Hanoi, 4 December 2025 – Social norms shape economic outcomes for women – and there’s an opportunity for local actors to highlight how norms in Vietnam are already changing toward equality to accelerate progress. That was the message from “A Dialogue on Gender Norms...
The Purple Boomerang, presented in cooperation with Investing in Women (IW), an initiative of the Australian Government, will be awarded to brand campaigns that address stereotypes that limit women’s economic participation. In 2018, IW surveyed 1,000 women and...
The COVID-19 pandemic has spiraled from a public health emergency to a global humanitarian and economic crisis, with women disproportionately affected. In response, Investing in Women, an initiative of the Australian government, recently launched the “Investing in...
In an interview with Rico Hizon on CNN Philippines’ The Final Word, His Excellency Steven J. Robinson AO, Australian Ambassador to the Philippines and Benilda Ronquillo-Camba, board member and corporate secretary at InBestCap Ventures, a partner of Investing in Women...
The Australian government and Macquarie Group Foundation is launching a program for women-led businesses in the Philippines. Over P43 million will be allotted to pandemic-hit small and medium enterprises (SMEs) managed by women. Women entrepreneurs can receive a...
