Gender-responsive COVID-19 Recovery Plans for Businesses in Mindanao
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7 July 2020 – COVID-19 has changed how we work and the progress that has been made for business and women. Women represent 90% of workers in the hardest-hit sectors such as care and apparel.
Addressing Asean heads of state last week, President Duterte called for a “reboot of the anti-virus plan” in the context of the need for a concerted regional approach against COVID-19. A review of the national COVID-19 strategy might also be timely to consider perspectives from the six-month struggle with the pandemic.
Companies disappear at an alarming rate. Of the Fortune 500 companies that existed in 2000, only 50% remain. This is in large part because new technology can destroy businesses that don’t change. At the MBC Virtual Roundtable Discussion, SGV Advisory Leader Rosanna Fajardo discussed Six Habits for executing digital transformation, which has accelerated amid COVID-19.
MBC and the Carlos P. Romulo Foundation organized a forum featuring NEDA Acting Secretary Karl Chua who presented the government’s plans to develop a robust digital economy where technology increases the productivity of businesses, opportunities for people, and the efficiency of the government.