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Investing in Women holds a thought-leadership responsibility to contribute to advance knowledge building to strengthen the business case of women’s economic empowerment and gender equality.
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COVID-19 & Women's Economic Empowerment
Women @ Work: A global outlook
YEAR PUBLISHED: 2021
This report uncovers the characteristics of organisations that are making tangible progress on gender equality and steps employers can take to do the ...
The State of Economic Inclusion Report 2021: The Potential to Scale
YEAR PUBLISHED: 2021
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
YEAR PUBLISHED: 2020
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
YEAR PUBLISHED: 2020
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)
YEAR PUBLISHED: 2021
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 Southeast Asia: A snapshot of progress in Indonesia, the Philippines and Vietnam
YEAR PUBLISHED: 2021
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
YEAR PUBLISHED: 2021
McKinsey & Company research on the impact of COVID-19 on families shows that women bear significant social and economic fallout from the crisis, ...
Women, Business and the Law 2021
YEAR PUBLISHED: 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
YEAR PUBLISHED: 2021
This flagship regional publication, jointly produced by the ASEAN and UN Women, calls for greater investment and prioritisation of data for tracking progress ...
COVID-19 Is No Excuse to Regress on Gender Equality
YEAR PUBLISHED: 2020
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
YEAR PUBLISHED: 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
YEAR PUBLISHED: 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 ...
Philippine Venture Capital Report 2020 (Inaugural Edition)
YEAR PUBLISHED: 2020
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
YEAR PUBLISHED: 2020
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)
YEAR PUBLISHED: 2020
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
YEAR PUBLISHED: 2020
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)
YEAR PUBLISHED: 2020
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)
YEAR PUBLISHED: 2020
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)
YEAR PUBLISHED: 2020
This is the Indonesian translation of the WGE fact sheet. It provides a definition of Workplace Gender Equality, as well as key points ...
Leading the fight against the pandemic: Does gender really matter?
YEAR PUBLISHED: 2020
This paper analyses the relationship between national female leaders and their effectiveness in handling the COVID-crisis.
Gender Equity Insights 2020: Delivering the Business Outcomes
YEAR PUBLISHED: 2020
The report shows a strong and convincing causal relationship between increasing the share of women in leadership and subsequent improvements in company performance. ...
Accelerating change on flexible ways of working
YEAR PUBLISHED: 2020
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
YEAR PUBLISHED: 2020
This analysis confirms the initial findings and predictions of CARE’s first Rapid Gender Analysis of COVID-19. It also reveals new areas of ...
A gender-responsive employment recovery: Building back fairer
YEAR PUBLISHED: 2020
This brief indicates four policy priorities for a gender-responsive recovery: prevent women from losing their jobs; avoid premature fiscal consolidation; invest in care; ...
Pressure to work and care under COVID-19: Social norms in the private sector in Indonesia, the Philippines and Vietnam
YEAR PUBLISHED: 2020
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
YEAR PUBLISHED: 2020
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
YEAR PUBLISHED: 2020
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 MILLENIALS IN INDONESIA
YEAR PUBLISHED: 2020
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 MILLENIALS IN VIETNAM
YEAR PUBLISHED: 2020
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 MILLENIALS IN THE PHILIPPINES
YEAR PUBLISHED: 2020
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
YEAR PUBLISHED: 2020
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?
YEAR PUBLISHED: 2020
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
YEAR PUBLISHED: 2020
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
YEAR PUBLISHED: 2020
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
YEAR PUBLISHED: 2020
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
YEAR PUBLISHED: 2020
This report summarises the gendered effects of COVID-19 on achieving the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals in Asia and the Pacific, based on ...
The Philippines and COVID-19: Impact on the private sector
YEAR PUBLISHED: 2020
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
YEAR PUBLISHED: 2020
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
YEAR PUBLISHED: 2020
This report focuses on the impact of COVID-19 on private sector workers and employers in Vietnam.
Saving the Philippine startup ecosystem
YEAR PUBLISHED: 2020
In this podcast, James Lette, Executive Director of Manila Angel Investors Network—a partner of Investing in Women in the Philippines—discusses the ...
Impact of COVID-19 on employees in Vietnam, May 2020
YEAR PUBLISHED: 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
YEAR PUBLISHED: 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
YEAR PUBLISHED: 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
YEAR PUBLISHED: 2020
CARE in Vietnam has undertaken a Rapid Gender Analysis (RGA) of the impacts of COVID-19. The study was designed to provide information about ...
Unpaid Care Work: Your daily load and why it matters
YEAR PUBLISHED: 2020
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
YEAR PUBLISHED: 2020
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
YEAR PUBLISHED: 2020
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
YEAR PUBLISHED: 2020
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
YEAR PUBLISHED: 2020
This document illustrates how the challenges faced by women entrepreneurs in starting and retaining a business are likely to increase in the wake ...
Gender-sensitive private sector response to COVID-19 for accelerated and inclusive economic recovery
YEAR PUBLISHED: 2020
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
YEAR PUBLISHED: 2020
This whitepaper explores how COVID-19 has changed the way people work, and how equipped businesses are for a fully remote workforce, what challenges ...
Report: COVID-19 and Women’s Economic Participation
YEAR PUBLISHED: 2020
This report provides analysis from a rapid but extensive literature review around the impacts of COVID-19, previous pandemics and recessions on the economic ...
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
YEAR PUBLISHED: 2020
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
YEAR PUBLISHED: 2020
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
YEAR PUBLISHED: 2020
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
YEAR PUBLISHED: 2020
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
YEAR PUBLISHED: 2020
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
YEAR PUBLISHED: 2020
This document summarises the scope of the United Nations COVID-19 Response and Recovery Fund and governance structure.
Shared responsibility, global solidarity: Responding to the socio-economic impacts of COVID-19
YEAR PUBLISHED: 2020
Published by the United Nations Sustainable Development Group, this report describes the speed and scale of COVID-19, the severity of reported cases, and ...
The COVID-19 Outbreak and Gender: Key Advocacy Points from Asia and the Pacific
YEAR PUBLISHED: 2020
Prepared by the Gender in Humanitarian Action Working Group, this document outlines emerging gender impacts in Asia and the Pacific amidst COVID-19, as ...
COVID-19: Promoting positive gender roles in marketing and advertising
YEAR PUBLISHED: 2020
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
YEAR PUBLISHED: 2020
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
YEAR PUBLISHED: 2020
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
YEAR PUBLISHED: 2020
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
YEAR PUBLISHED: 2020
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
YEAR PUBLISHED: 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 ...
Operational Planning Guidelines to Support Country Planning and Response
YEAR PUBLISHED: 2020
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
YEAR PUBLISHED: 2020
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
YEAR PUBLISHED: 2020
Prepared by the World Health Organisation, this strategic preparedness and response plan enumerates public health measures that the international community can provide to ...
‘Gender blind’ coronavirus policies could hinder disease fight
YEAR PUBLISHED: 2020
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
YEAR PUBLISHED: 2020
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
YEAR PUBLISHED: 2020
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
YEAR PUBLISHED: 2020
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
YEAR PUBLISHED: 2020
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
YEAR PUBLISHED: 2020
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
YEAR PUBLISHED: 2020
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
YEAR PUBLISHED: 2020
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
YEAR PUBLISHED: 2020
Women’s Safety NSW conducted a survey of frontline workers, coordinators and service providers to determine how the COVID-19 pandemic has affected Domestic ...
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