Reading Time: < 1 minuteThe social economy can help boost prospects for women… and men. One of the big problems in tackling gender equality is breaking down gender stereotypes that drive women into what have often been called “pink collar jobs”.
Category: Gender
Worn out: COVID-19, Women and the Great Exhaustion
Reading Time: < 1 minuteIt’s been a tough two years for women. Early in the COVID-19 pandemic, women were hit harder by job losses, leading many to call it a “she-cession”. But as the pandemic worse on we started to see wider impacts too.
Women mean business – how we can help them succeed
Reading Time: 4 minutesRecent research suggests that women-founded businesses perform better over time and deliver higher revenue – more than twice as much per dollar invested – than men-founded businesses. In addition, women-founded start-up teams create more jobs for women – they employ 2.5 times more women than all-male start-up teams.
What if women ruled the world of water?
Reading Time: 4 minutesWater is one of our most precious resources. How we manage it matters. Despite some progress, the role of women in water decision-making remains marginal. Making the water sector more gender-balanced, and involving more women in water decision-making could help make water management more effective, more equitable and more sustainable.
Gender gaps in entrepreneurship are costing economies dearly
Reading Time: 3 minutesThere are long-standing gender gaps in entrepreneurship. Women in OECD countries are about two-thirds as likely as men to be working on a start-up or young business.