by Carl Ocab | Aug 12, 2022
Indonesia is one of the largest markets in Asia with an economy growing at about 5% per year. Fifty percent of entrepreneurs in the country are women, but only 10-20% get access to funding. Apart from driving positive change, studies have shown that investing in women...
by Carl Ocab | Aug 3, 2022
Women’s economic participation and opportunity in South East Asia have generally declined, resulting in setbacks in gender equality in the region, World Economic Forum’s latest Global Gender Gap Report reveals. According to the report, the COVID-19 pandemic has...
by Carl Ocab | Aug 3, 2022
Advertising campaigns in Vietnam during Lunar New Year (Tet) celebrations in 2022 indicate positive shifts in gender portrayals, but they still fall short in challenging stereotypes that limit the equal sharing of caring and economic roles between women and men, a new...
by Carl Ocab | Aug 2, 2022
In February 2022, Investing in Women (IW) and its partners—the Indonesia Business Coalition for Women Empowerment, Philippine Business Coalition for Women Empowerment, and Vietnam Business Coalition for Women’s Empowerment—commissioned surveys in Indonesia, The...
by Carl Ocab | Jul 26, 2022
JAKARTA AND CANBERRA – TUESDAY 26 JULY 2022: In a first for the bilateral relationship, women leaders from some of the largest businesses in Indonesia and Australia will meet on Tuesday 26 July 2022 to discuss opportunities to deepen trade and investment ties between...
