Reports | Women and Sustainability | Employing Women Responsibly: The Emerging Market Context
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Jennifer Schappert, Manager, Partnership Development
Publication Date
March 28, 2011
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With post-secondary education and formal workforce participation rates approaching 50 percent, women employees may be just what multinational companies need to overcome labor shortages in emerging markets. At the same time, fair and equal formal-sector employment represents the most powerful contribution to gender equality that a company can provide.
This brief is intended to identify the unique challenges and opportunities to employing women in the emerging market context, and to provide recommendations to help companies improve their ability to attract and retain women in those markets.
About the Author(s)
Jennifer Schappert , Manager, Partnership Development
With years of international experience, Jennifer is a key player in the implementation of HERproject—BSR’s factory-based women’s health initiative—in South Asia and Northern Africa... Read more →
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