During the recovery, investing in gender equality is essential: it will lead directly to higher GDP and indirectly to increase human capital and promote a sustainable society. Or Women as economic agents may themselves have an impact on policies: the changing role of women in families and...

Gender equality and public policy are strictly inter-related. On the one hand, public policies-which include childcare, maternity, paternity and parental leave-have a positive relationship with female employment rates and are thus advocated as a tool for accelerating progress toward gender...