Measuring time use, care and women’s agency

  This brief discusses previous challenges in collecting time use data in Indonesia, where work strongly follows gender lines. Previous attempts to collect ...

Trends in women’s economic empowerment amidst the COVID-19 pandemic in Indonesia, the Philippines, and Vietnam

  This report examines gender norms in Indonesia, the Philippines, and Vietnam, focusing on changes during the pandemic and their impact on women’...

Piloting the Measurement of Time Use, Supervisory Care and Women’s Agency in Indonesia

This report is a collaborative effort between Prospera, Investing in Women, and the University of Indonesia. The study utilized time use surveys and ...

Impact Investing in Vietnam

This factsheet provides an overview of impact investing and gender-lens investing (GLI) trends in Vietnam from 2020 to 2022. Vietnam experienced significant growth in impact ...

Impact Investing in the Philippines

The factsheet provides an overview of impact investing and gender-lens investing (GLI) trends in the Philippines from 2020 to 2022. The Philippines is the second-largest ...

Impact Investing in Indonesia

This factsheet summarizes the trends in impact investing and gender-lens investing (GLI) in Indonesia from 2020 to 2022. Indonesia is the most active impact investing ...

Gender Lens Investing: Lessons From Impact Investing Partners

Investing in Women (IW) collaborates with impact investing partners (IIPs) to improve access to finance for women-owned and -led small and medium-sized enterprises (...

Impact Investing in Southeast Asia

This factsheet provides an overview of impact investing and gender-lens investing (GLI) trends in Southeast Asia based on updated data from 2020 to 2022. The ...

Building the Market for Gender Lens Investing – Insights From Market Actors

Investing in Women (IW) collaborates with market building partners to promote gender lens investing (GLI) in Southeast Asia. Through raising awareness, building capacity, ...

Investing in Women Activity Completion Report

This Activity Completion Report outlines approaches by Investing in Women that have been successful in addressing barriers that are holding women back in ...

SNAP III Survey in Indonesia: A DESIGNER’S TOOLKIT for GENDER AND URBAN MILLENIALS IN INDONESIA

To understand attitudes, social expectations and behaviours across four key gender norms among men and women, Investing in Women program commissioned YouGov to ...

SNAP III Survey in Philippines: A DESIGNER’S TOOLKIT for GENDER AND URBAN MILLENIALS IN PHILIPPINES

To understand attitudes, social expectations and behaviours across four key gender norms among men and women, Investing in Women program commissioned YouGov to ...

SNAP III Survey in Vietnam: A DESIGNER’S TOOLKIT for GENDER AND URBAN MILLENIALS IN VIETNAM

To understand attitudes, social expectations and behaviours across four key gender norms among men and women, Investing in Women program commissioned YouGov to ...

Gender Equality Matters Snap 2022

The Investing in Women program commissioned YouGov to conduct an online Social Norms, Attitudes and Practices (SNAP) 2022 Survey with 6000 urban, millennial men and ...

SNAP Overview Brief June 2023

Conducted by YouGov under commission of Investing in Women (IW), this study examines the social norms, attitudes and practices (SNAP) of urban millennials ...

MEASURING THE IMPACT OF GENDER NORMS CAMPAIGNS IN SOUTH EAST ASIA – QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS

This report provides a quantitative analysis of the impact of IW gender norms campaigns on urban millenials in Indonesia, the Philippines, and Vietnam. ...

Exploring the Role of Women in Philippine Workspaces

The case study examines the role gender norms play in the career progression of women in Philippine organizations and what organizations do or ...

Commitment to a safe, engaged, and inclusive workplace at Aboitiz Equity Ventures

Published by the Philippine Business Coalition for Women Empowerment (PBCWE), it explores AEV’s efforts to enhance employee perception of WGE through online ...

Impact Investing in South East Asia Update 2020-2022

This report by Investing in Women looks at the current landscape, trends and opportunities for impact investing in South East Asia during 2020-2022.

Gender Lens Investing in Southeast Asia: Literature Review

This literature review explores the current research on investing with a gender lens in Southeast Asia. It also outlines the challenges and opportunities ...

Workplace Gender Equality Impact Report of BCGE (2018-2021)

This report by BCGE contributes to the ongoing dialogue about workplace gender equality in Myanmar and provides insights into how BCGE has implemented ...

Advancing Workplace Gender Equality at Teleperformance Philippines

This case study explores how Teleperformance Philippines, a leading contact center provider in the country, has advanced workplace gender equality. It looks at ...

Shifting discriminatory gender norms affecting women in the workplace: Social media campaigns in Indonesia, the Philippines and Viet Nam

This briefing paper looks at how discriminatory gender norms are affecting women in Indonesia, the Philippines and Viet Nam and how social media ...

Goodvertisings: Men’s Caring in Ads

This report explores the theme of men’s caring in advertising and its potential impact on gender roles. It investigates how portrayals of ...

Sustaining an inclusive culture for women at DDB Group Philippines

This case study examines how DDB Group Philippines has worked to create and sustain an inclusive work environment for women. It looks at ...

Investor’s Journey In Gender Lens Investing: Examples From The Field (AVV)

This case study examines how investors can use a gender lens approach to investing. It looks at Ascend Ventures Vietnam and highlights key ...

Gender-Responsive Procurement in Asia and the Pacific: An Opportunity for an Equitable Economic Future

Published by the Asian Development Bank and UN Women, this report highlights the importance of gender-responsive procurement in creating an inclusive economic future.

Trends and Opportunities to Advance Gender Equality in Business in Asia and the Pacific

This report provides valuable insights into the current state of gender equality in business in the Asia Pacific. It looks at various factors ...

Gender Equity Insights 2022

The Gender Equity Insights 2022 report examines the trends, policies and practices that positively affect gender inequality and any areas where improvements can still ...

Yaring Pinay Gender Communication Toolkit for TVET Students

This toolkit provides a comprehensive set of resources to aid in fostering gender-responsive communication. It is designed for educators, administrators, and students looking ...

Case Study: Sponsorship and Its Effects on Workplace Gender Equality PT Vale Indonesia and PT Adis Dimensions Footwear

This case study examines the influence of sponsorship programs on gender equality in the workplace.

Applying the Asian Development Bank’s Approach to Gender Mainstreaming in Private Sector

This tip sheet ADB’s overall approach to gender mainstreaming and xplains the design features and potential gender measures in private sector projects.

JEDI Investing Toolkit

The JEDI Investing Toolkit is designed for investors who want to apply a justice, equity, diversity, and inclusion (JEDI) lens to their processes ...

How to Drive Belonging for Women in the Workplace

By analysing data from the Better to Belong research with a gender lens, this report uncovered how women’s experiences in the workplace ...

Experiences of COVID-19: The pandemic and work/life outcomes for Australian men and women

This report seeks to identify and examine the gendered impact of the pandemic on men and women in Australia from March 2020 to June 2022.

Women in the Workplace 2022

Women in the Workplace 2022 is a comprehensive study of the state of women in corporate America. The study found that women are underrepresented ...

State of the Industry: An assessment of progress in diversity, equity and inclusion across the global advertising industry

This report explores the progress made to date and identifies the gaps and opportunities to drive transformative change in the advertising industry.

Gender Equality Strategy 2022-2025

UNDP’s Gender Equality Strategy 2022-2025 guides the organisation in its efforts to assist countries with accelerating progress on gender equality and empowering ...

The Commitment to Reducing Inequality Index 2022

This research report assesses spending, tax and labour policies in 161 countries to determine how they address inequality at the height of the pandemic.

Driving Growth and Improved Business Performance – The Opportunity of Investing in Gender-Inclusive Strategies

This report presents the findings from a four-year initiative by Shell Foundation and Value for Women, co-founded with aid from the UK government, ...

A Guide to Investing in First-Time Women and Diverse Fund Managers

This guide aims to equip first-time women and diverse fund managers with the knowledge, resources, and tools needed to allocate scalable capital.

Women’s Leadership in the ASEAN Region: Data Snapshot

This report explores the various leadership roles that women play in the region, through available official statistics.

Blended Finance: When to use which instrument?

This report is a practical guide for development actors and philanthropic organisations, taking an in-depth look into best practices and guiding actors to ...

Perceptions of the Filipino Youth Around STEM and The Need to Understand It

This study aims to establish benchmarks of how STEM is positioned in the minds of students and serves as a tool for quantifying ...

