In light of the COVID-19 outbreak, we at Investing in Women recognise the challenges our team, partner organisations and communities face. Click here to read our advisory on COVID-19.
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Drivers of Change for Workplace Gender Equality
This fact sheet explores vital key drivers and other factors that may help progress gender in the workplace. It summarises existing donor literature associated with influencing WGE in South East Asia and assesses the alignment of these findings with work of Investing in Women and the four Business Coalitions in the Philippines, Indonesia, Myanmar and Vietnam.
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CEO Brief on Inclusive Leadership and Gender Equality in Vietnam
This CEO brief on workplace inclusivity and gender equality is designed as a resource from executives for executives. Using examples from companies in Vietnam, this guide covers how business leaders can implement ‘quick wins’ for inclusive leadership and gender equality in the organisations they’re leading.
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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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Case Studies from the Indonesia Business Coalition for Women’s Empowerment
These case studies from Indonesia Business Coalition for Women Empowerment (IBCWE) reveal how businesses in Indonesia, such as Telkom Indonesia, L’Oréal and Tira Austenite, influence change in workplace cultures and promote gender equality. The evidence is clear: workplaces with greater gender equality enjoy higher growth and better performance.
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Workplace Gender Equality and Sustainability Reporting: An Initial Analysis of the Top 30 Publicly-Listed Companies in the Philippines
This report looks at how the top 30 publicly listed companies in the Philippines comply with local and international sustainability reporting guidelines, including workplace gender equality, women’s economic empowerment, and diversity and inclusion. This initial analysis identifies successful approaches that are worth promoting more widely. It also highlights obvious gaps in policy frameworks and data reporting that need addressing to improve gender equality and diversity in the workplace.
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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
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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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Indonesia’s untapped gender lens investing opportunities
Watch this latest video from AVPN to learn more about the alpha in advancing women-led entrepreneurship in Indonesia.
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Aug
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Drop in economic participation in South East Asia highlights the need for critical changes and recovery measures for women in the labour sector
Women’s economic participation and opportunity in South East Asia have generally declined, resulting to setbacks in gender equality in the region World Economic Forum’...
03
Aug
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Progress seen in gender portrayals in Vietnam ads, but more work needed
Advertising campaigns in Vietnam during Lunar New Year (Tet) celebrations in 2022 indicate positive shifts in gender portrayals, but they still fall short in challenging stereotypes, ...
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Aug
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Now on the Knowledge Hub: 2022 Update on the Impact of COVID-19 on private-sector employees in Indonesia, The Philippines and Vietnam
In February 2022, Investing in Women (IW) and its partners commissioned surveys in Indonesia, The Philippines and Vietnam, analysing the state of private sector employees after ...
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Aug
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Impact of COVID-19 on private sector employees in Indonesia – 2022
This February 2020 survey explores the impact of COVID-19 on private sector employees in Indonesia.
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Aug
2022
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Impact of COVID-19 on private sector employees in the Philippines – 2022
This February 2022 survey explores the impact of COVID-19 on private sector employees in the Philippines.
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Aug
2022
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Impact of COVID-19 on private-sector employees in Vietnam – 2022
This February 2022 survey explores the impact of COVID-19 on private sector employees in Vietnam.
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Global Gender Gap Report 2022
Since 2006, the Global Gender Gap Report has been measuring gaps between men and women based on economic participation and opportunity, health and survival, educational attainment ...
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Jul
2022
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The gender pay gap in the health and care sector A global analysis in the time of COVID-19
This report highlights signification variation in gender pays gaps in the health and care sector across countries, suggesting that targeted action to close the gender ...
14
Jul
2022
2022
Building Forward Together: Towards an inclusive and resilient Asia and the Pacific
Building Forward Together: Towards an inclusive and resilient Asia and the Pacific aims to support regional dialogue, in preparation for the High-Level Political Forum on ...
12
Jul
2022
2022
Gender Equality Attitudes Study 2022: The levers for change
Gender Equality Attitudes Study 2022 measures the prevalence of discriminatory attitudes of gender-based stereotypes perpetuating gender equality and exhibit how widespread and deeply embedded these views ...
12
Jul
2022
2022
Regressing Gender Equality in Myanmar: Women living under the Pandemic and Military rule
This study by UNDP and UN Women looks at the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and military takeover on Women in Myanmar.
08
Jul
2022
2022
Quantifying the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on gender equality on health, social, and economic indicators: a comprehensive review of data from March, 2020, to September, 2021
This research looks at publicly available datasets with information on indicators related to vaccine hesitancy and uptake, health care services, economic and work-related issues, education, ...
30
Jun
2022
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Gendered Impacts of MSME Policy Responses to COVID-19 in South East Asia (Indonesia)
This report uncovers the outcomes of MSME policy responses to the pandemic in Indonesia.
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Jun
2022
2022
Gendered Impacts of MSME Policy Responses to COVID-19 in South East Asia (The Philippines)
This report uncovers the outcomes of MSME policy responses to the pandemic in the Philippines.
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Jun
2022
2022
Gendered Impacts of MSME Policy Responses to COVID-19 in South East Asia (Vietnam)
This report uncovers the outcomes of MSME policy responses to the pandemic in Vietnam.
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