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.
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 report presents analysis of data on the gender mix of the executive teams of over 3,000 companies stretching across 56 countries ...
International Finace Corporation’s TACKLING CHILDCARE: The Business Case for Employer-Supported Childcare in Myanmar presents an assessment of the currently available childcare arrangements ...
McKinsey & Company, in partnership with LeanIn.Org., has surveyed close to 600 companies and more than a quarter of a million people, and ...
Over four million employees, which accounts for more than 40% of Australia’s total labour force, are covered in the latest WGEA scorecard. The ...
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 is a tool developed by the UN Women Regional Office for Asia Pacific to share practices and key ...
This report provides a comprehensive analysis of the state of women in corporate jobs in the United States. Findings for Women in the ...
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 ...
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.
This report shows that gender diversity is a smart business strategy: the lack of gender diversity may act as a barrier to enhanced ...
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 updated Investment Design Document for Investing in Women reflects the opportunities and constraints of the evolving operational environments; the policy and budgetary ...
This report portrays the urgency of the changes that the world of work is facing, and provides ideas on how to manage and ...
This report benchmarks national gender gaps on economic, education, health and political criteria, and provides country rankings that allow for effective comparisons across ...
This fact sheet/booklet provides a detailed picture of the state of gender equality in Australia’s workplaces. The report is compiled by ...
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 summarises the current situation of women in Indonesia and discusses how family responsibilities are holding women back in the workplace.
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 ...
The article provides an overview of McKinsey’s research in the last 10 years on women in the workplace. It presents a strong business ...
This report offers guidance on how to integrate gender-responsive approaches into APEC Fora, Strategic and Work Plans, Annual Reports and Projects. It complements ...
This report discusses some of the issues and policies relating to skills development and labour markets in the APEC region. It analyses how ...
This report presents current statistics on representation of women in key leadership positions in the Philippine government and industry. It reveals a dearth ...
The report benchmarks 144 countries on their progress towards gender parity and provides country rankings that allow for effective comparisons across regions and income ...
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 examines the global and regional labour market trends and gaps, including in labour force participation rates, unemployment rates, employment status as ...
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 state of feminism and gender equality around the world based on survey results from across 24 countries.
This report surveys the role of women in business and considers the issue of risk and reward. The report explores the different ways ...
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 ...
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 looks into the gender-specific effects of trade liberalisation on work participation and hours of work, as well as primary participation in ...
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 is the fourth in a series of statistical handbooks and presents the available and relevant gender statistics in the Philippines from 2000 ...
This report reviews the key issues, policy mechanisms and international evidence with respect to closing the gender pay gap. The core focus is ...
This report explores the link that exists between diversity and improved business performance, and the measures the progress made on structural changes and ...
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 examines the extent to which men and women have adopted and embraced digital technologies, and the influence that has had on ...
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 brings together the most recent statistics, trends and information on the situation of women in business and management in order to ...
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 provides a detailed review of the issues, theory and evidences around the pay gap between mothers and non-mothers, and between mothers ...
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 ...
This review provides a detailed analysis of the key international literature on the outcomes of maternity protection in small and medium-sized enterprises, and ...
This report explores how Indonesia’s economic growth and rapid urbanisation in recent years is contributing to the gender income gap. The study ...
This report documents the nature and extent of gender inequalities in the Filipino labour market. The report also shares promising initiatives that have ...
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 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 ...
This report examines the impact of gender diversity on corporate performance. It uses a global dataset of firms to analyse this correlation.
The gender gap in employment: What’s holding women back? Around the world, finding a job is much tougher for women than it ...
I recently came across a very thoughtful read by Citi Group titled “Women in the Economy II”. It is a follow up to ...
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 Myanmar’s economy as farmers, entrepreneurs and wage workers, and identifies ...
This country context paper provides an overview of women’s contribution to the Vietnamese economy as farmers, entrepreneurs and wage workers, and identifies ...
This country context paper provides an overview of Indonesian women’s participation in the labour market and as entrepreneurs, and identifies key barriers ...
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 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 analyses the Philippines’ adoption of the Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Discrimination against Women in relation to women’...
This report analyses Myanmar’s adoption of the Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Discrimination against Women in relation to women’...
This report analyses Indonesia’s adoption of the Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Discrimination against Women in relation to women’...
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 explores the degree to which individual directors are sitting on multiple corporate boards in the Philippines, and the impact this has ...
This report explores the degree to which individual directors are sitting on multiple corporate boards in Indonesia, and the impact this has on ...
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 international standards on women and work, and explores to what extent they have been implemented in ...
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 the Indonesia Business Coalition for Women’s Empowerment, and explores its key characteristics, challenges and opportunities.
This report provides an overview of corporate governance principles and structures, and explores how corporate governance connectedness in Vietnam can influence women’s ...
This report provides an overview of corporate governance principles and structures, and explores how corporate governance connectedness in the Philippines can influence women’...
This report provides an overview of corporate governance principles and structures, and explores how corporate governance connectedness in Indonesia can influence women’s ...