Mapping the nexus: media reporting of violence against girls and the normalization of violence

Published by the United Nations Children’s Fund, this report provides an overview of the landscape of global trends in media reporting on ...

Progress on the Sustainable Development Goals: The Gender Snapshot 2022

Gender Snapshot 2022 highlights the latest evidence on gender quality across all 17 goals, providing an in-depth look at the long road ahead to achieve ...

CEW Senior Executive Census 2022

The CEW Senior Executive Census 2022 tracks the progress of women’s representation in the executive leadership teams of ASX300 companies, serving as an ...

Unpaid Care and Domestic Work: Counting the Costs

This policy brief provides a better understanding of unpaid and domestic work, highlighting its costs to women and the economy.

Valuing and Investing in Unpaid Care and Domestic Work – Country Case Study: Philippines

This case study on the Philippines highlights the country’s progress in addressing women’s unpaid care and domestic work within the larger ...

A Journey Not a Destination: A Practical Guide for Entrepreneurial Intermediaries and Investment Firms To Overcome 5 Common Stumbling Blocks in Their Gender Journey

This guide outlines the top five challenges intermediaries and investors face through their gender journey, discussing best practices from how Value for Women ...

Gender Reporting Toolkit (Bahasa Indonesia)

The tool kit is designed to be practical for all companies in Indonesia and includes all reporting template standards that exist in Indonesia ...

Government responses to COVID-19: Lessons on gender equality for a world in turmoil

This report overall, government responses paid inadequate attention to gender dynamics, providing key lessons for governments.

Financial Instruments to Strengthen Women’s Economic Resilience to Climate Change and Disaster Risks

The report highlights the importance of financial inclusion and identifies distribution channels to ensure that low-income women have access to these financial products ...

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.

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.

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.

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, ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.

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 ...

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 ...

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.  

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.  

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. 

Census on Women in Executive Leadership Team in IDX200 companies

This report analyses women’s representation in Indonesia’s top 200 publicly listed companies to understand the status of women representation in executive leadership.  

Investor’s Journey in Gender Lens Investing: Foundation for a Sustainable Society Inc.

This case study explores the gender lens investing journey of FSSI, offering a motivating case for investors beginning to become more intentional about ...

A Roadmap for Australian investors: How to invest to achieve gender equity, racial equity, diversity and inclusion

This roadmap details how to invest to achieve gender equity, racial equity, diversity and inclusion outcomes by investing in and from Australia.

CEO Brief to Promote Inclusive Leadership and Gender Equality in Vietnam

Designed as a resource“from executives for executives”, CEO Brief to Promote Inclusive Leadership and Gender Equality in Vietnam uses real-life examples and ...

Gender Equality Update 35: Preparedness and Response for the third wave of COVID-19

Gender Equality Update 35: Preparedness and Response for the third wave of COVID-19 highlights the impact of the pandemic on women and excluded groups. 

Ready for Risk: A Business Continuity Management Toolkit for Women SME Entrepreneurs

This toolkit provides a grounding risk control and business continuity, designed to meet the needs of women entrepreneurs. 

Gendered Impacts of MSME Policy Responses to COVID-19 in South East Asia

This report uncovers the outcomes of MSME policy responses to the pandemic in Indonesia, the Philippines and Vietnam, analysing the varied experiences of ...

Advancing diversity, equity, and inclusion

In this McKinsey on Government podcast episode, Francis Rose speaks with Nora Gardner, a senior partner in MicKinsey’s DC office and discuss ...

Drivers of Change for Workplace Gender Equality

This fact sheet highlights seven key drivers of workplace gender equality (WGE) that play an important role in achieving WGE.

Investor’s Journey in Gender Lens Investing: inBEST Ventures

Created by Value for Women, this case study explores how inBEST uses gender lens investing as a strategy to create a selling proposition ...

Women in the Boardroom: A Global Perspective – Progress inches forward at a snail’s pace

This report includes updates from 72 countries on gender diversity in the boardroom, exploring insights on the political, social, and legislative trends behind these ...

Women, Business and the Law 2022

This report measures the laws and regulations that affect women’s economic opportunity in 190 economies.

Women’s Economic Empowerment in Asia

This policy brief explores the challenges facing women in business and the workplace, considers the impact that the Covid-19 pandemic, and provides policy ...

COVID-19 Impact on Working Women in Asia

This report explores the outsized impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on working women, such as gender based-violence, unpaid work burdens, a widening of ...

APEC Women and the Economy Dashboard 2021

This report provides a snapshot of the status of women in APEC, looking at the progress of women’s participation in economic-related activities ...

Working with Men and Boys for Gender Equality: State of Play and Future Directions

This policy brief looks at the progress of men for gender equality for the last 25 years and highlights the need for policy and ...

COVID-19 and Labor Markets in Southeast Asia—Impacts on Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Thailand, and Viet Nam

This report aims to help determine priorities and opportunities for developing effective labour market strategies for economic recovery.

Gender-Inclusive Legislative Framework and Laws to Strengthen Women’s Resilience to Climate Change and Disasters

This report provides a Good Practice Legislative Framework to help improve gender equality in developing laws supporting women’s resilience during climate and ...

International Women’s Day 2022 x Lean In: 50 Ways to Fight the Bias Program

This interactive tool kit aims to help teams learn about the most common types of biases women face at work.

Southeast Asia Rising from the Pandemic

This report explores important factors and developments affecting the economic recovery of South East Asian countries.

Workplace Gender Equality and Sustainability Reporting: An Initial Analysis of the Top 30 Publicly-Listed Companies in the Philippines as of July 2021

The Workplace Gender Equality and Sustainability Reporting report highlights the compliance of the Top 30 Publicly-Listed Companies (PLCs) in the Philippines with the Sustainability ...

The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on gender norms in Indonesia, the Philippines, and Vietnam

This literature review examines how the COVID-19 pandemic has impacted gender equality and gender norms in Indonesia, the Philippines and Vietnam.

Women in Business 2022: Opening the door to diverse talent

This report explores the position of women in senior management across the world, the progress towards gender parity in leadership and the actions ...

Case Study: Promoting Women’s Leadership at Tira Austenite Indonesia

This case study by Investing in Women showcases how and why Tira Austenite has made progress towards redressing the gender imbalance in its ...

Case Study: Flexible Working Arrangements at Digiserve by Telkom Indonesia (Previously Telkomtelstra)

This case study showcases how and why Telkomtelstra put in place flexible working arrangements as part of its commitment to supporting women in ...

Case Study: Flexible Working Arrangements at L’Oréal Indonesia

This case study showcases how and why L’Oréal Indonesia put in place measures to achieve flexible working arrangements, and what the ...

The Potential for a New Way of Approaching Women’s Economic Empowerment in Market Systems Development

This discussion paper captures the key learnings and stimulates further discussion to strengthen thinking about and approaches for women’s economic empowerment in ...

Insights Panel: Gender Equality Norms among Urban Millennials – Midline Report

This report examines urban millennials’ views on childcare and breadwinning, and social expectations concerning gender norms.

Women’s work: The impact of the COVID crisis on Australian women

This report identifies gaps in the existing response to the COVID recession and proposes policies that will help Australia ‘build back better’.

Workplace gender equality in the post-pandemic era: Where to next?

This journal article examines the impact of the pandemic on women’s employment, labour force participation, earnings, unpaid care work and experience of ...

Advancing women-owned businesses in the COVID-19 recovery

This report provides a snapshot of the impact COVID-19 has had on the Australian economy and the impact it has had on women.

Quick Take: Women in Management

This factsheet explores the latest data on the representation of women in senior management positions, both globally and at the regional level.

Investing in Women: New Evidence for the Business Case

This report demonstrates how companies have benefited from developing and implementing gender-smart solutions.

Addressing Agriculture Market Dysfunctions through Blended Finance with a Gender Lens

This paper presents Investing in Women’s learnings on how blended finance using the ‘Capital Plus’ model can spur growth in agribusinesses in ...

Engendering Utilities: Developing a Business Case for Gender Equality

This guide helps organisations develop a business case for gender equality to persuade senior leadership that equality is good for business.

Delivering through diversity

This report draws on company data to explore the link between diversity and company financial outperformance.

Addressing Unpaid Care Work in ASEAN

This report examines the state of the unpaid care economy in ASEAN countries.

Women in Business 2021

This report outlines the position of women in senior management around the world and highlights the actions leaders need to take to create ...

Women in the Workplace 2021

This report analyses the representation of women in corporate America, provides an overview of HR policies and programs, and explores the intersectional experiences ...

