Livelihoods and Jobs

Creating Employment & Jobs to Fight Poverty

Empowering underserved women around the globe

Inclusive Businesses are uniquely equipped to improve gender equality. As commercially profitable, yet impact-driven companies, they follow the market and their social vision. Both paths lead towards women empowerment.
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Emily Pearce and Kubasu Agapeters

During the conversation we explore why anchoring climate change as a humanitarian disaster is essential; how our producers and farmers are climate mitigation and resilience pioneers; and what you can do next to better partner for impact.
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Boda Boda, Economic Development and the Future of Work

The BodaBoda Safety Association of Kenya (B.A.K) currently has 1.4 million registered members. 1.2 million of these are between the ages of 18-35. As an association, our entire membership base is made up of small business owners. We are developing a framework to effectively upskill and reskill for the future of work.
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Together for 2022 Workshop – Livelihoods

Our workshop explored “How do we increase the resilience to shocks of the livelihoods of those most vulnerable during 2022?”. Participants discussed the importance
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Together for 2022 – Workshop

Our workshop explored “How do we increase the resilience to shocks of the livelihoods of those most vulnerable during 2022?”. Participants discussed the importance
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Business and forest communities can work together – Kinari Webb

Communities and business can save forests explains Kinari Webb. Why stopping deforestation is about the people.
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How cooperatives benefit smallholder farmers with Hileena Eshetu and Mark Blackett

Smallholder farmers and agribusiness are benefiting from market ecosystem alliances. Hileena Eshetu and Mark Blackett from AMEA explain how. Hear about cooperative farming, access to business supply chains and resilience.
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Investing in poverty reduction and global growth with Alicia Phillips Mandaville

How do you effectively spend billions of dollars of taxpayer’s money to help fight global poverty? And how do you invest for climate resilience and account for the unknown such as the risks of pandemics? We hear from Alicia Phillips Mandaville who is the Vice President of the Department of Policy and Evaluation at The Millennium Challenge Corporation (the MCC)
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Addressing global inequalities through trade and employment with Pins Brown, Natura &Co

What is invisible labour and why should businesses care about it? Meet Pins Brown, Head of Responsible Procurement at Natura &Co – the parent company which includes the brands Avon, Natura Cosmeticos, The Body Shop and Aesop. Pins and her team work to address global inequalities through trade and employment.
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Enhancing the Livelihoods of ‘Hidden Women’ in Global Smallholder Value Chains

Join us for this live written panel discussion on Enhancing the Livelihoods of ‘Hidden Women’ in Global Smallholder Value Chains. This event is part of the Business Fights Poverty Global Summit. Taking place on Wednesday 23 June 2021, 9.30-10.30AM EDT / 2.30-3.30PM BST
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Five reasons why digital work may help promote inclusion of youth with disabilities

Digital jobs are opening up important new work opportunities for youth with disabilities in developing countries. The COVID‒19 pandemic has accelerated the expansion of jobs which offer flexibility, accommodations for disability and functional access for remote communities.
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GS2021 – Webinar 4

Our webinar explored “The Business and Societal Case for Living Wages”. The participants explored how living wages are integral to rebuilding a better, more equitable
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Sea freight strengthens Kenya-to-Europe flower supply chain

When the COVID-19 pandemic struck, global supply chains were hit hard, affecting millions of workers across the globe. In the Kenyan floriculture sector, the subsequent 25-40% air freight reduction has meant lower export rates, a supply slowdown, and loss of jobs for thousands.
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Why living wages will help flower workers to ‘bloom back better’ after Covid-19

The flower and plant industry must move towards achieving living wages for underpaid horticultural workers in low-income countries and must support efforts to improve the rights of workers, so they can begin to build resilience to crises such as Covid-19, says the Fairtrade Foundation.
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Over 300 practical tools to make your youth employment initiative a success

Youth unemployment in developing countries is a pressing problem – youth face multiple constraints that affect both their decision to enter the labor force and their access to employment. And the Covid-19 has further exacerbated these issues. Solutions for Youth Employment (S4YE), a global partnership led by the World Bank, recently launched a new digital resource, the S4YE Knowledge Repository, to to provide easy access to practical tools and resources on youth employment.
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Vic Van Vuuren

This podcast interview hears from Vic Van Vuuren, the Director, of the Enterprises Department at the International Labour Organization (ILO) in Geneva.
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Inclusive digital payments solutions for the garment sector workers in Bangladesh

In March, when we announced the taka 5000 crore stimulus package (about $600 million) to pay workers’ salaries in export-oriented sectors, particularly ready-made garments which account for over 80% of the country’s exports, we encountered a major roadblock. Only 1.5 million of the 4 million workers were paid digitally. The rest were paid in cash.
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How can we mainstream “win-win” business models that work for lead firms and workers post Covid-19?

Join us and a panel of experts for a live written discussion, as part of the Business Fights Poverty Online 2020 Conference, to explore how we can mainstream “win-win” business models that work for lead firms and workers post Covid-19. Live Panel Tuesday 14th July 2020, 2pm -3pm BST
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Going beyond the poverty line

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How can we build the skills needed for the future?

COVID-19 and the required lockdowns have put at risk the jobs of hundreds of millions of people. This is on top of disruptive trends
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What do we mean by "Livelihoods and Jobs"?

Discover how job creation is a pivotal strategy in the global fight against poverty. Promoting employment opportunities fosters economic stability and growth.

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