Janet Louise Yellen is an acclaimed professor of economics and business, and was nominated Chair of the Federal Reserve, the U.S. central banking system. Table of Contents 1 Life and Education 2 Career 3 Views 4 References 5 External links Life and Education Yellen was born on August 13, 1946 in Brooklyn, New York. She […]

Table of Contents 1 About Women, Business and the Law 2 Getting to Equal 3 Economies Covered in Women, Business and the Law 2016 4  Data Expansion 5  Online Gender Database 6  More Gender Data About Women, Business and the Law Though legal gender parity has improved around the world, major differences persist. Many laws and regulations continue to prevent […]

INSEAD is one of the world’s leading and largest graduate business schools. It has two campuses (Singapore and France) and two centres in the Middle East (Israel and Abu Dhabi), 145 renowned faculty members from 37 countries, more than 1,000 degree participants – MBA, Executive MBA and PhD, and more than 9,500 executives from the […]

Table of Contents 1 Overview 2 Access to resources 3 Regional differences 4 Outlook 5 References Overview Women’s economic activity in the MENA region has increased over the past 20 years. Still, the region has a long way to go as even today just over 30 percent of the region’s women are economically active. The […]

Table of Contents 1 About 2 Objectives 3 Partners 4 References About The Gender and Trade Initiative (GATI)Retrieved from the Gender and Trade website, on 15 September 2010: Gender and Trade Website was started in 1994 by the Society for Conflict Analysis and Resolution (SOFCAR), an advocacy group from New Delhi, . The initiative aims […]

Table of Contents 1 Mapping the Legal Gender Gap in Getting a Job 2 Working Hours and Restrictions 3 Parental benefits 4 Retirement and pensions 5 Legal Rights 6 References 7 See also 8 External links Mapping the Legal Gender Gap in Getting a Job Mapping the Legal Gender Gap in Getting a Job describes […]

Decent Work refers to the ability for men and women to a certain quality and standard of experience in the workplace which  ensures respect for their human dignity and which upholds the principles of equity, including gender equality. Decent work encompasses factors such as income opportunities, social protection and social security, employment rights, and gender […]

This article was written by Group 9 in , as part of the . It focuses on gender equality in Thailand. Table of Contents 1 Introduction 2 The Situation of Female Workers in the Non-Agricultural Sector 3 External events 3.1 The 2011 Tohoku earthquake 3.2 Thailand’s 2011 flood crisis 4 The Protection of Female Workers […]