Country Gender Equality Profile Viet Nam 2021

This report is the first provides an in-depth analysis on gender equality issues in Vietnam based on available evidence, data and research.

The Future of Diversity

This book offers new perspectives on the concept of diversity and the role diversity can play in the future world of work.

Champions of Change Coalition 2021 Impact Report

This report details action and impact on gender equality, advancing more and diverse women into leadership and building respectful and inclusive working environments ...

Flexible work post-COVID

This factsheet explores the impact that the COVID pandemic has had on both women and men’s workforce participation, employee satisfaction and productivity.

Gender Equity Insights Series 2021: Making It a Priority

The 2021 report in conjunction with Bankwest Curtin Economics Centre analyses WGEA reporting data relating to uncover further insights about effective initiatives to improve ...

Widening the Lens, Looking Further Ahead: Options for Australian Support of Gender Lens Investing Post-Investing in Women

This discussion paper presents comments on the findings from the Investing in Women Phase 2 (2019-23) Mid-Term Review Pathway 2 Report for future recommendations on ...

Investing in Women Phase 2 (2019-23) Mid-Term Review Pathway 3 Report

This report presents findings and recommendations from the Mid-Term Review of Investing in Women’s Pathway 3 focused on Influencing Gender Norms.

Investing in Women Phase 2 (2019-23) Mid-Term Review Pathway 2 Report

This report presents findings and recommendations from the Mid-Term Review of Investing in Women’s Pathway 2 focused on Impact investment for WSMEs.

Investing in Women Phase 2 (2019-23) Mid-Term Review Pathway 1 Report

This report presents findings and recommendations from the Phase 2 Mid-Term Review of Investing in Women’s Pathway 1 focused on Workplace Gender Equality.

Investing in Women Phase 2 (2019-23) Mid-Term review

This independent mid-term review covers IW’s progress since the start of its second phase in July 2019 and provides recommendations to assist IW ...

A Roadmap for Private Investors: Investing to Address Gender-based Violence

This paper serves as a guide for private investors on how to use their capital and their influence to address gender-based violence in ...

Women in Agriculture Initiative: 2020 Annual Report

This report highlights Root Capital’s impact in 2020, during which they supported women farmers, employees and entrepreneurs as they promoted gender inclusion and ...

Social Norms and Women’s Economic Participation in Indonesia

According to this study, social norms and gendered roles shape women’s and men’s perception about their work outside the home.

Insights and lessons learned from women business leaders on managing through crisis, resilience and recovery

These video interviews in capture the voices of eight women business leaders from eight countries and eight industries, highlighting the value of women’...

Leadership resilience and culture building during the pandemic

This document provides advice on how leaders can use positive actions to better manage their teams in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic. &...

Future-Flex: Mainstreaming Flexibility by Team Design

This report presents a set of guidelines on implementing flexible work. It specifically addresses the need for team focus when implementing flexibility in ...

Employer handbook on workplace gender equality (Vietnamese)

This handbook seeks to provide business owners with an understanding and awareness of the role and positive impact of practising workplace gender equality. ...

Guidance: Rapid gender assessment surveys on the impacts of COVID-19

This guidance document on implementing rapid gender assessment surveys on the impacts of COVID-19 was developed by UN Women’s global gender data ...

COVID-19 Gender-Responsive Local Economic Recovery Handbook

The COVID-19 Gender-Responsive Local Economic Recovery Handbook helps assess the impact of COVID-19 on women’s economic security and recovery and offers tools ...

WATCH: Investing in Women – Workplace Gender Equality video

This video aims to provide a thorough understanding of workplace gender equality in the context of the work of the Business Coalitions.

The Business of Social Norms

This document provide guidance on what companies can do to shift social norms and challenge stereotypes in the workplace. Measures that have been ...

Accelerating women’s advancement in STEM: Emerging lessons on network strategies and approaches

This report showcases the diversity of networks working to advance women’s participation and leadership in STEM in South East and East Asia, ...

Women and trade: The role of trade in promoting gender equality

This report aims to improve the understanding of the impacts of trade and trade policy on gender equality, and to provide policy makers ...

Spotlight on gender, COVID-19 and the SDGs: Will the pandemic derail hard-won progress on gender equality?

This paper presents the latest evidence on the gendered impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, highlights potential and emerging trends, and reflects on the ...

Through her lens: The impact of COVID-19 on Filipino girls and young women

This study was designed to analyse the impact of COVID-19 on Filipino girls and young women aged 13 to 24 years old. It zooms in ...

The Mobile Gender Gap Report 2020

This report examines how the mobile gender gap is changing quickly in low- and middle-income countries, revealing how the main factors preventing women’...

The Mobile Gender Gap Report 2021

This report highlights how the mobile gender gap continues to improve in South Asia, but less so in other regions. It explores the ...

The Mobile Gender Gap Report 2019

This report reveals how the mobile gender gap is changing in low- and middle-income countries, as well as ranking the factors preventing equal ...

Women and e-commerce in South East Asia

The report Women and E-commerce in South East Asia is the first large-scale use of platform data in the region to inform the ...

Gender & creativity: Progress on the precipice

This report provides an overview of current advances towards, and challenges to, gender equality in the culture and creative sectors at the national, ...

The missing perspectives of women in COVID-19 news

This report examines women’s representation in COVID-19 newsgathering and news coverage in India, Kenya, Nigeria, South Africa, the U.K. and the ...

CASE STUDY: At the forefront of addressing workplace sexual harassment

This case study provides an overview of how the PNB strengthened its policy by taking immediate action on sexual harassment and provide a ...

CASE STUDY: Empowering employees to speak up through whistleblowing mechanisms

Developed by the PBCWE to document experiences of human resource leads and employees and provide significant accomplishments and improvements on the implementation of ...

CASE STUDY: Embracing digitalisation for employee learning and development

Developed by the PBCWE to document experiences of human resource leads and employees and provide significant accomplishments and improvements on the implementation of ...

CASE STUDY: Putting premium on maternity care and employee health

Developed by the PBCWE to document experiences of human resource leads and employees and provide significant accomplishments and improvements on the implementation of ...

CASE STUDY: Investing in wellness at the workplace

Developed by the PBCWE to document experiences of human resource leads and employees and provide significant accomplishments and improvements on the implementation of ...

Pursuing gender equality through investment in rural communities—Root Capital case study

This report documents Root Capital’s gender lens investing journey, capturing the organisation’s goals and motivations, path toward realising those goals, challenges ...

Impact of COVID-19 on private sector employees in the Philippines – update

Following the first survey in May 2020, which examined the initial impacts of COVID-19 on employees in the Philippines, the repeat survey in December 2020 ...

Impact of COVID-19 on private sector employees in Indonesia – update

Following the first survey in May 2020, which examined the initial impacts of COVID-19 on employees in Indonesia, the repeat survey in December 2020 sought ...

Impact of COVID-19 on private sector employees in Vietnam – update

Following the first survey in May 2020, which examined the initial impacts of COVID-19 on employees in Vietnam, the repeat survey in December 2020 sought ...

Investor’s journey in Gender Lens Investing: Manila Angel Investors Network

Created by Value for Women, this case study documents MAIN’s gender lens investing journey.

Women @ Work: A global outlook

This report uncovers the characteristics of organisations that are making tangible progress on gender equality and steps employers can take to do the ...

Ecosystem Landscaping to advance the Accountability to implement the Women’s Empowerment Principles in ASEAN

This report provides policymakers, companies, civil society, employer organisations and other stakeholders in the ASEAN region with comprehensive details on reporting and implementing ...

The State of Economic Inclusion Report 2021: The Potential to Scale

The State of Economic Inclusion (SEI) Report 2021 provides a global assessment on the state of inclusion programs that reach the extreme poor and ...

Global Wage Report 2020-21: Wages and minimum wages in the time of COVID-19

The Global Wage Report 2020-21, the flagship report of the International Labour Organization (ILO), examines the evolution of real wages around the world, ...

Bridging the Gap: Emerging Private Sector Response and Recovery Measures for Gender Equality amid COVID-19

In response to how the pandemic has widened gender gaps around the world, companies are adopting practices that support gender equality and women’...

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 ...

Gender lens investing in South East 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 ...

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, ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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, ...

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 ...

The Global Risks Report 2021

The Global Risks Report 2021 by the World Economic Forum (WEF) shares the results of their latest Global Risks Perception Survey (GRPS), followed by ...

