PROJECT

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Summary of Advisory Services Project Information

Project Number

602991

Primary Business Area

Other

Disclosure Date

Oct 30, 2020

Country

Sri Lanka

Region

South Asia

IFC Approval Date

Sep 4, 2019

Status

Completed

Last Updated Date

Sep 21, 2022

Project Estimated Start Date

Aug 1, 2019

Project Estimated End Date

Jun 30, 2021

Project Description

To enhanced women’s participation in the private sector labor force by the Women's Employment Project is working with large companies to demonstrate the business case for investing in women as employees and to improve their ability to recruit, retain, and promote women and men equally. Priority sectors include Banking, Finance & Insurance, Garments and Apparel, Tourism, and Information and Communications Technology. The work consists of research to understand key constraints women face in accessing waged employment, creating space to share experience, developing targeted solutions to respond to those constraints, delivering direct advisory support to Sri Lankan businesses to make the most of their female talent, and addressing regulatory and policy constraints to women’s full participation in the workforce.

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