business Coalitions who work with influential businesses on shifting workplace cultures, practices and policy barriers to achieve workplace gender equality.
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Impact Investing
We partner with Impact Investors and ecosystem builders to expand market opportunities for women, with a view to incentivising and catalysing access to capital for small and medium enterprises (SMEs) - led by and responsive to the needs of women.
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Apr
2021
2021
Global Gender Gap Report 2021 (15th edition)
Based on the World Economic Forum’s Global Gender Gap Report 2021, another generation of women will have to wait for gender parity. As the impact ...
30
Mar
2021
2021
Gender lens investing in Southeast Asia: A snapshot of progress in Indonesia, the Philippines and Vietnam
This landscape report, co-authored by Investing in Women, an initiative of the Australian Government, and Value for Women Ltd. (VfW), presents gender lens investing (GLI) ...
31
Mar
2021
2021
#ChooseToChallenge beyond IWD
The pandemic has brought into stark relief the inequalities that have long pushed women back, from unequal pay and distribution of work to gender-based violence. ...
30
Mar
2021
2021
Making flexible work, work
“#ForwardThinkingFlex: Making Flexible Work, Work,” the latest of a series of webinars conducted by the Philippine Business Coalition for Women’s Empowerment (PBCWE), brought experts ...
26
Mar
2021
2021
Leading the conversation on gender equality in the time of COVID-19
Accenture in the Philippines, a founding member of the Philippine Business Coalition on Women’s Empowerment (PBCWE), celebrated International Women’s Day (IWD) 2021 with a ...
25
Mar
2021
2021
VBCWE conducts workshop: ‘Lead the change in the new normal’
Business leaders and senior managers of large enterprises in Vietnam recently attended the workshop, “Lead the Change in the New Normal,” to discuss the importance ...
25
Mar
2021
2021
A fresh look at paternity leave: Why the benefits extend beyond the personal
McKinsey & Company research on the impact of COVID-19 on families shows that women bear significant social and economic fallout from the crisis, even considering ...
25
Mar
2021
2021
Towards gender balanced parental leave: Australian and international trends
The Workplace Gender Equality Agency (WGEA) published an insight paper, “Towards gender balanced parental leave: Australian and international trends,” exploring the link between the unequal ...
22
Mar
2021
2021
Closing the Gender Gap: An Inventory of Philippine Policies on Women in the Workplace
The Philippine Business Coalition for Women Empowerment (PBCWE) has released a digital version of their first research publication, Closing the Gender Gap: An Inventory of ...
20
Mar
2021
2021
Women in Tech: Hidden Alpha
Besides social gains, there is significant profit to be made with women in tech. Funders can no longer overlook an established pattern: investments in women-led ...
19
Mar
2021
2021
Edukasyon.ph launches toolkit for gender-equal tech-voc education and employment
Edukasyon.ph, in partnership with Investing in Women, an initiative of the Australian Government, recently launched the Yaring Pinay Gender Communication Toolkit to help technical-vocational ...
18
Mar
2021
2021
Magdalene Indonesia’s #FTW Media (For the Women Media)
Magdalene Indonesia’s latest podcast series, #FTW Media, puts the spotlight on representations of women in media (news, popular culture products such as films, videos ...
03
Mar
2021
2021
Women, Business and the Law 2021
This World Bank report is the seventh in a series of annual studies measuring the laws and regulations that affect women’s economic opportunity in 190 ...
03
Mar
2021
2021
ASEAN Gender Outlook: Achieving the SDGs for all and leaving no woman or girl behind
This flagship regional publication, jointly produced by the ASEAN and UN Women, calls for greater investment and prioritisation of data for tracking progress towards gender ...
01
Mar
2021
2021
Guidance and Best Practice Examples for VCs, Private Equity and Institutional Investors with regard to Diversity and Female Entrepreneurship
Leading investors and professionals within the venture community co-create a set of guidelines for diversity and inclusion, recently published by the British Venture Capital Association (...
23
Feb
2021
2021
COVID-19 Is No Excuse to Regress on Gender Equality
This brief from the Asian Development Bank (ADB) gives an overview of how the COVID-19 pandemic affects women’s jobs and incomes, education, health and ...
10
Feb
2021
2021
AVPN Webinar Series: Key opportunities for social impact in the Philippines
The IW-sponsored AVPN Philippines Conference provided a call to action for the local social investment community. Through a panel discussion of industry leaders, a learning ...
05
Feb
2021
2021
What Factors Exacerbate and Mitigate the Risk of Gender-Based Violence During COVID-19? Insights From a Phone Survey in Indonesia
This report aims to provide clarity on factors that pose the greatest risk of gender-based violence (GBV) and determine policy interventions that may effectively protect ...
05
Feb
2021
2021
Doing Good Index 2020
The Doing Good Index 2020 by the Centre for Asian Philanthropy and Society provides a roadmap of the policies and practices that can route private capital ...
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