Private Equity and Value Creation: A Fund Manager’s Guide to Gender-smart Investing

Private Equity and Value Creation: A Fund Manager’s Guide to Gender-smart Investing is a practical step-by-step road map for fund managers on ...

Philippine Venture Capital Report 2020 (Inaugural Edition)

The Philippine Venture Capital Report 2020 provides an overview of the country’s venture capital (VC) industry, touted as “the sunrise industry of the ...

Why gender is material to investments in the recovery

This research names the proven economic patterns, their relevance to recovery, their relevance to investments, and key data points to track to understand ...

THE CASE FOR WORKPLACE GENDER EQUALITY: Risks, opportunities and actions for business during and beyond COVID-19 (Bahasa Indonesia)

Translated into Indonesian, this brief provides evidence from the Asia-Pacific region on business outcomes of workplace gender equality (WGE) and why, in the ...

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 ...

THE CASE FOR WORKPLACE GENDER EQUALITY: Risks, opportunities and actions for business during and beyond COVID-19 (Vietnamese)

Translated into Vietnamese, this brief provides evidence from the Asia-Pacific region on business outcomes of Workplace Gender Equality (WGE) and why, in the ...

What is Workplace Gender Equality? (Vietnamese)

This is the Vietnamese translation of the WGE fact sheet. It provides a definition of Workplace Gender Equality, as well as key points ...

What is Workplace Gender Equality? (Bahasa Indonesia)

This is the Indonesian translation of the WGE  fact sheet. It provides a definition of Workplace Gender Equality, as well as key points ...

Investing in Women Workplace Gender Equality video

This video provides a definition of Workplace Gender Equality (WGE), as well as the benefits of practicing WGE. It includes testimonials from top ...

Leading to Success: The business case for women in business and management in Viet Nam

This country brief demonstrates the business case for gender diversity in management and workplace gender equality in Viet Nam considering the COVID-19 context.

GENDER EQUALITY MATTERS IN THE PHILIPPINES

These fact sheets present a snapshot of the findings on the social norms, attitudes and practices of urban millennials in Vietnam, based on ...

GENDER EQUALITY MATTERS IN VIETNAM

These fact sheets present a snapshot of the findings on the social norms, attitudes and practices of urban millennials in Vietnam, based on ...

GENDER EQUALITY MATTERS IN INDONESIA

These fact sheets present a snapshot of the findings on the social norms, attitudes and practices of urban millennials in Indonesia, based on ...

The Diversity Study 2020

This report provides insight into the frustrations many in the media and marketing industries face around gender, race and mental health. With the ...

Engendering Hate: The contours of state-aligned gendered disinformation online

This report outlines a new framework for understanding how disinformation is being used online to exclude women from public life, in the first ...

THE ADVANCE OF IMPACT INVESTING IN SOUTH EAST ASIA

This report provides updated analysis on trends in impact investing and gender lens investing (GLI) in South East Asia, based on updated data ...

Leading the fight against the pandemic: Does gender really matter?

This paper analyses the relationship between national female leaders and their effectiveness in handling the COVID-crisis.

The Intersections of Women’s Economic and Reproductive Empowerment

This article examines women and work in a variety of contexts to see how childbearing and access to reproductive health and childcare services ...

Gender Equity Insights 2020: Delivering the Business Outcomes

The report shows a strong and convincing causal relationship between increasing the share of women in leadership and subsequent improvements in company performance. ...

Feminist diversities: Contemporary issues in gender and development

The Philippine Journal of Social Development is a peer-reviewed journal published by the College of Social Work and Community Development, University of the ...

Accelerating change on flexible ways of working

This report aims to help organisations better understand the benefits of flexible ways of working and how it can be effectively implemented. It ...

COVID-19 Rapid Gender Analysis Global Trends

This analysis confirms the initial findings and predictions of CARE’s first Rapid Gender Analysis of COVID-19. It also reveals new areas of ...

Mothers’ rooms: Nurturing the future growth of the workforce

This brief is intended to increase access to information about lactation rooms, including benefits and basic requirements for establishment. Based on interest from ...

A gender-responsive employment recovery: Building back fairer

This brief indicates four policy priorities for a gender-responsive recovery: prevent women from losing their jobs; avoid premature fiscal consolidation; invest in care; ...

How Changing Social Norms is Crucial in Achieving Gender Equality

The United Nations Population Fund released this compendium on social norms change to achieve gender equality, which provides a framework for programmatic approaches ...

Pressure to work and care under COVID-19: Social norms in the private sector in Indonesia, the Philippines and Vietnam

This Research Note presents a short summary of the impact of COVID-19 measures on the pressure to work and care amongst private sector ...

Leading to success: The business case for women in business and management in the Philippines

This country brief demonstrates the business case for gender diversity in management and workplace gender equality in the Philippines considering the COVID-19 context. ...

GENDER EQUALITY MATTERS 2020: Social norms, attitudes and practices of urban millennials in Indonesia, Philippines and Vietnam

This report summarises key insights and findings across the three countries, relevant to IW’s work around gender norms and associated behaviours.  It ...

A DESIGNER’S TOOLKIT for GENDER AND URBAN MILLENNIALS IN INDONESIA

The report, Gender Equality Matters 2020: Social Norms, Attitudes and Practices (SNAP) of urban millennials in Indonesia, Philippines and Vietnam, summarises regression and segmentation ...

A DESIGNER’S TOOLKIT for GENDER AND URBAN MILLENNIALS IN VIETNAM

The report, Gender Equality Matters 2020: Social Norms, Attitudes and Practices (SNAP) of urban millennials in Indonesia, Philippines and Vietnam, summarises regression and segmentation ...

A DESIGNER’S TOOLKIT for GENDER AND URBAN MILLENNIALS IN THE PHILIPPINES

The report, Gender Equality Matters 2020: Social Norms, Attitudes and Practices (SNAP) of urban millennials in Indonesia, Philippines and Vietnam, summarises regression and segmentation ...

Detailed Annexes: Social Norms, Attitudes and Practices (SNAP) 2020 Survey

Investing in Women (IW) commissioned YouGov to conduct an online Social Norms, Attitudes and Practices (SNAP) 2020 Survey with 6,000 urban, millennial men and women ...

What is Workplace Gender Equality?

This document provides a definition of Workplace Gender Equality, as well as key points and guidelines for advancing WGE.  

THE CASE FOR WORKPLACE GENDER EQUALITY: Risks, opportunities and actions for business during and beyond COVID-19

This brief provides evidence from the Asia-Pacific region on business outcomes of Workplace Gender Equality (WGE) and why, in the context of COVID-19, ...

Myanmar and COVID-19: Impact on the private sector

This report focuses on the impact of COVID-19 on private sector employers and not-for-profit organisations in Myanmar, and employees in a single firm.

Leading to success: The business case for women in business and management in Indonesia

This country brief demonstrates the business case for gender diversity in management and workplace gender equality in Indonesia considering the COVID-19 context. The ...

Unlocking the lockdown: The gendered effects of COVID-19 on achieving the SDGS in Asia and the Pacific

This report summarises the gendered effects of COVID-19 on achieving the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals in Asia and the Pacific, based on ...

Workplace Gender Equality (WGE) in South East Asian Businesses

This research aims to investigate the progress of  workplace gender equality across 38 businesses in four South East Asian countries (Indonesia, the Philippines, Myanmar ...

Workplace Gender Equality (WGE) and WGE reporting in Indonesia

This research aims to provide recommendations to the Indonesian government so improvements on mandatory workplace gender equality reporting may be put in place ...

The Philippines and COVID-19: Impact on the private sector

This report focuses on the impact of COVID-19 on private sector workers and employers in the Philippines.

Indonesia and COVID-19: Impact on the private sector

This report focuses on the impact of COVID-19 on private sector workers and employers in Indonesia.

Vietnam and COVID-19: Impact on the private sector

This report focuses on the impact of COVID-19 on private sector workers and employers in Vietnam.

Saving the Philippine startup ecosystem

In this podcast, James Lette, Executive Director of Manila Angel Investors Network—a partner of Investing in Women in the Philippines—discusses the ...

Gender Equality Scorecard Manual

The Gender Equality Scorecard Manual is the collective effort built upon SEAF’s work on the GES, a tool SEAF developed to assess ...

Project Sage 3.0: Tracking venture capital, private equity, and private debt with a gender lens

Project Sage tracks the global shape and size of the private markets in gender lens investing. This report identifies 138 total funds deploying capital ...

