Women in Business and Management

1 octobre 2017

Women are recognized as pivotal drivers of economic progress worldwide. Achieving gender diversity within enterprises is crucial for enhancing business performance. Despite significant strides, there remains a gap in women's representation at senior and executive management levels and on boards. This disparity persists even if women have surpassed men in tertiary education attainment. Yet, women's potential as a dynamic and skilled talent pool continues to be underutilized.

Recognizing these challenges, the Bureau for Employers’ Activities’ (ACT/EMP) Women in Business and Management (WIBM) initiative focuses on conducting research and gathering comprehensive data and insights on women in business and management, with a particular focus on small- and medium-sized enterprises. This initiative harnesses the knowledge and perspectives of Employer and Business Membership Organizations (EBMOs) and companies worldwide. The effort has resulted in the development of detailed global, regional, and national reports that examines women’s representation in enterprises and EBMOs as well as specific challenges related to promoting diversity and inclusion, achieving equal pay for work of equal value and addressing violence and harassment at work. 
 

Global publications

Women in Business: How employer and business membership organizations drive gender equality
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Women in Business: How employer and business membership organizations drive gender equality

Pay transparency legislation: Implications for employers' and workers' organizations
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Equal pay for work of equal value

Pay transparency legislation: Implications for employers' and workers' organizations

Transforming enterprises through diversity and inclusion
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Diversity and inclusion

Transforming enterprises through diversity and inclusion

Violence and harassment at work: a practical guide for employers
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Violence and harassment

Violence and harassment at work: a practical guide for employers

Improving gender diversity in company boards (voluntary targets vs quotas)
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Women in business and management

Improving gender diversity in company boards (voluntary targets vs quotas)

Women in Business and Management: The business case for change
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Women in Business and Management: The business case for change

Women’s Economic Empowerment: Good practices
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Women in business and management

Women’s Economic Empowerment: Good practices

A global snapshot: Women leaders and managers in employers’ organizations
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Women in business and management

A global snapshot: Women leaders and managers in employers’ organizations

Promoting women in business and management: A handbook for national employers' organizations
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Women in business and management

Promoting women in business and management: A handbook for national employers' organizations

Gender diversity journey: Company good practices
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Gender diversity journey: Company good practices

Women in Business and Management: Gaining momentum
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Women in Business and Management: Gaining momentum

Understanding the gender pay gap
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Equal pay for work of equal value

Understanding the gender pay gap

Regional or country publications

Women in Business in Central America
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Women in Business in Central America

Women in business and management: Gaining momentum in the Caribbean
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Women in business and management: Gaining momentum in the Caribbean

Gaining momentum in Eastern Europe and Central Asia
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Gaining momentum in Eastern Europe and Central Asia

Women in business and management: Gaining momentum in Latin America and the Caribbean
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Women in business and management

Women in business and management: Gaining momentum in Latin America and the Caribbean

Women in Business and Management: gaining momentum in the Middle East and North Africa
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Women in business and management

Women in Business and Management: gaining momentum in the Middle East and North Africa

Women in business and management: Gaining momentum in Asia and the Pacific
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Women in business and management

Women in business and management: Gaining momentum in Asia and the Pacific