Parental leave has been increasingly used as a family policy to facilitate balancing care and work responsibilities and promoting gender equality. However, fathers' parental leave participation is still...
This research analyzes the evolution of maternity and paternity leave across the world, covering 190 countries over 52 years. The data show striking differences both within and between countries in how...
This note presents aggregate results on the IFC-PBC peer-learning collaboration, focusing on the commitments made by participating companies and highlighting the lessons learned during their journey towards...
Maternity, paternity, and parental leave policies and associated benefits play a significant role in ensuring financial protection at the time of pregnancy, child birth and child raising, and in shaping...
One of the Sri Lanka’s fastest growing conglomerates, Hemas Holdings PLC, a member of International Finance Corporation (IFC’s) SheWorks partnership in Sri Lanka, touches the lives of millions of loyal...
Unilever Sri Lanka (USC) is one of the biggest Fast-Moving Consumer Goods (FMCG) companies in Sri Lanka, with 29 market leading brands in categories such as Home Care, Personal Care and Foods. Established...
This report Tackling Childcare: The Business Case for Employer-supported Childcare in Sri Lanka responds to IFC client and partner demand for country-specific business case evidence on childcare and practical...
Sumitomo Chemical, a leading chemical company headquartered in Japan, understands the challenges working parents face and recognizes the business benefits of recruiting and retaining working parents and...
Sumitomo Chemical, a leading chemical company headquartered in Japan, understands the challenges working parents face and recognizes the business benefits of recruiting and retaining working parents and...
Mindtree Ltd. operates in a dynamic and highly competitive labor market. The IT sourcing industry in India has grown rapidly in the last two decades, and more than half of global IT sourcing services are...
Women make up almost half of the U.S. workforce, and they represent half of all workers with university degrees. Akamai, one of the world’s largest cloud delivery platforms, is a global, publicly-traded...
For a sample of 53 developing countries, the results show that women's employment among private firms is significantly higher in countries that mandate paternity leave versus those that do not. A conservative...
This note explores the role of legal institutions in influencing women’s employment in private firms in developing countries. Both a holistic and specific approach to legal institutions is adopted. Regarding...
Labor market engagement of women is very low in Kosovo - only 12.5 percent of women of working age are employed compared to 41.3 percent of men - suggesting that women face obstacles to work and or being...
In the past 50 years women's legal status has improved all over the world. But many laws still make it difficult for women to fully participate in economic life whether by getting jobs or starting businesses...
In the past 50 years women's legal status has improved all over the world. But many laws still make it difficult for women to fully participate in economic life whether by getting jobs or starting businesses...
The main lesson from women, business and the law 2012 on legal gender inequality when it comes to getting a job is that there is room for improvement in all regions. All regions place restrictions on when...
ThE-Junction newsletter includes the following headings: profiles in diversity and inclusion (D&I); the way forward on gender parity; Operations Vice Presidents (OVPs) chart way forward for (D&I); and...
ThE-Junction newsletter includes the following headings: zero tolerance for racial discrimination; question and answer (Q&A) with Anne-Marie Leroy; and Fels: paternity leave is primary policy tool for...