Gender lens investing landscape: East and South East Asia

This report aims to provide a landscape of gender lens investment (GLI) vehicles in both public and private markets and is intended to ...

Infographic: The Gender Lens Investing Framework

This infographic provides a summary of Value for Women’s How to Invest with a Gender Lens: A guide for Investors in emerging ...

How to invest with a gender lens: A guide for investors in emerging markets

This Gender Lens Investing how-to guide provides practical tools and resources for an investing community that urgently needs to address its diversity and ...

Investigating gendered social norms affecting women’s economic participation related to recruitment and promotion in Vietnam

This report presents findings of CARE International in Vietnam’s research on gendered social norms and how they limit women’s economic participation ...

Men and masculinities in a globalising Viet Nam

This report summarises the findings of the research on men and masculinities in a globalising Vietnam carried out by the Institute for Social ...

Impact of COVID-19 on employees in Vietnam, May 2020

This fact sheet provides findings around impacts of COVID-19 on employment, productivity, income, household responsibilities, and mental and physical health in Vietnam.

Impact of COVID-19 on employees in the Philippines, May 2020

This fact sheet provides findings around impacts of COVID-19 on employment, productivity, income, household responsibilities, and mental and physical health in the Philippines.

Impact of COVID-19 on employees in Indonesia, May 2020

This fact sheet provides findings around impacts of Covid-19 on employment, productivity, income, household responsibilities, and mental and physical health in Indonesia.

CARE Rapid Gender Analysis for COVID-19 VIETNAM

CARE in Vietnam has undertaken a Rapid Gender Analysis (RGA) of the impacts of COVID-19. The study was designed to provide information about ...

WOMEN IN STEM – A baseline study

This baseline study validates the findings of previous studies that the STEM industries, particularly the fields of engineering, architecture and related fields as ...

Unpaid Care Work: Your daily load and why it matters

This interactive tool lets users calculate the approximate time they will spend on unpaid care work throughout their lifetime, based on the number ...

COVID-19 and Gender Rapid Self-Assessment Tool

The COVID-19 and Gender Rapid Self-Assessment Tool has been created to enable companies to assess their COVID-19 response and ensure they support women ...

COVID-19 and ensuring safe cities and safe public spaces for women and girls

This brief highlights emerging trends and implications for women and girls’ safety in cities and public spaces, recognising the continuum of violence against ...

Building bridges, not walking on backs: A feminist economic recovery plan for COVID-19

This document represents a living and evolving agenda for a feminist COVID-19 response and recovery and therefore is not exhaustive, definitive or exclusively ...

Guidance note for action: Supporting SMEs to ensure the economic COVID-19 recovery is gender-responsive and inclusive

This document illustrates how the challenges faced by women entrepreneurs in starting and retaining a business are likely to increase in the wake ...

EMPLOYER-SUPPORTED CHILDCARE: A practical guide for Myanmar businesses

This guide provides useful information for employers in Myanmar on childcare support for employees and includes an explanation of why this support is ...

Gender-sensitive private sector response to COVID-19 for accelerated and inclusive economic recovery

Companies worldwide have been challenged in ensuring the safety and security of their employees whilst maintaining business continuity. This guidance note can be ...

Coronavirus research: Work behaviours

This whitepaper explores how COVID-19 has changed the way people work, and how equipped businesses are for a fully remote workforce, what challenges ...

Outside Looking In: Gendered Perspectives in Work and Education

This book presents research on the apparent lag in the education of boys, the gender differences in educational mobility, the important roles of ...

Gender norms and change: Resources to support campaign interventions to shift gender norms

This paper provides an overview of evidence on recent program interventions that address gender norms. Its purpose is to provide a summary of ...

Report: COVID-19 and Women’s Economic Participation

This report provides analysis from a rapid but extensive literature review around the impacts of COVID-19, previous pandemics and recessions on the economic ...

Diego and Theresa Buenaflor – The Hustle Behind Ellana Cosmetics

In this podcast, Theresa and Diego Buenaflor share the story of how they lifted Ellana Cosmetics from its humble beginnings and transformed it ...

Women in Agriculture Initiative – Annual Report 2019

This report provides data and insights on the milestones of Root Capital’s Women in Agricultural Initiative for 2019. A partner of Investing in ...

Guidance for action: Addressing the emerging impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on migrant women in Asia and the Pacific for a gender-responsive recovery

This paper discusses the impacts of the pandemic on women migrant workers and provides recommendations on how to support governments, donors, civil society ...

Guidance Note for Action: Women as a force for accelerated and inclusive economic recovery post-COVID-19 in Asia-Pacific

This brief introduces a strong gender perspective to the COVID-19 crisis and response and provides recommendations on how to apply a gender-responsive approach ...

Interim Key Messages | Flexible funding for humanitarian response and COVID-19

This note provides recommendations and key messages reflecting IASC commitments, aligned with Grand Bargain principles  aimed at providing assistance to people in need ...

Interim Technical Note | Protection from sexual exploitation and abuse during COVID-19 response

This document provides guidelines for Protection from Sexual Exploitation and Abuse (PSEA) actions during the COVID-19 pandemic, which should strengthen existing PSEA commitments ...

Interim Guidance | Gender alert for COVID-19 outbreak

This document enumerates gendered impacts of COVID-19 and includes minimum standards for integrating gender equality into preparedness and response planning process, and cluster ...

The Secretary-General’s UN COVID-19 Response and Recovery Fund

This document summarises the scope of the United Nations COVID-19 Response and Recovery Fund and governance structure.

Investing in Women Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning from Phase 1

Investing in Women showed significant progress in women’s economic empowerment through its four program components in its first phase, from 2016-2019. This ...

Shared responsibility, global solidarity: Responding to the socio-economic impacts of COVID-19

Published by the United Nations Sustainable Development Group, this report describes the speed and scale of COVID-19, the severity of reported cases, and ...

2020 Philippine Startup Survey

This report presents data, insights and stories gathered through a survey of 111 startup founders and 31 investors in the Philippines, conducted by PwC.  

The COVID-19 Outbreak and Gender: Key Advocacy Points from Asia and the Pacific

Prepared by the Gender in Humanitarian Action Working Group, this document outlines emerging gender impacts in Asia and the Pacific amidst COVID-19, as ...

Gender Representation in Philippine Advertising

This study seeks to present a localised analysis of advertisements for gendered portrayals. The researchers intended to document the portrayals of all genders ...

Impact Investing Video Series: Women’s SME Financing Gap

An estimated 70.7% of women-owned enterprises remain unserved or underserved by formal financial institutions. This creates a financing gap of at least USD 287 Billion. ...

Impact Investing Video Series: Gender Lens Investing

Economic growth is more robust and sustainable when men and women can fully participate in the economy. However, women continue to be underrepresented ...

Impact Investing Video Series: Blended Finance for Women’s Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs)

Blended finance combines development finance and philanthropic funds to mobilise more private capital for social and environmental causes, creating more financing opportunities for ...

Impact Investing Video Series: What is Women’s Economic Empowerment?

A woman is economically empowered when she has both the ability to advance and succeed economically; and has the power to make and ...

COVID-19: Promoting positive gender roles in marketing and advertising

Produced by UN Women, this document provides considerations for businesses and companies, to help them create gender-balanced, socially beneficial marketing and promotional materials ...

2X Challenge and Gender Finance Collaborative response to the COVID-19 pandemic

The 2X Challenge and GFI encourage their peer DFIs and other investors to implement gender-sensitive responses to COVID-19. This document outlines GFI and ...

The Impact of COVID-19 on Gender Equality

Prepared by the National Bureau of Economic Research, this paper provides insights on how the economic downturn caused by COVID-18 can affect women ...

COVID-19 is not gender neutral

Policies and public health efforts are scrambling to catch up with the spread of COVID-19. Hand-washing, social distancing and self-isolation will all contribute ...

Global Humanitarian Response Plan COVID-19

The Global Humanitarian Response Plan was produced by the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) and its humanitarian partners ...

Updated Country Preparedness and Response Status for COVID-19 as of 13 April 2020

The COVID-19 pandemic has placed nations around the world at risk. All countries are expected to prepare and respond to the crisis in ...

COVID-19 Strategic Preparedness and Response Plan:Operational Planning Guidelines to Support Country Planning and Response

This is a practical guide for United Nations country teams and partners in developing operational plans to respond to COVID-19 at country level—...

