More: Gender Equality
40 Economies Make 62 Legal Reforms to Advance Women’s Economic Participation
The regulatory environment for women’s economic participation has improved
over the past two years, with 40 economies enacting 62 reforms that will help
women – half...
Understanding the gender pay gap: Definition and causes
Although the equal pay for
equal work principle was already introduced in the Treaty of
Rome in 1957, the so-called gender pay gap stubbornly persists with...
Women in Business “must be knowledgeable and trust their knowledge”
Women who set up their own businesses will succeed if they are
knowledgeable about their field and “trust their knowledge”; that’s according
to the owner of...
More than a Lifetime Away: World Faces 100-Year Wait for Gender Parity
The time it will take to close the gender gap narrowed
to 99.5 years in 2019. While an improvement on 2018 – when the gap...
Sharp rise in women-owned businesses in Central America
The share of women-owned businesses in
Central America rose by almost 60 per cent (from 13.9 to 24.5 per cent) between
1991 and 2018, according to...
Improving gender diversity in the energy sector is an important measure of success
Energy industries have lacked female participation throughout their
history, with women making up only about one-fifth of the traditional energy
sector labour force.
The International Energy Agency,...
Gold-digging & Gender Biases in Pakistani Dramas
The phenomenon of gender-bias can be found in history as old as ever
recorded in the form of written text or visual entertainment. Biases are...
Bring women to the table to build peace in Africa, say gender experts
Women bear the brunt of conflict and for peace building to be successful
they must be involved in conflict resolution and reconstruction at every stage,
said...
Catalysing change for gender equality
Great strides have been taken to empower women
and girls in the Asia-Pacific region since the Fourth World Conference on Women
in Beijing adopted an ambitious...
Fair Competition Is Needed for the Economic Empowerment of Women in the Arab World
Authors: Ferid
Belhaj and Rabah Arezki*
Female labor force
participation levels in Arab countries are the lowest in the world—despite the
rising educational attainment of women reaching...