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Raising Female Employment in South Asia, One Step at a Time ...
With more than 400 million working-age women outside the labor force, South Asia has a significant loss of economic output. This blog details insights from a 2024 conference focused on policies to boo...
The Productivity of Women- and Men-led Enterprises: In Searc...
Comparisons between women- and men-led firms often assume they operate under similar conditions and constraints – a flawed assumption. This blog summarizes findings from a meta-frontier analysis that ...
When Does Exporting Increase Women’s Employment in The Devel...
This blog highlights key findings from a 2023 study that aims to uncover the intricate channels through which exports impact women’s employment. Analyzing data from nearly 30,000 manufacturing firms a...
Accelerating Impact: Unleashing the Power of Private Sector ...
This blog recaps insights on advancing gender equality in the private sector from panelists representing the public and private sectors, international organizations, and civil society at the 2024 Worl...
Advancing Women’s Economic Empowerment: Private Sector Lands...
This study explores evidence of private sector investments that increase women’s participation in leadership, operations, and supply chains. Drawing on over 500 sources and 46 interviews with multinat...
The Role of Technology in Reducing the Gender Gap in Product...
Using novel firm-level data from 11 countries, this paper sheds light on technology adoption between women- and men-led businesses and how this affects firm performance. While differences in technolog...
Lifting Financial Performance by Investing in Women (2023)
Companies that invest in untapped talent and embrace different experiences and perspectives outperform country and industry group peers with the least diverse workforces. This paper analyzes women’s r...
Gender Equality in the Workplace – Policy Review and Recomme...
This report spotlights how 38 for-profit companies across Pakistan are creating more equal workplaces for women. Since 2021, the Center of Excellence in Responsible Business (CERB) has partnered with ...
Gender Differences in Job Satisfaction Among Gig Workers in ...
Analyzing survey data from 443 gig workers, this study reveals stark gender divides within the online gig economy in platform use and job categories. Women often choose more flexible digital jobs to j...
The Care Economy: A Case for Expanding the Role of the Priva...
This brief examines India’s existing care infrastructure, the gender gap in unpaid care work, and the role of the private sector. On average, Indian women spend 30% of their day on domestic and caregi...
The Care Economy: A Case for Expanding the Role of the Priva...
This brief examines India’s existing care infrastructure, the gender gap in unpaid care work, and the role of the private sector. On average, Indian women spend 30% of their day on domestic and caregi...
Gender-balanced Companies Outperform Less Equal Ones (2023)
How would you speed up progress on gender equality? This succinct video makes a compelling case, presenting findings from a study of 1,250 of the world’s largest companies that highlight the bottom-li...