Women are underrepresented as employees and business operators in transportation. This report offers a guide for increasing their participation. The report also addresses access to transportation because such access is essential for women to work. The report approaches the issues … Read More
September 30, 2015—Experts in gender, labor, and inclusive development gathered Tuesday at Nathan Associates to assess women’s economic progress in the 20 years since the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action was hammered out in 1995. Moderator Louise Williams, a Principal Associate in … Read More
September 23, 2015 A new website will give female entrepreneurs throughout the Asia Pacific region ready access to information, networks, and potential markets. The Women’s Entrepreneurship in APEC initiative, or WE-APEC, last week officially introduced the website, which offers a … Read More
September 22, 2015 A new guidebook offers policy choices for promoting women’s health as a way to advance economic growth in the Asia Pacific. The APEC Healthy Women, Healthy Economic Policy Toolkit, released last week in Manila, outlines five areas … Read More
The International Finance Corporation (IFC), a part of the World Bank Group, commissioned an end-of program evaluation of the Bangladesh Investment Climate Fund (BICF), an 8 year fund with two halves of operation. The first which took place prior to … Read More
August 4, 2015 On July 28, Nathan's CEO, Susan Chodakewitz, moderated an expert panel at the White House on the progress of women in the transport sectors of APEC members. Louise Williams, a principal associate of the firm, presented the … Read More
By CAROLINE KAUFMAN June 2, 2015 The relationship between women and the labor force is filled with complexities and contradictions that are far too easily glossed over. For example, paid employment outside the home promotes womens economic empowerment, but this … Read More
Women who lead small and medium enterprises in the ASEAN region will gain greater access to global markets through a marketing and branding initiative that officially began this week. The initiative, Gender Responsive Economic Actions for the Transformation of Women … Read More
BY CAROLINE KAUFMAN Photo: Miami U. Libraries, Digital Collections [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons April 28, 2015,In my last post,Economic Growth\r\nStarts Here–I described the work of George Washington University students just beginning to research women’s labor force participation in Malaysia … Read More
April 21, 2015-Nathan Associates has long incorporated women’s empowerment in the firm’s economic policy work, taking innovative and creative approaches to gender issues. Because of our expertise and our commitment to inclusion, we have assembled a team of specialists in … Read More