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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.
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.
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.
This flagship regional publication, jointly produced by the ASEAN and UN Women, calls for greater investment and prioritisation of data for tracking progress ...
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 Philippine Venture Capital Report 2020 provides an overview of the country’s venture capital (VC) industry, touted as “the sunrise industry of the ...
This video provides a definition of Workplace Gender Equality (WGE), as well as the benefits of practicing WGE. It includes testimonials from top ...
These fact sheets present a snapshot of the findings on the social norms, attitudes and practices of urban millennials in Vietnam, based on ...
This report outlines a new framework for understanding how disinformation is being used online to exclude women from public life, in the first ...
This report provides updated analysis on trends in impact investing and gender lens investing (GLI) in South East Asia, based on updated data ...
The Philippine Journal of Social Development is a peer-reviewed journal published by the College of Social Work and Community Development, University of the ...
This Research Note presents a short summary of the impact of COVID-19 measures on the pressure to work and care amongst private sector ...
This country brief demonstrates the business case for gender diversity in management and workplace gender equality in the Philippines considering the COVID-19 context. ...
This report summarises key insights and findings across the three countries, relevant to IW’s work around gender norms and associated behaviours. It ...
The report, Gender Equality Matters 2020: Social Norms, Attitudes and Practices (SNAP) of urban millennials in Indonesia, Philippines and Vietnam, summarises regression and segmentation ...
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 ...
This research aims to investigate the progress of workplace gender equality across 38 businesses in four South East Asian countries (Indonesia, the Philippines, Myanmar ...
This report focuses on the impact of COVID-19 on private sector workers and employers in the Philippines.
In this podcast, James Lette, Executive Director of Manila Angel Investors Network—a partner of Investing in Women in the Philippines—discusses the ...
This fact sheet provides findings around impacts of COVID-19 on employment, productivity, income, household responsibilities, and mental and physical health in the Philippines.
This baseline study validates the findings of previous studies that the STEM industries, particularly the fields of engineering, architecture and related fields as ...
This book presents research on the apparent lag in the education of boys, the gender differences in educational mobility, the important roles of ...
This paper provides an overview of evidence on recent program interventions that address gender norms. Its purpose is to provide a summary of ...
This report provides analysis from a rapid but extensive literature review around the impacts of COVID-19, previous pandemics and recessions on the economic ...
In this podcast, Theresa and Diego Buenaflor share the story of how they lifted Ellana Cosmetics from its humble beginnings and transformed it ...
Investing in Women showed significant progress in women’s economic empowerment through its four program components in its first phase, from 2016-2019. This ...
This report presents data, insights and stories gathered through a survey of 111 startup founders and 31 investors in the Philippines, conducted by PwC.
This study seeks to present a localised analysis of advertisements for gendered portrayals. The researchers intended to document the portrayals of all genders ...
This policy note outlines why housework is a social issue and why and how it should be recognised and valued.
This factsheet presents notable findings for the Philippines based on a Social Norms, Attitudes and Practices Survey (SNAPS) conducted by Investing in Women.
Ending violence is our business is a tool developed by the UN Women Regional Office for Asia Pacific to share practices and key ...
To gain a deeper understanding of women’s and men’s perceptions of gender equality, Investing in Women conducted the the Social Norms, ...
This case study is part of a series of case studies detailing IW’s blended finance structures with four reputable global impact investors ...
This case study is part of a series of case studies detailing Investing in Women’s blended finance structures with four reputable global ...
This case study is part of a series of case studies detailing Investing in Women’s blended finance structures with four reputable global ...
This case study is part of a series of case studies detailing Investing in Women’s blended finance structures with four reputable global ...
A study released by the National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA), Determinants of Female Labor Force Participation in the Philippines, has identified the ...
This paper looks into the role of women’s housework and discusses the role of housework on men’s market work in the ...
The People Management Association of the Philippines (PMAP) and Investing in Women collaborated on a research on the implications of family-responsive workplace policies ...
This short guide outlines tips for how to apply a gender and inclusion lens while developing and reviewing communications materials.
The Board Gender Diversity in ASEAN study advances the case that having women in business leadership positions is good for company performance,.
Discrimination against women in the workplace is a persistent structural and social issue that can start as early as the hiring process.