COVID-19 Strategy Update

This strategy update captures WHO’s learnings over a period of three months, and is based on the pool of accumulated evidence on ...

Strategic preparedness and response plan for the new coronavirus

This strategic preparedness and response plan for coronavirus enumerates public health measures to support countries responding to COVID-19.

‘Gender blind’ coronavirus policies could hinder disease fight

Analysing the impact of COVID-19 on gender could be key in fighting the disease. Women are on the coronavirus frontlines as healthcare workers, ...

COVID-19 and the world of work: Impact and policy responses

This briefing note contains the International Labour Organization’s preliminary assessment of the possible impacts of COVID-19 on the global workforce.  It proposes ...

Almost 25 million jobs could be lost worldwide as a result of COVID-19, says ILO

An initial assessment of the impact of COVID-19 on the global world of work says the effects will be far-reaching, pushing millions of ...

COVID-19 sex-disaggregated data tracker

To understand the role of gender in the COVID-19 pandemic, governments of affected countries must collect and report sex-disaggregated data, such as the ...

The gendered dimensions of COVID-19

The COVID-19 pandemic has affected not only the physical health, but also the well-being and economic resilience, of women. Incidents of domestic violence ...

COVID-19: The gendered impacts of the outbreak

To fully understand the primary and secondary effects of a health crisis on individuals and communities, it is vital to recognise how such ...

Policy Brief: The Impact of COVID-19 on Women

This policy brief explores how women and girls’ lives are changing in the face of COVID-19, and enumerates suggested priority measures to accompany ...

UPDATE: Impacts on COVID-19 on Domestic and Family Violence in NSW

Women’s Safety NSW conducted a second survey of frontline workers and service providers to gather information on the evolving challenges arising from ...

Impact of COVID-19 on Women and Children Experiencing Domestic and Family Violence and Frontline Domestic and Family Violence Services

Women’s Safety NSW conducted a survey of frontline workers, coordinators and service providers to determine how the COVID-19 pandemic has affected Domestic ...

SEAF’s Gender Equality Scorecard

SEAF’s Gender Equality Scorecard (GES) is a tool for assessing women’s economic empowerment and gender equality within investment opportunities and portfolio ...

Tackling Social Norms | A game changer for gender inequalities

Tackling Social Norms – A game changer for gender inequalities is based on research for the 2019 Human Development Report, which highlights how progress towards ...

Why and how should we value unpaid work?

This policy note outlines why housework is a social issue and why and how it should be recognised and valued. It is after ...

2019 Impact Report – Male Champions of Change

Male Champions of Change seeks to increase female representation in organisations and to develop conditions and cultures that empower women. This is the ...

SNAPSheet: Social Norms, Attitudes and Practices in Indonesia

This factsheet presents notable findings for Indonesia based on a Social Norms, Attitudes and Practices Survey (SNAPS) conducted by Investing in Women.

SNAPSheet: Social Norms, Attitudes and Practices in the Philippines

This factsheet presents notable findings for the Philippines based on a Social Norms, Attitudes and Practices Survey (SNAPS) conducted by Investing in Women.

SNAPSheet: Social Norms, Attitudes and Practices in Vietnam

This factsheet presents notable findings for Vietnam based on a Social Norms, Attitudes and Practices Survey (SNAPS) conducted by Investing in Women.

The Changing Nature of Work

This report presents the World Bank’s new Human Capital Index, which measures the consequences of neglecting investments in human capital in terms ...

Gender inequality, work hours, and the future of work

Work hours matter to gender equality, and this report attempts to explain why. It explores the role of time-related policies in reducing gender ...

Getting to equal 2019: Creating a culture that drives innovation

Business leaders play an important role in closing gender gaps in the workplace. Creating a culture of equality can unlock human potential and ...

The CS Gender 3000 in 2019: The changing face of companies

The CS Gender 3000 in 2019 report presents analysis of data on the gender mix of the executive teams of over 3,000 companies stretching across 56 countries ...

Diversity and Inclusion Report: Gender in YouTube Advertising

Google, in partnership with the Geena Davis Institute on Gender in Media (GDIGM), released a report that presents an analysis of gender and ...

Tackling childcare: The business case for employer-supported childcare in Myanmar

International Finace Corporation’s TACKLING CHILDCARE: The Business Case for Employer-Supported Childcare in Myanmar presents an assessment of the currently available childcare arrangements ...

Women in the Workplace 2019| Insights

McKinsey & Company, in partnership with LeanIn.Org., has surveyed close to 600 companies and more than a quarter of a million people, and ...

WGEA 2018-19 Gender Equality Scorecard

Over four million employees, which accounts for more than 40% of Australia’s total labour force, are covered in the latest WGEA scorecard. The ...

Global Gender Gap Report 2020

The Global Gender Gap Report measures gaps between men and women across four key indicators: Economic Participation and Opportunity, Health and Survival, Educational ...

Ending violence is our business

Ending violence is our business is a tool developed by the UN Women Regional Office for Asia Pacific to share practices and key ...

Diversity Matters – 2014 McKinsey & Company Report

Attitudes to equality: Understanding social norms, perceptions and practices around gender in Indonesia, the Philippines and Vietnam

To gain a deeper understanding of women’s and men’s perceptions of gender equality, Investing in Women conducted the the Social Norms, ...

Women in the Workplace 2019

This report provides a comprehensive analysis of the state of women in corporate jobs in the United States. Findings for Women in the ...

Investing in Women Case Study Series: Capital 4 Development Partners

This case study is part of a series of case studies detailing IW’s blended finance structures with four reputable global impact investors ...

Investing in Women Case Study Series: Patamar Capital

This case study is part of a series of case studies detailing Investing in Women’s blended finance structures with four reputable global ...

Investing in Women Case Study Series: Root Capital

This case study is part of a series of case studies detailing Investing in Women’s blended finance structures with four reputable global ...

Investing in Women Case Study Series: SEAF Women’s Opportunity Fund

This case study is part of a series of case studies detailing Investing in Women’s blended finance structures with four reputable global ...

Determinants of Female Labour Force Participation in the Philippines

A study released by the National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA), Determinants of Female Labor Force Participation in the Philippines, has identified the ...

Serving the financial needs of women-owned businesses in emerging markets: Perspectives from the DGGF Portfolio

Through this study, the Dutch Group Growth Fund (DGGF) sought to identify the extent of its reach of female entrepreneurs and gain a ...

The 2018 State of Women-Owned Businesses Report

This report provides information on sociodemographic characteristics that influence overall movement in the women-owned business sector in the United States.

Impact Investing in Asia: Overcoming Barriers to Scale

This report provides a snapshot of the experiences and insights of stakeholders from the Asian Venture Philanthropy Network (AVPN), as well as recommendations ...

Unlocking the Potential of Frontier Finance

This report assesses key features of frontier finance impact investments and finds significant opportunity for making an impact in this sector.

Examining the Women’s Low Labor Market Participation Rate in the Philippines: Is Housework the Missing Link?

This paper looks into the role of women’s housework and discusses the role of housework on men’s market work in the ...

Employees’ perceptions of a family-responsive workplace and their productivity

The People Management Association of the Philippines (PMAP) and Investing in Women collaborated on a research on the implications of family-responsive workplace policies ...

Communications and Gender Checklist: Things to Consider

This short guide outlines tips for how to apply a gender and inclusion lens while developing and reviewing communications materials.

Board Gender Diversity in ASEAN

The Board Gender Diversity in ASEAN study advances the case that having women in business leadership positions is good for company performance,.

Eliminating Discriminatory Workplace Practices

Discrimination against women in the workplace is a persistent structural and social issue that can start as early as the hiring process.

State of the Worlds Fathers 2019: Unlocking the Power of Men’s Care

The third State of the World’s Fathers report reveals new research on men’s caregiving from 11 countries, with additional cross-country analysis of ...

Expanding paternity leave in South East Asia

The business case for paternity leave is also compelling. The benefits of paternity leave extend to parents, children and business.

Women in Business and Management 2019: The business case for change

This report shows that gender diversity is a smart business strategy: the lack of gender diversity may act as a barrier to enhanced ...

Paternity Leave in Myanmar

This fact sheet discusses the benefits of paternity leave, the state of paternity leave in Myanmar and the policy challenges that are preventing ...

Paternity Leave in Vietnam

This fact sheet discusses the benefits of paternity leave, the state of paternity leave in Vietnam and the policy challenges that are preventing ...

