Women, Business and the Law: Safeguarding Women’s Economic Opportunity in Times of Crisis

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Women, Business and the Law: Safeguarding Women’s Economic Opportunity in Times of Crisis

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Nina Vucenik

For more on women's political representation and outcomes for women's rights, see page 7 of the #WomenBizLaw 2021 report: Research reveals that economies with greater female representation in the national legislature are more likely to pass laws on sexual harassment, rape, divorce, and domestic violence. https://openknowledge.worldbank.org/bitstream/handle/10986/35094/9781464816529.pdf
Mon, 03/01/2021 - 09:38
Nina Vucenik

Suriname's Walden points out in her closing remarks that in Suriname, the government provides women with tools and opportunities to be entrepreneurs and grow families without having to choose one over the other. COVID-19 pandemic poses challenges to advancing this as fast as we’d like. Bridging gap between opportunities for women in urban and rural areas. Access to finance an issue we’re working on. Gov’t providing opportunities for women to get access to financing, particularly small and medium sized business. Creating incubators for partnership, give women opportunities to work together.
Mon, 03/01/2021 - 09:39
Nina Vucenik

@BRACworldBRAC's Dougherty concludes that women are resilient. We should not to be risk averse, we need to continue to get money in the hands of women. Microfinance enables financial resilience.
Mon, 03/01/2021 - 09:40
Chloe Scott

To learn more about the Gender Equality and Governance Index visit: globalgovernanceforum.org
Mon, 03/01/2021 - 09:40
Chloe Scott

To learn more about ASU’s SDG 5 Training for Parliamentarians and Global Changemakers, as well as the Global SDG 5 notification tool, and take action visit: globalfutures.asu.edu
Mon, 03/01/2021 - 09:40

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