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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 ...
Translated into Vietnamese, this brief provides evidence from the Asia-Pacific region on business outcomes of Workplace Gender Equality (WGE) and why, in the ...
This is the Vietnamese translation of the WGE fact sheet. It provides a definition of Workplace Gender Equality, as well as key points ...
This video provides a definition of Workplace Gender Equality (WGE), as well as the benefits of practicing WGE. It includes testimonials from top ...
This country brief demonstrates the business case for gender diversity in management and workplace gender equality in Viet Nam considering the COVID-19 context.
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 provides updated analysis on trends in impact investing and gender lens investing (GLI) in South East Asia, based on updated data ...
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 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 Vietnam.
This report presents findings of CARE International in Vietnam’s research on gendered social norms and how they limit women’s economic participation ...
This report summarises the findings of the research on men and masculinities in a globalising Vietnam carried out by the Institute for Social ...
This fact sheet provides findings around impacts of COVID-19 on employment, productivity, income, household responsibilities, and mental and physical health in 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 ...
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 ...
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 factsheet presents notable findings for Vietnam 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 ...
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 Vietnam and the policy challenges that are preventing ...
Despite persistent gender inequalities in all three countries, Investing in Women’s survey data reveals that within this demographic there are many positive ...
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 analyses the gender earnings gap in Vietnam and explores why women choose to work in lower paid occupations.
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 exposes misconceptions facing women entrepreneurs in Vietnam and elucidates the opportunities for banks and related service providers to meet their needs.
This report analyses interviews with executives from over 25 prominent companies in Southeast Asia to understand their perspectives on diversity, the obstacles they have ...
This report concentrates on the significance given to female entrepreneurship in Japan, South Korea, Malaysia and Vietnam, and on the policies pursued to ...
This report examines Vietnam’s economy through a gender lens, analysing the distribution of productive resources across different groups of women and men; ...
This report addresses the question of why progresses has been so slow on gender equality in Vietnam, exploring the challenges and barriers that ...
This report provides the latest data on women’s position in labour markets, examines the factors behind these trends and explores the policy ...
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 aims to provide a reliable estimate of the economic costs of domestic violence in Vietnam, including potential opportunity and productivity loss ...
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 aims to provide a reliable estimate of the economic costs of domestic violence in Viet Nam, including potential opportunity and productivity ...
This report analyses the traditional, regulatory, and internal gender-based obstacles that influence Vietnamese women entrepreneurs in starting and running their businesses and provides ...
This study explores the extent of change and regional differences in gender roles in the Vietnamese family based on innovative surveys in northern ...
This report provides a detailed analysis of the roles, constraints, obstacles, opportunities and development of women entrepreneurs in Vietnam.
This article provides a detailed analysis of “Vietnamese feminism,” and explores the concept of a positive collective identity of Vietnamese women – something with ...
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 contribution to the Vietnamese economy as farmers, entrepreneurs and wage workers, and identifies ...
This report explores the degree to which individual directors are sitting on multiple corporate boards in Vietnam, and the impact this has on ...
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 Vietnam’s 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 Vietnam, and the contribution that women-owned businesses make to the Vietnamese economy.
This report examines the nature of women’s entrepreneurship, and the characteristics and challenges that are specific to women entrepreneurs.
This report showcases Tòhe: a woman-owned social enterprise in Vietnam. The case study tells the story of the business and explores the ...
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 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 Vietnam can influence women’s ...