90% of workers in the Cambodian garment industry are women. USEmbassyPhnomPenh/Flickr. Some rights reserved.
The case for gender equality at work is increasingly being made with economic arguments. The corporate consultancy giant McKinsey says that increasing women’s participation in the labour force could add $12 trillion to global GDP by 2025. Such claims are being used to engage the private sector and present gender equality as more than a moral concern. But pushing this 'business case' is problematic for the women’s human rights agenda.
