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COVID-19 and Gender Equality:...
What is good for gender equality is good for the economy and society as well. The COVID-19 pandemic puts that truth into stark relief and raises critically important choices. As COVID-19 continues to...
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SHRM-IOE Guide: Return to Work...
The Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) and International Organisation of Employers (IOE) compiled this resource guide for returning to work during COVID-19. Following Covid-19, employers...
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COVID-19 and Gender-Based...
The International Finance Coporation, a member of the World Bank Group created this guidance note to inform employers about the heightened risks of gender-based violence as a result of the COVID-19...
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The COVID-19 Shadow Pandemic:...
The unprecedented increase in domestic violence since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic marks an urgent call for action for the private sector to leverage their existing resources and influence to...
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COVID-19 and Gender Equality:...
The COVID-19 pandemic is putting an unprecedented and significant strain on the global economy and public health systems. It is also highlighting and magnifying inequalities and the multiple and...
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COVID-19 and Ending Violence...
This brief highlights emerging evidence of the impact of the recent global pandemic of COVID-19 on violence against women and girls . It makes recommendations to be considered by all sectors of...
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Preventing Exclusion from the...
This policy brief highlights how youth, especially women, are being severely impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. The crisis is likely to be particularly severe for youth across three dimensions: (1)...
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Guidance Note for Action:...
Women’s economic empowerment will be essential if we are to ensure that the economic recovery from COVID-19 in Asia and the Pacific is as rapid as possible and includes all members of society. In the...
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Family-Friendly Policies and...
The consequences of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak are unprecedented and felt around the world. The pandemic is heavily affecting labour markets and economies, including global supply...
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Guidance Note for Action:...
Declared a global pandemic by the World Health Organization, the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) is already having major, differentiated impacts on women. The private sector not only has a...
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Policy Brief: The Impact of...
The year 2020, marking the twenty-fifth anniversary of the Beijing Platform for Action, was intended to be ground-breaking for gender equality. Instead, with the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic, even...
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Guidance Note for Action:...
This Note, the third of a four-part guidance note series related to gender-sensitive COVID-19 response, shows how the barriers women entrepreneurs already face in starting and retaining a business are...
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Childcare in the COVID-19 Era:...
Across the world, countries are implementing measures to bring the COVID-19 pandemic under control. To protect families, businesses, and economies, most countries have imposed lockdowns, restricted...
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Guidance Note for Action:...
The COVID-19 pandemic disproportionately affects women migrant workers across Asia and the Pacific, in particular those with irregular migration status. Concluding the four-part guidance note series,...
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Responsible Purchasing...
During these unprecedented times of crisis, where many businesses everywhere are struggling to stay afloat, and workers across global supply chains are taking a devastating economic hit, amfori...