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 ...
The business case for paternity leave is also compelling. The benefits of paternity leave extend to parents, children and business.
This report shows that gender diversity is a smart business strategy: the lack of gender diversity may act as a barrier to enhanced ...
This fact sheet discusses the benefits of paternity leave, the state of paternity leave in the Philippines and the policy challenges that are ...
Despite persistent gender inequalities in all three countries, Investing in Women’s survey data reveals that within this demographic there are many positive ...
The value of women’s unpaid work in the Philippines is worth trillions of pesos, according to a senior research fellow of the ...
This report explains the 4 key interplaying factors – individual, family, corporation culture and societal pressures – that puts a pressure to the rise of women ...
This issue of EAFQ touches on key economic and social questions that affect gender equality in South East Asia and East Asia, delving ...
This report summarises the findings and recommendations of the external review of Component 2 (C2) on impact investing of the Investing in Women Initiative (...
This updated Investment Design Document for Investing in Women reflects the opportunities and constraints of the evolving operational environments; the policy and budgetary ...
This toolkit for gender lens investing supports the design of an investment strategy with considerations for how gender dynamics might present risks and ...
This report examines the situation of women in Asia and the Pacific and analyses progress and obstacles in terms of gender equality in ...
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, ...
This report takes a comprehensive look at unpaid and paid care work and its relationship with the changing world of work. A key ...
This report takes a comprehensive look at unpaid and paid care work in Asia and the Pacific and its relationship with the changing ...
This report from the McKinsey Global Institute explores the challenge of gender inequality in Asia Pacific and considers what it will take to ...
This report provides an overview of the gender pay gap in Indonesia, Vietnam, Malaysia, the Philippines and Thailand, drawing on a number of ...
This report presents current statistics on representation of women in key leadership positions in the Philippine government and industry. It reveals a dearth ...
This report provides an overview of the international standards on women and work, and explores to what extent they have been implemented in ...
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 ...
This report is the fourth in a series of statistical handbooks and presents the available and relevant gender statistics in the Philippines from 2000 ...
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 ...
This report presents findings from a review of pension policies and their gender dimensions in eight countries of the East Asia region where ...
This report looks into the complex and varied causes behind the gap in economic empowerment between males and females across Asia and the ...
This report ranks 108 countries according to the level of discrimination against women and girls in social institutions and gives examples of the correlations ...
This report documents the nature and extent of gender inequalities in the Filipino labour market. The report also shares promising initiatives that have ...
This report summarises the current situation of women in the Philippines and discusses their dual responsibilities in the family and the workplace.
This report discusses the connection between cultural expectations around gender roles and the degree of gender diversity in the workplace in Indonesia and ...
This report considers the relationship between labour legislation and women’s economic empowerment, and examines that current status of labour laws across the ...
The 1st in a series, this publication focuses on Ernst and Young’s (EY)’s commentary on topics such as tailoring finance for ...
This report provides a framework for monitoring Investing in Women’s contribution to the goal of accelerating women’s economic empowerment in Southeast ...
This country context paper provides an overview of women’s participation in the labour market and as entrepreneurs in the Philippines, and identifies ...
This report analyses aid flows to Southeast Asia, and the degree to which overseas development funding is spent on projects promoting women’s ...
This report analyses the Philippines’ adoption of the Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Discrimination against Women in relation to women’...
This report examines the state of small to medium enterprises in the Philippines, and the contribution that women-owned businesses make to the Philippine ...
This report examines the nature of women’s entrepreneurship, and the characteristics and challenges that are specific to women entrepreneurs.
This report explores the degree to which individual directors are sitting on multiple corporate boards in the Philippines, and the impact this has ...
This report provides an overview of the international standards on women and work, and explores to what extent they have been implemented in ...
This report provides an overview of the Philippine Business Coalition for Women’s Empowerment, and explores its key characteristics, challenges and opportunities.
This report highlights key research findings on gender diversity in corporate governance, and explores opportunities to improve women’s participation on boards.
This report explores key concepts around gender equality and empowerment, emphasising the dual importance of gender equality policies and an enabling institutional environment.
This report provides an overview of corporate governance principles and structures, and explores how corporate governance connectedness in the Philippines can influence women’...