The United Nations is marking the 16 Days of Activism against Gender-based Violence under the global theme “Orange the World: End Violence against Women Now!”
The 16 days kicks off on 25 November, the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, and runs until 10 December, Human Rights Day.
We invited our resident Gender Expert, Alice Allan to share her top resources on how businesses can take the lead in tackling gender-based violence in the workplace, we’ll be sharing them for you here, over the next #16days.
COVID has exacerbated gender inequality and #GBV. This article explores why building back more resilient supply chains is crucial for business
As we mark this year’s 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence, measures to tackle COVID-19 continue to exacerbate gender inequality worldwide. If we truly want to build back fairer, then businesses, civil society and governments must put women’s rights squarely at the centre of post-pandemic recovery plans, says the Fairtrade Foundation’s Alice Lucas.
Engaging male allies for gender equality is key to reducing #GBV.
Introducing the worlds first chatbot, ‘Sophia’ to tackle domestic violence

What can business do to tackle GBV A seminar with Claudia Eger, Copenhagen Business School
GBV and tourism – women occupy large numbers of jobs in the hospitality sector worldwide, putting them at particular risk…
On this last day of 16 Days of Action, we are sharing our toolkit of how companies can tackle GBV. It includes a 5 point plan:
Read how Unilever developed an effective complaints mechanism to tackle #GBV in its Kenyan tea plantations (case study p32 of the toolkit)
How a partnership between CARE and Diageo sought sector wide changes to protect Cambodian beer sellers (case study p36 of toolkit)
The productivity costs of violence and harassment to the Cambodian garment industry are estimated to be $89million per annum. Read how CARE are tackling this challenge with factories across SE Asia (case study p26 of toolkit).