by Carl Ocab | May 14, 2019
Advocates for gender equality on Tuesday, 30 April, urged Indonesian men to listen more to women, investigate barriers to women’s economic empowerment and stand up beside women in advocating for equal access to economic opportunities. At a session during the Katadata...
by Carl Ocab | Jan 30, 2019
Capital 4 Development Partners, a Dutch fund manager, announced today the first closing of the USD 30 million Capital 4 Development Asia Fund (C4D Asia Fund). The Fund invests in innovative growth stage SMEs in India, Indonesia and the Philippines which aim to bring...
by Carl Ocab | Jan 22, 2019
HO CHI MINH CITY—South East Asia business leaders who have committed to promoting gender equality in their workplaces have gathered here on 17-18 January for the first ever Regional Business Summit led by Investing in Women (IW), an initiative of the Australian...
by Carl Ocab | Dec 20, 2018
The gender equality landscape is mixed in ASEAN, with the Philippines named one of the best-performing countries in World Economic Forum’s Global Gender Gap Report 2018 published Tuesday while six countries in the region landed in the bottom half of the rankings. The...
by Carl Ocab | Dec 17, 2018
Ho Chi Minh City—Three Vietnamese companies on Wednesday became the first in the country to receive EDGE Certification, the leading global assessment methodology and business certification standard for gender equality. EDGE Certifications were awarded to Southern...
