SIGI 2024 Regional Report for Southeast Asia
Time to Care
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What are the structural barriers to women's empowerment and inclusive development in Southeast Asia? Building on data from the fifth edition of the SIGI, the SIGI 2024 Regional Report for Southeast Asia: Time to Care provides new evidence-based analysis on the progress and setbacks in eliminating the root causes of gender inequality in 11 countries of the region. It underscores how multiple personal status laws perpetuate gender-based legal discrimination. The analysis also shows that social norms governing gender roles and responsibilities worsened between 2014 and 2022, particularly affecting women’s educational and economic rights.
The report explores a critical policy area for the region, the care economy. Stressing the gendered, informal, and unpaid dimensions of care, it draws on social, demographic, educational and economic evidence to forecast a growing demand for care services in Southeast Asian countries. The report advocates for the strategic development of formal care systems as a unique opportunity to accelerate women's economic empowerment, build inclusive societies and strengthen the region's resilience to external shocks – including those induced by climate change. To dismantle the barriers that prevent the emergence and expansion of such a formal care economy, it provides concrete recommendations to policy makers and other stakeholders.
Résumé
Les pays d'Asie du Sud-Est ont récemment pris des engagements forts en faveur de l'égalité des genres, notamment dans le cadre de l'Association des nations de l'Asie du Sud-Est (ASEAN). Toutefois, ces engagements ne se sont pas encore traduits par des progrès suffisants pour permettre à la région d'atteindre, d'ici 2030, l'objectif de développement durable n° 5, « Assurer l'égalité des sexes et l'autonomisation de toutes les femmes et de toutes les filles ».
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