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Gender Equality in the Workplace: Measuring What Matters for Transformative Change

• Policy Brief: 29
• Code: RPB29
• Project Title: Sustainable Development Performance Indicators
• Programme Area: Alternative Economies for Transformation, Social Dimensions of Sustainable Development
• Author(s): Peter Utting

Combating gender inequality has emerged as a key area of concern within the field of corporate sustainability reporting, just as it has in the Sustainable Development Goals. Yet the data that are disclosed by companies often tell us little about progress. To be effective partners in realizing the transformative vision of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, corporations need to direct far more attention to key structural issues that determine women’s disadvantage in the workplace and set meaningful normative targets for moving toward equality.

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• Pub. Date: 22 Sep 2020
  Pub. Place: Geneva
  ISSN: 1811-0142
  From: UNRISD/UN Publications