Paternity Leave in Indonesia

This fact sheet discusses the benefits of paternity leave, the state of paternity leave in Indonesia and the policy challenges that are preventing ...

Paternity Leave in the Philippines

This fact sheet discusses the benefits of paternity leave, the state of paternity leave in the Philippines and the policy challenges that are ...

Shifting millennial gender norms: Indonesia, Vietnam and the Philippines

Despite persistent gender inequalities in all three countries, Investing in Women’s  survey data reveals that within this demographic there are many positive ...

Counting Women’s Work in the Philippines

The value of women’s unpaid work in the Philippines is worth trillions of pesos, according to a senior research fellow of the ...

Women in the Philippine C-Suite

This report explains the 4 key interplaying factors – individual, family, corporation culture and societal pressures – that puts a pressure to the rise of women ...

AdReaction: Getting Gender Right

This report delivers new insights into the role of gender in brand strategy, creative response and media targeting, and includes analysis of consumer ...

East Asia Forum Quarterly Vol.11 No.1: Investing in Women

This issue of EAFQ touches on key economic and social questions that affect gender equality in South East Asia and East Asia, delving ...

Moving toward gender balance in private equity and venture capital

This report explores the link between financial returns and gender diversity; the lack of women in the industry; and steps needed to achieve ...

Catalytic Capital for Women’s Economic Empowerment: Report of the External Review of Component 2 of the Investing in Women Initiative

This report summarises the findings and recommendations of the external review of Component 2 (C2) on impact investing of the Investing in Women Initiative (...

Investing in Women Phase 2 Investment Design Document Update

This updated Investment Design Document for Investing in Women reflects the opportunities and constraints of the evolving operational environments; the policy and budgetary ...

Work for a Brighter Future Report 2018

This report portrays the urgency of the changes that the world of work is facing, and provides ideas on how to manage and ...

The Global Gender Gap Index Report 2018

This report benchmarks national gender gaps on economic, education, health and political criteria, and provides country rankings that allow for effective comparisons across ...

Gender Lens Investing Tool: Designing an Action Plan

This toolkit for gender lens investing supports the design of an investment strategy with considerations for how gender dynamics might present risks and ...

Five years of Workplace Gender Equality Agency data

This fact sheet/booklet provides a detailed picture of the state of gender equality in Australia’s workplaces. The report is compiled by ...

Game changers: Women and the Future of Work in Asia and the Pacific

This report examines the situation of women in Asia and the Pacific and analyses progress and obstacles in terms of gender equality in ...

Women, Work and Care (Indonesia)

This report summarises the current situation of women in Indonesia and discusses how family responsibilities are holding women back in the workplace.

The Landscape for Impact Investing in Southeast Asia

This report provides a comprehensive analysis of impact investing activity and trends between 2007 and 2017 in 11 countries: Brunei, Cambodia, East Timor, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, ...

Care work and care jobs for the future of decent work

This report takes a comprehensive look at unpaid and paid care work and its relationship with the changing world of work. A key ...

Care work and care jobs for the future of decent work: Key findings in Asia and the Pacific

This report takes a comprehensive look at unpaid and paid care work in Asia and the Pacific and its relationship with the changing ...

The power of parity: Advancing women’s equality in Asia Pacific

This report from the McKinsey Global Institute explores the challenge of gender inequality in Asia Pacific and considers what it will take to ...

Gender Gap in Earnings in Vietnam: Why Do Vietnamese Women Work in Lower Paid Occupations?

This report analyses the gender earnings gap in Vietnam and explores why women choose to work in lower paid occupations.

How the gender pay gap varies across south-east Asia

This report provides an overview of the gender pay gap in Indonesia, Vietnam, Malaysia, the Philippines and Thailand, drawing on a number of ...

Still looking for room at the top: Ten years of research on women in the workplace

The article provides an overview of McKinsey’s research in the last 10 years on women in the workplace. It presents a strong business ...

Entrepreneurship Development Interventions for Women Entrepreneurs

This report presents key findings of interventions promoting small and medium enterprises as a means to create more and better jobs.

APEC Gender Inclusion Guidelines

This report offers guidance on how to integrate gender-responsive approaches into APEC Fora, Strategic and Work Plans, Annual Reports and Projects. It complements ...

APEC Economic Policy Report on Structural Reform and Human Capital Development

This report discusses some of the issues and policies relating to skills development and labour markets in the APEC region. It analyses how ...

Filipino women in leadership: Government and industry

This report presents current statistics on representation of women in key leadership positions in the Philippine government and industry. It reveals a dearth ...

The Global Gender Gap Report 2017

The report benchmarks 144 countries on their progress towards gender parity and provides country rankings that allow for effective comparisons across regions and income ...

Women-owned enterprises in Vietnam: Perceptions and potential

This report exposes misconceptions facing women entrepreneurs in Vietnam and elucidates the opportunities for banks and related service providers to meet their needs.

Strengthening Women’s Entrepreneurship in ASEAN

This report analyses the policy landscape, identifies gaps, and proposes recommendations to advance the role of women in the labour market, as entrepreneurs ...

Moving Toward Gender Diversity in Southeast Asia

This report analyses interviews with executives from over 25 prominent companies in Southeast Asia to understand their perspectives on diversity, the obstacles they have ...

Entrepreneurship and the entrepreneur: A literature review

This report undertakes a review of the literature on entrepreneurship and the entrepreneur, with a focus on understanding how levels of economic development ...

State of the World’s Fathers 2017: Time for Action

This report presents a global overview of trends related to equal caregiving and provides a synthesis of global data sources on related topics ...

World Employment and Social Outlook: Trends for women 2017

This report examines the global and regional labour market trends and gaps, including in labour force participation rates, unemployment rates, employment status as ...

International standards on women and work in the Philippines

This report provides an overview of the international standards on women and work, and explores to what extent they have been implemented in ...

Female Entrepreneurship in Asia: The Case of Japan, South Korea, Malaysia and Vietnam

This report concentrates on the significance given to female entrepreneurship in Japan, South Korea, Malaysia and Vietnam, and on the policies pursued to ...

Feminism And Gender Equality Around The World

This report provides an overview of the state of feminism and gender equality around the world based on survey results from across 24 countries.

Women in Business: new perspectives on risk and reward

This report surveys the role of women in business and considers the issue of risk and reward. The report explores the different ways ...

Towards a better future for women and work: Voices of women and men

This report provides a first-ever account of global attitudes and perceptions of women and men regarding women and work, based on the 2016 Gallup ...

Work and Economic Participation in the Philippines

This factsheet from the Philippine Statistics Authority focuses on the latest statistical updates on women and men in the country. The 2017 edition contains 84 ...

Globalization and Social Change: Gender-Specific Effects of Trade Liberalization in Indonesia

This report looks into the gender-specific effects of trade liberalisation on work participation and hours of work, as well as primary participation in ...

Towards Gender Equality in Vietnam: Making Inclusive Growth Work for Women

This report examines Vietnam’s economy through a gender lens, analysing the distribution of productive resources across different groups of women and men; ...

Women and Men in the Philippines

This report is the fourth in a series of statistical handbooks and presents the available and relevant gender statistics in the Philippines from 2000 ...

Closing the gender pay gap: A review of the issues, policy mechanisms and international evidence

This report reviews the key issues, policy mechanisms and international evidence with respect to closing the gender pay gap. The core focus is ...

The CS Gender 3000: The Reward for Change

This report explores the link that exists between diversity and improved business performance, and the measures the progress made on structural changes and ...

Gender Diversity in Boards and Performance of Philippine Publicly Traded Firms: Do Women Matter?

This article examines this board-level gender diversity issue for the case of the firms traded in the Philippine Stock Exchange during the period 2003 ...

Getting to Equal: How Digital is Helping Close the Gender Gap at Work

This report examines the extent to which men and women have adopted and embraced digital technologies, and the influence that has had on ...

Social Determinants of Gender Inequality in Vietnam

This report addresses the question of why progresses has been so slow on gender equality in Vietnam, exploring the challenges and barriers that ...

Women at Work Trends 2016

This report provides the latest data on women’s position in labour markets, examines the factors behind these trends and explores the policy ...

The “Gender Pension-Gap” in the Aging Societies of East Asia: A Policy Note from the East Asia and Pacific Umbrella Facility for Gender Equality

This report presents findings from a review of pension policies and their gender dimensions in eight countries of the East Asia region where ...

