Female workforce seen held down by expectations of childcare, housework - BusinessWorld Online

Female workforce seen held down by expectations of childcare, housework - BusinessWorld Online

By Erika Mae P. Sinaking, Reporter THE PHILIPPINES is grappling with weak female labor force participation even though it has some of the best gender gap ratings in the region by traditional metrics, advocates for women in the workplace said. At a conference this week, participants singled out the persistence of social norms like childcare roles as well as what they called structural workplace biases. Julia Andrea R. Abad, executive director of …