A round-up of what’s happening on women’s economic advancement.
In this week’s gender equality news: the troubling relationship between sexual violence and work in India, Saudi crackdown on women’s rights activists continues and new findings on domestic worker exploitation in Hong Kong.
In the week’s round-up of gender equality news: domestic workers demand better conditions in Hong Kong, $75 million for Turkish entrepreneurs, and the benefits of bringing electricity into the home.
In our wrap of gender equality news this week: women’s rights leaders call on the G7 to invest in women and girls, a new entrepreneurship initiative launches in India, and details are published on India’s gender gap.
In this week’s wrap of gender equality news: The wealth gap between women and men is costing the world $160 trillion, a study that explains why women aren’t to blame for the pay gap, and South Africa passes its minimum wage bill.
In this week’s round-up from Women’s Advancement Deeply: a crackdown on women’s rights campaigners in Saudi Arabia, a push for land rights in Zimbabwe, and accusations of discrimination towards domestic workers in Hong Kong.
In this week’s executive summary for Women’s Advancement Deeply: Kuwait and the Philippines reach a deal on domestic workers, Kenya rejects equal property splits in divorce, and new evidence on the value of women banking agents in DRC.
In this week’s executive summary for Women’s Advancement Deeply, we report on China’s plans to take thousands of domestic workers from the Philippines, the need for gender-sensitive trade in East Africa and mixed results on women’s economic mobility worldwide.
In this week’s executive summary for Women’s Advancement Deeply, Duterte makes his domestic work travel ban permanent, South Africa’s minimum wage debate continues, and new evidence on son preference in India.
In this week’s executive summary for Women’s Advancement Deeply: diplomatic spat over domestic workers intensifies in Kuwait, new research into women’s economic participation in Asia and sexism in recruitment in China.
In this week’s executive summary for Women’s Advancement Deeply: progress stalls on women’s financial inclusion, new funds for the World Bank’s entrepreneurship program and moves to protect domestic workers in the Gulf.
In this week’s executive summary for Women’s Advancement Deeply: Unions protest against South Africa’s new minimum wage, India’s Supreme Court staff get a creche, and the UAE takes a major step towards equal pay.
In this week’s executive summary for Women’s Advancement Deeply: Ethiopia lifts a ban on domestic workers traveling to Kuwait as a couple are sentenced to death for killing their maid. And the U.K. takes stock of its gender pay gap.
In this week’s executive summary for Women’s Advancement Deeply: how laws affect women’s economic inclusion, the results of this year’s CSW and South Africa’s minimum wage is delayed.
In this week’s executive summary for Women’s Advancement Deeply: new research findings on financial inclusion, the digital gender gap and women’s land rights.
In this week’s executive summary for Women’s Advancement Deeply: a shocking assassination in Rio de Janeiro, and the fight for women’s land rights in Kenya and India.
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In this week’s executive summary for Women’s Advancement Deeply: Canada’s budget boost for feminist policy, securing land rights in the Muslim world and microfinance bounces back in India.
In this week’s executive summary for Women’s Advancement Deeply: the relationship between gender equality and women in science, a win for divorce campaigners in the Philippines and India’s women and land rights ranking.
In this week’s executive summary for Women’s Advancement Deeply: shocking cases of domestic worker abuse spark mass evacuation and calls for change, and a new study reveals the gender pay gap for India’s banking agents.
In this week’s executive summary for Women’s Advancement Deeply: the relationship between fast cars and the gender pay gap, and a landmark ruling for women’s inheritance rights in India.
In this week’s executive summary for Women’s Advancement Deeply: good news and bad for women in India, and Ethiopia lifts its ban on domestic workers travelling overseas.
In our first weekly executive summary for Women’s Advancement Deeply, we report on a new bank for women in India, a breakthrough in Mexican banking, and new data on what drives the gender pay gap in Denmark.
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