Gender in the Midst of Reforms: Attitudes to Work and Family Roles among University Students in Urban Indonesia

This report explores attitudes to work and family roles among senior university students in 2004; the year when people were preparing to elect a ...

Women in business and management: Gaining momentum in Asia and the Pacific

This report brings together the most recent statistics, trends and information on the situation of women in business and management in order to ...

Women in the Workforce: An Unmet Potential in Asia and the Pacific

This report looks into the complex and varied causes behind the gap in economic empowerment between males and females across Asia and the ...

Gender Equality in Recruitment and Promotion Practices in Vietnam

This report aims to provide a reliable estimate of the economic costs of domestic violence in Vietnam, including potential opportunity and productivity loss ...

The motherhood pay gap: A review of the issues, theory and international evidence

This report provides a detailed review of the issues, theory and evidences around the pay gap between mothers and non-mothers, and between mothers ...

Women in Business and Management: Gaining momentum

This report brings together available data and statistics to provide a comprehensive, up-to-date and global picture of women in the business world and ...

Social Institutions & Gender Index 2014 Synthesis Report

This report ranks 108 countries according to the level of discrimination against women and girls in social institutions and gives examples of the correlations ...

Maternity Protection in SMEs: An international review

This review provides a detailed analysis of the key international literature on the outcomes of maternity protection in small and medium-sized enterprises, and ...

New Evidence on the Gender Wage Gap in Indonesia

This report explores how Indonesia’s economic growth and rapid urbanisation in recent years is contributing to the gender income gap. The study ...

Gender Equality in the Labor Market in the Philippines

This report documents the nature and extent of gender inequalities in the Filipino labour market. The report also shares promising initiatives that have ...

Estimating the Costs of Domestic Violence Against Women in Viet Nam

This report aims to provide a reliable estimate of the economic costs of domestic violence in Viet Nam, including potential opportunity and productivity ...

Gender-related Obstacles to Vietnamese Women Entrepreneurs

This report analyses the traditional, regulatory, and internal gender-based obstacles that influence Vietnamese women entrepreneurs in starting and running their businesses and provides ...

Gender Division of Household Labor in Vietnam

This study explores the extent of change and regional differences in gender roles in the Vietnamese family based on innovative surveys in northern ...

Women’s Entrepreneurship Development in Vietnam

This report provides a detailed analysis of the roles, constraints, obstacles, opportunities and development of women entrepreneurs in Vietnam.

Gender Equality and Women’s Issues in Vietnam: The Vietnamese Woman — Warrior and Poet

This article provides a detailed analysis of “Vietnamese feminism,” and explores the concept of a positive collective identity of Vietnamese women – something with ...

Women, Work and Care (Philippines)

This report summarises the current situation of women in the Philippines and discusses their dual responsibilities in the family and the workplace.

How gendered is recruitment? The case of Indonesia and the Philippines

This report discusses the connection between cultural expectations around gender roles and the degree of gender diversity in the workplace in Indonesia and ...

Investing in Women: Early stage Investment models

This is the 2nd edition in a series of reports exploring the difficulties around raising capital for women’s small to medium enterprises, ...

Labour rights for women in the Philippines, Indonesia, Myanmar and Vietnam: Protection, Equality, Disruption

This report considers the relationship between labour legislation and women’s economic empowerment, and examines that current status of labour laws across the ...

Tailoring Finance for Women’s SMEs

The 1st in a series, this publication focuses on Ernst and Young’s (EY)’s commentary on topics such as tailoring finance for ...

Is Gender Diversity Profitable? Evidence from a Global Survey

This report examines the impact of gender diversity on corporate performance. It uses a global dataset of firms to analyse this correlation.

A look at the #GenderPayGap history from the International Labour Organization! #ItStartswithEqual #InvestinWomen

The gender gap in employment: What’s holding women back? Around the world, finding a job is much tougher for women than it ...

Invest in a Gender Equal Workplace (Philippines Data)

Women’s Economic Empowerment Framework

This report provides a framework for monitoring Investing in Women’s contribution to the goal of accelerating women’s economic empowerment in Southeast ...

Myanmar Country Context Paper

This country context paper provides an overview of women’s contribution to Myanmar’s economy as farmers, entrepreneurs and wage workers, and identifies ...

Vietnam Country Context Paper

This country context paper provides an overview of women’s contribution to the Vietnamese economy as farmers, entrepreneurs and wage workers, and identifies ...

Indonesia Country Context Paper

This country context paper provides an overview of Indonesian women’s participation in the labour market and as entrepreneurs, and identifies key barriers ...

Philippines Country Context Paper

This country context paper provides an overview of women’s participation in the labour market and as entrepreneurs in the Philippines, and identifies ...

Exploring cross-industry connectedness in corporate governance networks in Vietnam

This report explores the degree to which individual directors are sitting on multiple corporate boards in Vietnam, and the impact this has on ...

Aid flows and women and work in South East Asia

This report analyses aid flows to Southeast Asia, and the degree to which overseas development funding is spent on projects promoting women’s ...

Women’s rights as workers under CEDAW in Vietnam

This report analyses Vietnam’s adoption of the Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Discrimination against Women in relation to women’...

Women’s rights as workers under CEDAW in the Philippines

This report analyses the Philippines’ adoption of the Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Discrimination against Women in relation to women’...

Women and Entrepreneurship in Vietnam

This report examines the state of small to medium enterprises in Vietnam, and the contribution that women-owned businesses make to the Vietnamese economy.

Women and Entrepreneurship in the Philippines

This report examines the state of small to medium enterprises in the Philippines, and the contribution that women-owned businesses make to the Philippine ...

Women and Entrepreneurship in Indonesia

This report examines the state of small to medium enterprises in Indonesia, and the contribution that women-owned businesses make to the Indonesian economy.

Women’s rights as workers under CEDAW in Myanmar

This report analyses Myanmar’s adoption of the Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Discrimination against Women in relation to women’...

Women’s rights as workers under CEDAW in Indonesia

This report analyses Indonesia’s adoption of the Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Discrimination against Women in relation to women’...

Entrepreneurship and the entrepreneur: A literature review

This report undertakes a review of the literature on entrepreneurship and the entrepreneur, with a focus on understanding how levels of economic development ...

Voices of women in entrepreneurship

This report examines the nature of women’s entrepreneurship, and the characteristics and challenges that are specific to women entrepreneurs.

Stories of women-owned enterprises: Tòhe (Vietnam)

This report showcases Tòhe: a woman-owned social enterprise in Vietnam. The case study tells the story of the business and explores the ...

International standards on women and work in Vietnam

This report provides an overview of the international standards on women and work, and explores to what extent they have been implemented in ...

Exploring cross-industry connectedness in corporate governance networks in the Philippines

This report explores the degree to which individual directors are sitting on multiple corporate boards in the Philippines, and the impact this has ...

Exploring cross-industry connectedness in corporate governance networks in Indonesia

This report explores the degree to which individual directors are sitting on multiple corporate boards in Indonesia, and the impact this has on ...

International standards on women and work in Myanmar

This report provides an overview of the international standards on women and work, and explores to what extent they have been implemented in ...

International standards on women and work in the Philippines

This report provides an overview of the international standards on women and work, and explores to what extent they have been implemented in ...

International standards on women and work in Indonesia

This report provides an overview of the international standards on women and work, and explores to what extent they have been implemented in ...

Gender diversity in corporate governance

This report highlights key research findings on gender diversity in corporate governance, and explores opportunities to improve women’s participation on boards.

Gender equality and empowerment – key concepts

This report explores key concepts around gender equality and empowerment, emphasising the dual importance of gender equality policies and an enabling institutional environment.

Indonesia Business coalition analysis

This report provides an overview of the Indonesia Business Coalition for Women’s Empowerment, and explores its key characteristics, challenges and opportunities.

Philippine Business coalition analysis

This report provides an overview of the Philippine Business Coalition for Women’s Empowerment, and explores its key characteristics, challenges and opportunities.

Gender participation and influence in corporate governance networks in Vietnam

This report provides an overview of corporate governance principles and structures, and explores how corporate governance connectedness in Vietnam can influence women’s ...

Gender participation and influence in corporate governance networks in the Philippines

This report provides an overview of corporate governance principles and structures, and explores how corporate governance connectedness in the Philippines can influence women’...

Gender participation and influence in corporate governance networks in Indonesia

This report provides an overview of corporate governance principles and structures, and explores how corporate governance connectedness in Indonesia can influence women’s ...